On the latest episode of The Scott Horton Show, Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses how president-elect Trump’s political appointments could derail what is shaping up to be an improvement in Russia relations and in Middle East policy – particularly in Syria; and Trump’s negatives, including his approval of torture as an interrogation practice, which is now generally accepted by Americans brainwashed by Jack Bauer.
The Myth of European Plunder
Among a certain species of “critical” historian, it is an article of faith that Europe’s remarkable economic ascent was built not on its institutions, not on liberty, not on commerce, but on the systematic looting of the rest of the world. In this telling—descended...
