Danny Sjursen explains why staying in Afghanistan, even indefinitely, won't make any difference in its eventual outcome. Right now the U.S. military is only enforcing the Kabul government's grip on a small part of the country, and if they leave, either the Taliban...
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8/30/19 Jim Bronke on Joe Biden’s Role in the Iraq War and the Media’s Refusal to Cover It
by Scott Horton | Aug 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jim Bronke about Joe Biden's role, as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in militating for the invasion of Iraq in 2002. He deliberately stacked hearings meant to examine the potential threat of Iraqi WMD with war hawks that he knew...
8/27/19 Gar Alperovitz: the Decision to Nuke Japan
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America's use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of us learned in school, many of the top military officers and intelligence officials were adamant at the time that use of the bombs was...
8/26/19 Philip Weiss on the Zionist Doctrine of the Trump Whitehouse
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Philip Weiss about Israel's occupation of Palestine and the way the Palestinian people have been completely deprived of their rights there. Weiss is glad that the recent fiasco around Rashida Tlaib's and Ilhan Omar's visit to Israel has brought...
8/26/19 Jacob Hornberger on the Trump Economy and Jeffrey Epstein
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger explains why the American president has become a democratically elected dictator, largely through the president's power to manage the economy by threatening businesses, negotiating trade agreements with foreign countries, and issuing executive orders...
8/23/19 Peter Van Buren: the Hiroshima Myth
by Scott Horton | Aug 25, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Peter Van Buren about the effects of war on American culture. They discuss the fact that America has been at war almost constantly for its entire history, ever since the nation was formed by overthrowing the British. Having an external enemy supposedly...
8/19/19 Trevor Aaronson on the Case of Hamid Hayat
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
The Intercept's Trevor Aaronson joins the show to talk about the travesty of justice in the trial of Hamid Hayat, who has finally been released after nearly 15 years in prison. Hayat was an alleged terrorist, convicted based on a coerced confession he gave to FBI...
8/16/19 Gareth Porter Debunks the Claims of State Election System Hacking
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter explains why the claim that the Russian government "hacked all 50 U.S. states" is false—namely, the states themselves know that their systems were intact! The narrative has nonetheless been pushed continuously, as democrats try to justify Hillary...
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