Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about where his former commanders from Afghanistan have ended up in the years since the surge. Sjursen goes through a handful of these men: almost without fail, his former generals have ended up with profitable jobs in the arms industry...
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11/11/20 David Swanson: Leaving World War II Behind
by Scott Horton | Nov 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews author and peace activist David Swanson in honor of Veterans' Day, or Armistice Day, as it was originally known. Swanson begins by describing the way World War II has become the justification for just about every use of military force by the United...
11/6/20 Dave DeCamp on the Foreign Policy of a Biden Administration
by Scott Horton | Nov 9, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
With Joe Biden apparently poised to be America's next president, Scott talks to Dave DeCamp about some possible foreign policy changes under the new administration. To begin with, DeCamp worries that Biden will use a recent uptick in violence as an excuse to keep...
11/6/20 Jeff Deist on the Cancerous Growth of America’s Federal Government
by Scott Horton | Nov 7, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jeff Deist discusses the idea that the best path forward for America may be some kind of peaceful breakup. He reminds us that America has never truly been one country, the way that, for instance, many small European nations are—and indeed the United States was never...
10/31/20 Nicolas Davies: Bolivia Repudiates Yet Another Western Coup Attempt
by Scott Horton | Nov 1, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Nicolas Davies joins the show for an update on the situation in Bolivia, where President Evo Morales was forced to flee the country last year after allegations that his party fixed the elections to give him another term. Davies argues that the elections probably were...
10/30/20 Matt Taibbi on Tech Censorship, Glenn Greenwald and the Hunter Biden Laptop Story
by Scott Horton | Nov 1, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Matt Taibbi discusses the controversial new developments surrounding possible corruption in the Biden family. Taibbi takes us back to the original controversy of Biden's supposed pressure on the Ukrainian government to dismiss prosecutor Viktor Shokin when Biden was...
10/30/20 Giorgio Cafiero on the Normalization of Israel-Sudan Relations
by Scott Horton | Oct 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Giorgio Cafiero about the latest push for Sudan to join the group of countries officially normalizing ties with Israel. Cafiero thinks these official normalization deals are somewhat significant, but reminds us that none of the countries to sign such...
10/23/20 Daniel Davis: Trump vs. Biden on Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Oct 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Davis is back, this time for a discussion of Trump and Biden's foreign policy positions in light of last night's presidential debate. Overall Davis thinks it's good that Trump hasn't started any new wars—unlike all of his recent predecessors—but is disappointed...
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