10/8/19 Dan McKnight on the Need to Bring Our Troops Home from the Middle East
Dan McKnight joins Scott to discuss his very important organization, Bring Our Troops Home, which argues against America's endless wars in the Middle East from a constitutional conservative position. Scott explains how the left has always been pretty good on the war issue, as is the older generation of Vietnam-era veterans who have turned anti-war. What we really need in order to change U.S. foreign policy is for the large base of younger republicans, including veterans of the current wars, to realize that a limited, defensive military policy really is the correct conservative stance....
10/7/19 Reese Erlich on Turkey, Syria, and Egypt
Scott interviews Reese Erlich about the situation in Turkey, where the government is beginning to carry out a plan to get rid of the country's Kurdish population in a kind of soft genocide that consists mostly in displacing native Kurds with Syrian refugees. Scott and Erlich also discuss the current protests against Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Discussed on the show: "Foreign Correspondent: Turkey Plans an Attack on Syrian Kurds" (Progressive.org) Coping with Crumbling States Warren Commission Reese Erlich is a freelance journalist who has reported from the Middle East for...
Media’s Misreporting Of Ukraine-gate Apes Misreporting Of Russia-gate
Aaron Mate killing it on the Jimmy Dore show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6by-4RQ1ZY
Jerusalem Post: Can Israel Trust the US After Syria Withdrawal?
You know, not that America's policy in Syria has anything to do with serving Israel's interests.
Former CIA Officer Robert Baer: Whistleblower Represents ‘Palace Coup’
Via Matt Taibbi: From CNN: BAER: That's what I find remarkable, is that this whistleblower knew about [the placing of the record of the call in the classified system], this attempt to cover up. This is a couple people. It just isn't one. BALDWIN: And on the couple people point, if the allegation is true, Bob, what does it say that White House officials, lawyers, wanted to cover it up? BAER: You know, my guess, it's a palace coup against Trump. And who knows what else they know at this point. But, you know, this is not an ordinary whistleblower complaint. It is, like I said, well put...
10/4/19 Andrew Cockburn on the America’s Military-Industrial Swamp
Andrew Cockburn talks about what he calls the legal corruption of the U.S. government and various lobbying industries. Whether it's arms manufacturers, steel, farmers, or health insurance, practically every major industry in the U.S.—and some industries abroad—works with politicians to get favors and special treatment. Joe and Hunter Biden's scandal with Ukrainian energy companies is just the most recent example, but is certainly not unique. Unfortunately partisan loyalty clouds people's judgment and makes them accept these behaviors as normal when "their team" does it. Discussed on the...
10/4/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan
Adam Wunische joins the show to discuss his work in assessing the true costs of the war in Afghanistan and the future of the American military there. He and Scott remind us that most metrics used to describe the costs of war assume that you can put a value on the loss of human lives, the physical and mental suffering of soldiers who do come home, and all the other subtle effects felt at home by the citizens of a nation at war. Clearly that's not true, and it probably explains why the country has turned so strongly against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the veterans of these wars...
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