Trita Parsi assesses the current risk of America going to war with Iran, given all the recent pressure from President Trump's advisers to do so. Parsi reminds us that America has no real reason to fear Iran's civilian nuclear program, since they were already signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty long before President Obama's JCPOA. The pressure to attack them simply comes from wanting to appease the strategic interests of Israel and Saudi Arabia. Discussed on the show: "Ret. Col. Macgregor: Attacking Iran Would Provoke a War, Create a Coalition Of The Willing Against Us"...
6/22/19 Gareth Porter on the Fake Crisis of War with Iran
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the growing threat of war with Iran. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo seem to be doing their utmost to ensure President Trump has no choice but to declare war on them, not to mention the fact that America's draconian economic sanctions could already be seen as an act of war. Trump's willingness to stand up to Bolton and call off a recent strike at practically the last minute may have been the only thing that stopped a war from starting already. Discussed on the show: "No war with Iran, for now — but Mike Pompeo and John Bolton still really, really want one"...
‘Great American Fraud’ David Petraeus Passed Over for APNSA Not For Losing Two Wars, Leaking to Hooker, But For Opposing Torture
What a world.
Who Rules America: Power Elite Analysis, the Deep State, and American History
Over at LewRockwell.com, the great Charles Burris has a great bibliography full of things for you to read about who's zooming who around here.
6/21/19 Khalid Mustafa Medani on Sudan’s Quest for Democracy
Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani joins the show to explain the protests going on right now in Sudan to try to bring about democratic rule in a country plagued for years by dictatorships and civil wars. In response to widespread civilian discontent, the military recently joined the cause of the people to overthrow the previous dictator—but then instead of handing the government over to democratic rule, the military set up its own dictator to take the place of the old one. Now the citizens of Sudan are calling for him to step down and help establish true democracy in the Western tradition....
6/21/19 Ali Abunimah on the Film the Israel Lobby Doesn’t Want You to See
Ali Abunimah discusses the leaked documentary, "The Lobby – USA," which reveals a coordinated campaign of tens of millions of dollars designed to silence news about Palestinians and to smear anyone fighting for Palestinian rights, including college students. When the Israel lobby found out about the project of undercover journalism exposing these facts, they put enormous pressure on the Qatari government, who runs Al Jazeera, to quash the documentary. It was unpublished until The Electronic Intifida put out the leaked copy. You can watch it at electronicintifada.net. Ali Abunimah is...
Kushner’s Big Fake Pretend Peace Plan is Out
Here. I haven't read it yet, but this guy from the Economist is tweeting about it here. (h/t) Steve.
You See, The Cops Are Not Your Security Force
They are your enemy. They hate you. They are out to get you.









