Mustafa Akyol talks about his latest New York Times op-ed, which describes a backlash among the people of the Muslim world to some of the political extremism that has recently become common in the Middle East. Scott and Akyol rehash the history of radical Islamist...
The Scott Horton Show
1/2/20 Peter Van Buren on the Americans Dying for the Government’s Lies
by Scott Horton | Jan 2, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren talks about the unlearned lessons from America's last several decades of foreign policy failures. Although a presidential administration will occasionally make a blunder that results in something like ISIS or the empowerment of Iran, for the most part,...
12/28/19 Tim Shorrock on the Low-Intensity War in Northeast Asia
by Scott Horton | Dec 29, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Tim Shorrock discusses the negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea. Shorrock explains why the strategy pursued by American neocons—and therefore President Trump's cabinet—of crushing economic sanctions until North Korea agrees to complete denuclearization, and a...
12/20/19 Lyle J. Goldstein: The War in Ukraine Must End
by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Lyle J. Goldstein talks about the need for Russia and Ukraine to get along better, and in general for Europe to handle more of its military and foreign affairs without the involvement of the U.S. Much has been made in certain American circles of supposed Russian...
12/20/19 John Kiriakou on the Brutal CIA Torture of Abu Zubaydah
by Scott Horton | Dec 26, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews John Kiriakou about the history of the CIA's secret torture program. Kiriakou was involved in the 2002 capture of Abu Zubaydah, who was initially interrogated with some success by the FBI, before his interrogation was eventually taken over by the CIA....
12/20/19 Jim Bovard on the Illusion of FBI Power and Competence
by Scott Horton | Dec 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard talks about America's lack of faith in the FBI, as represented by both the film Richard Jewell and also the Inspector General's report about the Bureau's failures in conducting the "Russiagate" probe. The FBI's history of incompetence and outright malice...
12/20/19 Dave DeCamp on the OPCW Douma Cover Up
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Dave DeCamp discusses the latest leaks related to the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma in 2018, which continue to point to the fact that it was staged. The most recent leaker dissents from the conclusions of the OPCW investigators that the supposed chlorine...
12/13/19 Sheldon Richman on Trump’s Loyalty to Israel
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman discusses America's relationship to Israel in the wake of President Trump's speech to Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council. Trump has received criticism as being anti-semitic for saying that American Jews, particularly democrats, do not "love...
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