Ray McGovern reflects on the demise of "Russiagate," now that two central pieces of the narrative have fallen apart. The first comes from newly-released transcripts of the House Intelligence Committee's 2017 interview with a senior member of Crowdstrike, the firm that...
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5/15/20 Danny Sjursen on America’s Long Involvement in Somalia
by Scott Horton | May 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen talks about America's long history of intervention in Somalia, beginning after World War II, continuing during the Cold War, and persisting today through the War on Terror. Too often, he says, the mainstream narrative around U.S. interventions starts...
5/11/20 Ramzy Baroud on 100 Years of Israeli Annexation and Ethnic Cleansing
by Scott Horton | May 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ramzy Baroud discusses the 100-year history of Jewish Zionism, which has resulted in a century of Palestinians being subjugated, killed, and forced off of their land. Palestinians have sometimes been criticized for not accepting the offer made at the time of the...
5/11/20 Patrick Cockburn on the Real Crisis Facing Iraq
by Scott Horton | May 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn discusses Iraq’s increasingly desperate economic outlook as oil prices remain at historic lows. Iraq’s economy, like many of those in the Middle East, is hugely reliant on oil, with millions directly on a government payroll that depends...
5/8/20 Aaron Mehta on the Unresolved Problems with the F-35
by Scott Horton | May 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Mehta talks about all the issues with the F-35 fighter jet, a plane that has been in development for 20 years and still can’t do many of the things it was designed for. Mehta describes his long investigation into the F-35 project, which upon initial...
5/8/20 Jeff Deist on America’s Bubble Economy
by Scott Horton | May 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jeff Deist about the economic ramifications of the coronavirus, including both the virus itself and the government’s fiscal and monetary response. Deist certainly expects that we could be in for a severe recession, but is mainly of the view that...
5/8/20 Daniel McAdams on the Latest Failed Venezuelan Coup
by Scott Horton | May 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams discusses the latest incident in the strange story of the U.S.-backed coup attempts in Venezuela, which seek to replace President Maduro with someone more friendly to “American interests,” like Juan Guaidó. Most recently, a small operation...
5/8/20 Bas Spliet on Yemen’s Ongoing Humanitarian Disaster
by Scott Horton | May 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews journalist Bas Spliet about the ongoing war in Yemen. Spliet reminds us that even though the Houthis are still referred to in most of the Western media as “rebels,” they have actually been ruling 80% of the country since 2014, and...
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