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9/20/17 May Jeong on the atrocities of U.S.-backed warlords in Afghanistan

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews May Jeong on her featured article "The U.S.-Trained Warlords Committing Atrocities in Afghanistan" for In These Times. Jeong discusses her time reporting in Afghanistan, why the Afghanistan War is really the American War, and details how the same dynamics at work in Iraq exist in Afghanistan. Jeong explains what she thinks might happen when the United States leaves Afghanistan, but why she believes that the Taliban doesn't have the manpower to rule the entire country. May Jeong is a visiting scholar at the NYU school of Journalism and a Logan Fellow at the Carey Institute....

9/20/17 Jeff Stein reviews Ken Burns's "The Vietnam War"

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Jeff Stein joins the show to discuss his latest article "Vietnam War: New Ken Burns Documentary Dismisses the Origins of the Futile, Disastrous Conflict" critiquing Ken Burns's latest documentary series "The Vietnam War." Stein reflects on his time in Vietnam as an army intelligence case officer and reviews and critiques Burns's documentary series, which he says is well worth watching, but is not without its flaws. Stein then explains why French colonialism in Vietnam created a false premise in Vietnam—that there was ever a good reason to join the conflict—dooming the war from the outset and...

9/20/17 Jeff Stein reviews Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War”

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Jeff Stein joins the show to discuss his latest article "Vietnam War: New Ken Burns Documentary Dismisses the Origins of the Futile, Disastrous Conflict" critiquing Ken Burns's latest documentary series "The Vietnam War." Stein reflects on his time in Vietnam as an army intelligence case officer and reviews and critiques Burns's documentary series, which he says is well worth watching, but is not without its flaws. Stein then explains why French colonialism in Vietnam created a false premise in Vietnam—that there was ever a good reason to join the conflict—dooming the war from the outset and...

9/15/17 John Kiriakou on blowing the whistle on the CIA torture network

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 15, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Famed whistleblower John Kiriakou, the former chief of counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan, returns to the show to discuss his latest book on Abu Zubaydah "The Convenient Terrorist" which he co-authored with Guantanamo whistleblower Joseph Hickman. Kiriakou retells his history at the CIA and explains why the crux of the Abu Zubaydah saga were Zubaydah's lies about supposed ties between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, which helped the U.S. spin the lies that led to the Iraq War. Kiriakou explains the American fetish with torture and his role in blowing the whistle on the torture network...

9/13/17 Tim Shorrock on the failed diplomacy between North Korea and the United States

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Tim Shorrock, author of Spies For Hire, returns to the show to discuss his latest articles for The Nation "Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again" and AlterNet "How Sony, Obama, Seth Rogen and the CIA Secretly Planned to Force Regime Change in North Korea." Shorrock details the 1994 deal with North Korea, which was an important step toward diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea, how George W. Bush and the neocons torpedoed the deal leading the North Koreans to pursue nuclear weapons, and why diplomacy between the two countries could work despite disastrous U.S....

9/10/17 Gareth Porter on the possibility of a diplomatic solution in North Korea

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 10, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter joins Scott on Antiwar Radio on KPFK to discuss his latest article for Antiwar.com, "Can the US and North Korea Move From Threats to Negotiations?" Porter details how America's history of foreign intervention has been North Korea's primary motivation for seeking nuclear deterrence and why, as a result, there is no military option in North Korea. And the question we all want answered: is this all ultimately leading toward regime change in Pyongyang? Finally, Porter addresses the role that China and South Korea play in the U.S. consideration of any diplomatic resolution. Gareth...

9/8/17 Andrew Cockburn on Saudi Arabia's role in 9/11

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 8, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Washington editor of Harper's Magazine, Andrew Cockburn, returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Crime and Punishment: Will the 9/11 Case Finally Go to Trial?" Cockburn explains how the 9/11 families overcame the legal impediments against suing the state of Saudi Arabia even in the face of rank opposition from the Obama administration, what he believed was revealed in the 28 pages, and how the Saudis helped fund the spread of Wahhabism and the rise of al-Qaeda. Cockburn believes the key question is: What is the real U.S.-Saudi relationship? Scott and Cockburn detail how...

9/8/17 Andrew Cockburn on Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11

by Damon Hatheway | Sep 8, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Washington editor of Harper's Magazine, Andrew Cockburn, returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Crime and Punishment: Will the 9/11 Case Finally Go to Trial?" Cockburn explains how the 9/11 families overcame the legal impediments against suing the state of Saudi Arabia even in the face of rank opposition from the Obama administration, what he believed was revealed in the 28 pages, and how the Saudis helped fund the spread of Wahhabism and the rise of al-Qaeda. Cockburn believes the key question is: What is the real U.S.-Saudi relationship? Scott and Cockburn detail how...

9/20/17 May Jeong on the atrocities of U.S.-backed warlords in Afghanistan

9/20/17 Jeff Stein reviews Ken Burns's "The Vietnam War"

9/20/17 Jeff Stein reviews Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War”

9/15/17 John Kiriakou on blowing the whistle on the CIA torture network

9/13/17 Tim Shorrock on the failed diplomacy between North Korea and the United States

9/10/17 Gareth Porter on the possibility of a diplomatic solution in North Korea

9/8/17 Andrew Cockburn on Saudi Arabia's role in 9/11

9/8/17 Andrew Cockburn on Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11

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