Doug Bandow comes back on the show to explain the importance of America taking a backseat with Ukraine, particularly with respect to its dispute with Russia over Crimea. Bandow reminds us that Crimea has historically always been a part of Russia, and that it was...
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10/18/19 Dan McAdams on Partisan Outrage over Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dan McAdams about the U.S. withdrawal from northeastern Syria, and the ensuing negotiations between Assad, the Kurds, and Turkey. McAdams reminds us that the whole crisis was only precipitated by America's decision to intervene in Syria's civil war, a...
10/18/19 Elizabeth McAlister: Nuclear Winter and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Elizabeth McAlister of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 updates Scott on her legal situation, following an April 2018 incident in which she and other members of her organization broke into a Nuclear Submarine facility. The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of Catholics...
10/14/19 Ramzy Baroud on Israel’s Torture and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ramzy Baroud joins the show for an update on Israel and Palestine. He wants to dispel some common misconceptions about Israel, starting with the fact that the country didn't even exist before 1948, while Palestine has a history that goes back thousands of years....
10/14/19 Ben Freeman: How the UAE Wins in Washington
by Scott Horton | Oct 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ben Freeman joins Scott to talk about his new study on the Emirati lobby, which wields enormous power in Washington D.C. The UAE generally has a good reputation in America, usually being associated with glamor, cosmopolitanism, and vast oil wealth. In reality, their...
10/14/19 David Stockman on the Media and Establishment Hysteria over Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman discusses the outrage that has followed President Trump's movement of a few dozen troops out of northeastern Syria. Stockman is quick to clarify that this is not even a withdrawal of troops, just a relocation from one part of the country into another,...
10/11/19 Joe Lauria on The New Yorker’s Partisan Disinformation on Biden and Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Oct 14, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Joe Lauria about his recent Consortium News piece calling out the failures of The New Yorker's Jane Mayer and the rest of the mainstream media's "investigative journalists" to actually do any investigative journalism with respect to the Ukraine...
10/11/19 Matt Taibbi on the Fake ‘Ukrainegate’ Whistleblower
by Scott Horton | Oct 13, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Matt Taibbi talks about the bizarre origins of the Ukraine impeachment inquiry being conducted in Congress. He carefully explains the distinction between real whistleblowers like Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning, who risked their lives and freedom to expose genuine...
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