2/5/21 Lyle J. Goldstein on the Nuclear Tensions Between the US and Russia

Scott talks to Lyle Goldstein about the U.S.-Russia relationship and the future of global nuclear arms negotiations. Goldstein says that after the Cold War, the world's nuclear weapon situation was mostly under control—as a result, people today have forgotten how dangerous these weapons are, as evidenced by the American government's willingness to let old treaties lapse. Today, explains Goldstein, there's almost nothing preventing another buildup and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Given the risks to our very existence on this planet, Goldstein stresses that getting along peaceably with...

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2/5/21 Bette Dam: How Flawed Intelligence Leads to War Crimes in Afghanistan

Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In such cases, the "Taliban" label can be used to justify the killing of any fighting-age male, even when many of these are innocent civilians. But of course even calling them Taliban is begging the question of who our enemy is. It was al Qaeda, as Scott points out, who attacked the U.S. on 9/11, and America basically wiped them all...

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Interviews of Me

There's been a few lately: Scott Horton & Aleks Svetski. The Monopoly on Violence Pt 1. Wake Up Podcast Scott Horton on his new book ‘Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terror’ The United States Empire - Genocide in Yemen and Beyond Why I am Antiwar - Scott Horton! An if Love Remains - Scott Horton, Enough Already: Time To End The War On Terrorism Coalition Talk Radio: Yemen 101 - In Conversation With Scott Horton What's HAPAning - Enough Already with Scott Horton

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2/5/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Reversal

Matthew Hoh discusses the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy. Trump, Hoh reminds us, had appointed Zalmay Khalilzad to negotiate a U.S. withdrawal with the Taliban; now it appears that Biden's team is reversing that plan. Hoh says that this was to be expected: Biden represents the same entrenched interests that have kept America at war in the Middle East for more than 30 years, and so far his administration is issuing many of the same talking points as previous presidents have about keeping stability in the region, ensuring the flow of Middle Eastern oil and "fighting them over there...

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2/4/21 Jim Bovard on the Official Whitewash of the Killing of Duncan Lemp

Jim Bovard is back to discuss the tragic killing of Duncan Lemp, a Maryland man who was shot by police during a no-knock SWAT raid last year. Bovard has been covering the details of Lemp's story ever since, including the ways that the police department's story keeps changing and the fact that there's no body cam footage to verify what happened. Bovard stresses that no-knock raids are complete overkill in almost all cases, and they only lead to senseless killings like this one. He and Scott also discuss many similar cases in recent American history, all of which highlight the need for a...

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