Mark Perry discusses what he calls "the biggest breakdown in civil-military relations since Vietnam": the controversy over the war crimes trial of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher. By refusing to allow the Navy to discipline Gallagher in the way they intended, Trump has...
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11/29/19 Jeb Sprague on the Latest Latin American Deep State Coup
by Scott Horton | Nov 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jeb Sprague about his work studying U.S.-backed coups in Latin America, particularly the current one in Bolivia. Support for democracy and the rule of law is one thing, say Scott and Sprague, but it is quite another to demand that the military rush in...
11/22/19 Aaron Maté on the Dangerous Precedent of ‘Russiagate’
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Aaron Maté about the role John Brennan and the CIA might have played in the investigation into Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 election. Although Maté is a progressive, he understands how dangerous it is to have intelligence agencies with the...
11/22/19 Doug Bandow on Making Peace with the Rest of the World
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow explains why the pathological need for neocons and neoliberals in Washington to antagonize other powerful countries is so dangerous for America. Russia and China, he says, can both be our allies. It makes no sense for the U.S. military to be involved in...
11/22/19 Michael Boldin on the PATRIOT Act
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Michael Boldin describes the appalling state of an American government that has strayed so far from its founding principles as codified by the constitution. Today the federal government wields so much power over every aspect of our lives that the only rational choice...
11/22/19 Danny Sjursen on the Failures of America’s War in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Nov 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen talks about the ways his experience in Iraq convinced him of the futility of that war, allowing him to see things that the generals and the war planners often could not. Sjursen says that not all officers paid attention to the local situation or to the...
11/22/19 Philip Weiss on Israel-Palestine and Zionist Politics in America
by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss discusses the latest in Israeli politics, where incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently been indicted on corruption charges. Neither Netanyahu nor his main opponent, Benny Gantz, have yet been able to form a government, and Weiss thinks...
11/22/19 Donald Bolduc on Limiting US Military Intervention
by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Donald Bolduc shares some of his experience from his time overseas with the U.S. army during the terror wars. He spells out the fact that although America's mission is ostensibly to suppress groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, we often end up supporting the very same...
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