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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...

9/6/21 Magnus Panvidya on the Upcoming Day of Antiwar Protests

by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott sits down with Magnus Panvidya to discuss the upcoming antiwar protests that will take place all over the country on September 11th. All indications point to a sizable turnout that is, importantly, not monopolized by any one party or idealogy. Just as the antiwar movement ought to be. Further information can be found in the link below. Discussed on the show: https://www.endthedamnwars.org/ Magnus Panvidya is an activist based out of Michigan. Follow him on Twitter @PanvidyaMagnus This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike...

9/3/21 Coleen Rowley on the Many Ways 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented

by Scott Horton | Sep 7, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott speaks with FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley about the institutional failures that occurred before and after the 9/11 attacks. Rowley believes that there are many ways the attacks could have been prevented ranging from better information sharing between agencies to the locking of cockpit doors. After the attacks, Rowley says bureaucratic changes alone would have been enough to prevent similar attacks from occurring again and been a lot less costly than launching wars and spying on the world’s population. But both Scott and Rowley observe that instead the tragedy was seized upon by...

9/3/21 Danny Sjursen on Afghanistan, Veterans and Counterinsurgency

by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Danny Sjursen and gets his reaction to the Taliban victory in Afghanistan. Sjursen thinks the Taliban’s campaign to take control of the country may soon be studied in war colleges. He also thinks that Scott’s book Fool’s Errand should be studied at war colleges, or at least books just as critical of the wars. Sjursen then talks about how this is a tough time for veterans, but that that isn’t a reason to hold back criticism of the war. That the idea that being antiwar implies a hatred of the troops is ridiculous and convenient for those in power. Lastly, Sjursen reflects on...

9/3/21 Gareth Porter on the Media’s Reaction to the Withdrawal From Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Sep 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter joins Scott on Antiwar Radio to discuss his latest piece about the media’s reaction to Afghanistan. Porter lays out how virtually the entire media ecosystem is arguing the withdrawal was done prematurely from both a counterterrorism standpoint and in terms of the evacuation of American citizens and allies. However, the media is ignoring the root of the problem was the overconfidence the U.S. Military and Intelligence Community had in the Afghan National Army. Porter argues that that is where the blame ought to lie, rather than squarely on Biden. Now Porter thinks we’ve reached...

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

9/6/21 Magnus Panvidya on the Upcoming Day of Antiwar Protests

9/3/21 Coleen Rowley on the Many Ways 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented

9/3/21 Danny Sjursen on Afghanistan, Veterans and Counterinsurgency

9/3/21 Gareth Porter on the Media’s Reaction to the Withdrawal From Afghanistan

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