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9/13/21 Aaron Maté on the Seemingly Forgotten American Occupation of Syria

by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks with journalist Aaron Maté about his recent piece bringing attention to the U.S. occupation of Syria. The U.S. military currently controls about a third of Syria with an official troop count of 900. But considering officials were willing to lie to the former president about the real troop numbers, Scott and Maté are skeptical of the official figures. Maté observes that even with bipartisan opposition to these “forever wars” the occupation of Syria remains a subject that’s not to be talked about. Maté has little hope it will come to an end anytime soon. While the official reason...

9/13/21 Mathieu Aikins on the Recent US Drone Strike in Kabul and Life in Afghanistan Post-Withdrawal

by Scott Horton | Sep 15, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews journalist Mathieu Aikins who has remained in Kabul to report for the New York Times. Aikins and his team recently investigated the drone strike the U.S. carried out on August 29th that officials claimed had targeted a car carrying explosives believed to be driven by a member of ISIS. However, the team from NYT found a devastating scene with the bodies of children and a distraught family claiming to have just lost ten family members. Aikins and his colleagues were able to identify the man as Zemari Ahmadi. Ahmadi worked for a California-based aid organization and was trying...

9/9/21 Joe Dyke on the Civilian Bodycount of American Airstrikes

by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Joe Dyke from Airwars.org joins the show to discuss his new report, coauthored with Imogen Piper, which attempts to count civilian deaths resulting directly from U.S. airstrikes during the Terror Wars. Dyke says he and his colleagues want civilian deaths to be part of the broader ongoing discussions about the cost of these wars. Scott and Dyke discuss the difficulties involved with trying to count civilian deaths and examine the costs and benefits of different methods. Both agree, regardless of method, it’s important work. Especially since the U.S. government has made no official estimates. ...

9/9/21 Dave DeCamp on Developments in Afghanistan and Syria

by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talked with Dave DeCamp. DeCamp gives an update on Afghanistan where the Taliban are attempting to form a government. Both Scott and DeCamp agree that the Taliban are likely to face difficulties as they try to govern the country, especially if they continue to only appoint Pashtun men to positions of power. Both point to the retaliatory drone strike that killed civilians in Kabul as a preview of what “over the horizon” operations will look like if Biden is serious about continuing them. Lastly, DeCamp provides an update on Syria where insiders appear to be...

9/9/21 End of the Empire – Episode 1

by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2021 | End of the Empire

On Thursday, Pete Quinones and Scott Horton live-streamed the first episode of their new podcast End of the Empire on the Libertarian Institute’s Youtube Channel. In the episode, the two discuss Pete’s recent appearance on Tim Pool’s show Timcast. Scott commends Pete’s approach to debunking China hawk propaganda in front of a right-wing audience. The two also discuss the stupidity of global empire before getting into why Pete has been focusing more on local politics. The episode wraps up with a long discussion of political strategy from a national scale all the way down to small towns. ...

My September 11th End the Damn Wars Speech in Washington, D.C.

by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8kUfjv7r8

Noam Chomsky Mentions Fool’s Errand

by Scott Horton | Sep 12, 2021 | Blog

Twice! "The invasion was not only a violation of international law, as marginal a concern in Washington as the anti-Taliban Afghan resistance, but also had no credible pretext on any grounds. "Pure criminality. "Furthermore, ample evidence is now available showing that Afghanistan and al-Qaeda were not of much interest to the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld triumvirate. They had their eyes on much bigger game than Afghanistan. Iraq would be the first step, then the entire region. I won’t review the record here. It’s well-documented in Scott Horton’s book, Fool’s Errand. ... "9/11 provided the occasion...

9/6/21 Clive Stafford Smith on Ahmed Rabbani and the Other Innocent Men Being Held at Guantanamo Bay

by Scott Horton | Sep 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Clive Stafford Smith about a recent article written by his client Ahmed Rabbani. Rabbani has been in custody for 19 years without a single charge being brought against him. In 2002 he found himself in the hands of the CIA who allegedly believed he was a man named Hassan Ghul. But even after the real Ghul was captured and brought to the same prison Rabbani was being kept in, the CIA kept trying to extract information from Rabbani. Ghul cooperated and was freed. But Rabbani was sent to Guantanamo Bay where he remains today. Smith explains some of the difficulties facing him as...

9/13/21 Aaron Maté on the Seemingly Forgotten American Occupation of Syria

9/13/21 Mathieu Aikins on the Recent US Drone Strike in Kabul and Life in Afghanistan Post-Withdrawal

9/9/21 Joe Dyke on the Civilian Bodycount of American Airstrikes

9/9/21 Dave DeCamp on Developments in Afghanistan and Syria

9/9/21 End of the Empire – Episode 1

My September 11th End the Damn Wars Speech in Washington, D.C.

Noam Chomsky Mentions Fool’s Errand

9/6/21 Clive Stafford Smith on Ahmed Rabbani and the Other Innocent Men Being Held at Guantanamo Bay

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