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9/23/19 David Stockman on the Demonization of Iran

by Scott Horton | Sep 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

David Stockman talks about the recent drone strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility and America's sanctions war in Iran. For some reason, everything in the Middle East seems to be about Iran, as far as American neocons are concerned. They will do anything to turn a situation into an excuse to push for war with Iran, or to hurt them in a less violent but in some ways more horrific manner, like with economic sanctions. Stockman hopes that Trump will realize how advantageous it would be if we could get along with Iran, and take steps to institute a new nuclear agreement—or even reinstate the old...

Another Giant Non-Scandal — Toldyaso

by Scott Horton | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog

Yes, Trump asked the new Ukrainian president to take a look at the firing of the prosecutor who had previously been investigating a natural gas firm that was paying then Vice President-Biden's son Hunter $50,000 per month to sit on their board. No, there is nothing like a quid pro quo or a threat from Trump to Zelenskiy. In fact, due to Trump's broken speech, "if you can look into it," and "whatever you can do": is the closest he gets to even making an ask. Democrats are on TV, premature ejaculating all over the place, pretending they have been proven right anyway. The MSNBC reporter just...

Iran Bends Over Further, Will It Be Enough For Israel/Trump?

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog

Iranian FM Zarif told CNN that Iran would be willing to sign another additional protocol to their Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA, "allowing for more intrusive inspections of the country's nuclear facilities at an earlier date than that set out in the 2015 deal. The country's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would also enshrine a ban on nuclear weapons in law. ... In return for what (Trump) has said he's prepared to do and that is to go to Congress and have this ratified, which would mean Congress lifting the sanctions." "We are prepared, if President Trump is serious about permanent for...

Ron and Dan: Defending Saudi Arabia… Hardly Our Moral Responsibility!

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog

President Trump’s decision to deploy more US troops (and more failed Patriot Missile batteries) signals the US Administration’s continuing determination to back Saudi Arabia in its aggressive war against Yemen. But what does it mean that the mighty US air superiority has been defeated by a few cheap drones and missiles? The illusion of dominance. Should we be engaging further in the Middle East…or is it time to come home? Tune in to today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: https://youtu.be/wB7j2FD5b74 Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

9/20/19 Max Blumenthal on Civilian Life in Syria and the US Sanctions on Iran

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Max Blumenthal recounts his recent trip to Syria, where he witnessed firsthand the destruction wrought by the proxy war fought there with the support of the U.S. To this day, willingness to negotiate with the Assad regime makes you a pariah in Washington, as we've seen from Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign. Blumenthal also talks about America's economic war on Iran, which, like all sanctions, hurts only a country's people and rarely does anything to accomplish the supposed political ends. Discussed on the show: "Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on...

9/20/19 Shireen Al-Adeimi on Samantha Power’s Revisionist Yemen History

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Shireen Al-Adeimi discusses the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, particularly that of Obama administration official Samantha Power. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of civilians have died from starvation and deprivation during the war in Yemen, many of them children. Al-Adeimi explains that part of the reason it's so hard to get democrats to criticize President Trump for what his role in the war is that they would have to reckon with Obama's part in helping the Saudis start the war in the first place. With impeachment hearings starting up, she and Scott wonder whether this will be...

9/20/19 Christine Ahn on a Chance for Peace With North Korea

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Christine Ahn joins the show for an update on the Korean peace process, now that John Bolton is out of the Trump administration. She thinks Bolton was a major obstacle to Korean unification, and that now Trump might go along with the negotiations between the North and South—something that recent American presidents have been unwilling to do. One of the democrats' favorite attacks against Trump, that he "sides with dictators," completely misses the point, says Ahn. In defying John Bolton to negotiate with Kim Jong-un, Trump is really siding with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the vast...

Latest Trump Impeachment Scandal is Also Garbage

by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog

He's still guilty of genocide in an illegal war, so, you know, there's always that. But anyway, go read Reason this morning about the Ukraine nonsense. Short version: Biden and Kerry's sons were cashing in on their dads' connections in Ukraine and China, but there's no clear evidence of their fathers' corrupt interventions on their behalf in getting the "jobs." Biden pushed to get the prosecutor fired, but there's no clear evidence that was directly related to any investigation of Biden's son's firm. Trump pushed the new Ukrainian president to investigate Biden's son's firm, but there's no...

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