Damon Hatheway

8/28/17 MSF's Clair Manera on the cholera epidemic in Yemen

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 29, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Claire Manera from Médecins Sans Frontières returns to the show to discuss the cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has somehow gotten much worse. When Manera was on the show less than two months ago there were an estimated 30,000 cholera cases; today there are more than 300,000. So many people are sick that they aren't able to get to the hospital and many are dying in their homes without the critical care they need. Manera explains how cholera spreads and why the Saudi-U.S. war in Yemen has exasperated the impoverished conditions. The epidemic has gotten so bad, particularly among children,...

8/28/17 MSF’s Clair Manera on the cholera epidemic in Yemen

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 29, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Claire Manera from Médecins Sans Frontières returns to the show to discuss the cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has somehow gotten much worse. When Manera was on the show less than two months ago there were an estimated 30,000 cholera cases; today there are more than 300,000. So many people are sick that they aren't able to get to the hospital and many are dying in their homes without the critical care they need. Manera explains how cholera spreads and why the Saudi-U.S. war in Yemen has exasperated the impoverished conditions. The epidemic has gotten so bad, particularly among children,...

8/25/17 Daniel Lazare on Israel's role in the new Syrian conflict

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 25, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Journalist and author Daniel Lazare returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Consortium News, "Israel's Alarm over Syrian Debacle." Lazare explains that while ISIS and al-Qaeda are on the verge of being defeated in Syria, there are new conflicts brewing over Israel's concern about Hezbollah's power on the Syrian border, which has led them to provide different aid for the anti-Assad Syrian rebels. Lazare believes that Israel has made a major miscalculation in Syria that has empowered its Muslim opponents. Lazare and Scott then detail how the U.S. has flirted with Islamic jihad as...

8/25/17 Daniel Lazare on Israel’s role in the new Syrian conflict

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 25, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Journalist and author Daniel Lazare returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Consortium News, "Israel's Alarm over Syrian Debacle." Lazare explains that while ISIS and al-Qaeda are on the verge of being defeated in Syria, there are new conflicts brewing over Israel's concern about Hezbollah's power on the Syrian border, which has led them to provide different aid for the anti-Assad Syrian rebels. Lazare believes that Israel has made a major miscalculation in Syria that has empowered its Muslim opponents. Lazare and Scott then detail how the U.S. has flirted with Islamic jihad as...

8/23/17 Eric Margolis on his heroic rescue of starving zoo animals in Aleppo

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 23, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis returns to the show to discuss his recent heroic trip to the Middle East where he helped save starving zoo animals from Aleppo with Four Paws International. Margolis recounted his trip and the incredible rescue he helped bring about in his latest article "Escape from the Aleppo Zoo." After filling Scott in on his role in the rescue, Margolis discusses the current situation in Syria, Israel's role in the Syrian war, and whether there's any merit to the rumor that the Russians are funding the Taliban against the United States in Afghanistan. Finally Margolis explains what the...

8/23/17 Daniel Davis on Trump's Afghanistan Decision

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 23, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Whistleblower Daniel Davis returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Trump Wants You To Write Him A Blank Check For War in Afghanistan. Don't." Davis explains why military victory in Afghanistan is impossible, and how current U.S. presence in Afghanistan appears to be indefinite. Danny discusses the differences during his two tours of duty in Afghanistan 2005 and 2010-11 and how much worse the situation is today than it was a decade ago. Davis goes back down memory lane and explains the process of his decision to blow the whistle on David Petraeus's lies. Scott and Danny slam...

8/23/17 Daniel Davis on Trump’s Afghanistan Decision

by Damon Hatheway | Aug 23, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Whistleblower Daniel Davis returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Trump Wants You To Write Him A Blank Check For War in Afghanistan. Don't." Davis explains why military victory in Afghanistan is impossible, and how current U.S. presence in Afghanistan appears to be indefinite. Danny discusses the differences during his two tours of duty in Afghanistan 2005 and 2010-11 and how much worse the situation is today than it was a decade ago. Davis goes back down memory lane and explains the process of his decision to blow the whistle on David Petraeus's lies. Scott and Danny slam...

8/20/17 Gareth Porter on Trump's decision to escalate in Afghanistan

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

Gareth Porter returns to KPFK radio to discuss Trump's recent announcement that the United States will extend and escalate the war in Afghanistan. Porter explains that the permanent war state in the United States grinds on and claims another victory with Trump's decision, which overturns his strong rhetoric in opposition to the Afghan war in the past. Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter. Find all of Gareth Porter's previous...