Scott Horton on Iran-Contra, Mujahideen, and “Dark Alliance” Ep. 144

by | Dec 15, 2020

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https://youtu.be/q5rgHrbWa7U

I invited Scott Horton on to the show to talk about two chapters of history where even the established history is too crazy to believe: the Iran-Contra Affair and the CIA’s support for the Mujahideen in 1980s Afghanistan. We also discuss the Iraq Wars, the Iraq-Iran War, Gary Webb, some CIA drug running, and touch on the John Birch Society.

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Show Notes:

Scott Discusses Saddam’s Invasion of Kuwait with Andrew Bacevich

Wikileaks–April Glaspie Cable “We took no position on these Arab affairs.”

Margaret Tutwiler and John Kelly Regarding no defense treaties with Kuwait

Stephen Waltz on the Glaspie Cables

Dick Cheney: US Occupation of Iraq is a Bad Idea

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm

COVER UP: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (Full Documentary)

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Patrick Macfarlane

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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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