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12/18/17 Ramzy Baroud on the long-awaited death of the Two-State Solution

by | Dec 18, 2017 |

Editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle Ramzy Baroud returns to the show to discuss his latest articles, "Towards a New Palestinian Beginning" and "The ‘Last Martyr’: Who Killed Kamal Al-Assar?" Baroud shares his memories from the First Intifada 30 years ago, explains how socialism and not Radical Islam drove the Palestinian struggle at the outset, and provides nuance for Israel's role in Hamas' rise to power in Palestine. Baroud then details the length to which the Israeli state has gone to deny Palestine a political peace process and argues that the last time a genuine resolution...

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12/18/17 Harry Kazianis on the potential for apocalyptic war with North Korea

by | Dec 18, 2017 |

National Interest's executive editor Harry Kazianis joins Scott to discuss his article for The American Conservative, "A War of Choice With North Korea is an Immensely Dumb Idea." Kazianis discusses the horrors that would follow from a war with North Korea, the difficulty of educating the broader public on the possible consequences, and why, even if Donald Trump is bluffing, pushing Kim Jung-Il into a corner is a terrible idea. Kazianis then discusses his previous work projecting what war with North Korea could look like and what he believes to be the status of North Korean chemical and...

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12/15/17 Conn Hallinan on containment of China and the India-Pakistan nuclear standoff

by | Dec 15, 2017 |

Conn Hallinan returns to the show to discuss his latest article for FPIF.org "Asia's Other Nuclear Standoff," which details the United States' role in escalating the India-Pakistan nuclear face off. Hallinan describes the race for resource control in Asia, particularly over the oil supply, and the Chinese expansion throughout southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Hallinan believes the possibility of escalation to nuclear weapons is very real in India and Pakistan. Hallinan then explains the background of the conflict in southeast Asia and addresses Rex Tillerson's latest comments on North...

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12/15/17 Will Porter on the undercounted civilian deaths in Yemen

by | Dec 15, 2017 |

Will Porter makes his debut on the Scott Horton Show to discuss his article for the Libertarian Institute, "Yemen's Silent Numbers: Official Death Count Masks War's Toll on Civilians." Porter explains the numerous problems with the OHCHR's civilian death count and why the estimates likely don't reflect near the total number of civilians whose lives have been lost as a result of the war. Will Porter writes for The Market Radical and NotBeingGoverned. Follow him on Twitter @WKPAnCap. Discussed on the show: Nasser Arrabyee "The situation of human rights in Yemen including violations and abuses...

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12/11/17 Raeford Davis on the murder of Daniel Shaver and other police shootings

by | Dec 11, 2017 |

Former police officer Raeford Davis returns to the show to discuss the latest spree of police shootings. According to Davis while there are plenty of bad apples who join police forces across the country, the real problem is the training cops receive and the willingness of courts to acquit unjustifiable shootings. Davis breaks down the details of the video of Daniel Shaver's murder from the perspective of a former cop. Davis then explains how police officers are masters at escalating potentially violent situations with the goal of creating arrests. Scott and Davis then discuss the way cops...

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12/8/17 Philip Weiss on Trump's Jerusalem decision

by | Dec 8, 2017 |

Philip Weiss, editor of Mondoweiss.net, returns to the show to discuss Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel and his future plans to move the U.S. embassy there in the future. According to Weiss Trump's decision extinguishes the peace process and is a moment of great despair for those who believed the Oslo Accord would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. Weiss then details the history of Israeli land annexation from Palestinians in Jerusalem dating back to the the 1940s. Weiss believes that ultimately Palestinian freedom will require American Jews to...

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12/8/17 Philip Weiss on Trump’s Jerusalem decision

by | Dec 8, 2017 |

Philip Weiss, editor of Mondoweiss.net, returns to the show to discuss Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel and his future plans to move the U.S. embassy there in the future. According to Weiss Trump's decision extinguishes the peace process and is a moment of great despair for those who believed the Oslo Accord would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. Weiss then details the history of Israeli land annexation from Palestinians in Jerusalem dating back to the the 1940s. Weiss believes that ultimately Palestinian freedom will require American Jews to...

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12/8/17 Mark Perry on Why moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a mistake

by | Dec 8, 2017 |

Mark Perry returns to the show to discuss his latest article for the American Conservative, "Tillerson, Mattis Warned Trump Against Embassy Move." Perry doubts that Trump understands the true effect of his decision and explains why Jerusalem is integral to the Arab world and to Palestine in particular. Scott asks if, now that the two-state solution is clearly over, peace can be found in a single state—assuming apartheid conditions are lifted. Perry believes that the silver lining is that the Jerusalem decision creates division in what has become an ever-cozier relationship between Israel and...

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