Scott talks to Jon Schwarz about the threat of war with Iran in retaliation for shooting down an American drone and allegedly attacking Japanese tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Mike Pompeo recently claimed that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force,...
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6/14/19 Interview #5,000: The Life and Times of Gareth Porter
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
For Scott's 5,000th interview, 317-time guest Gareth Porter shares some of his life story and how he got into national security journalism in the first place. Porter recounts his years in graduate school studying Southeast Asian politics, including a year spent in...
6/14/19 Tom Eddlem on the Anti-Muslim Propaganda Used to Promote America’s Wars
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Tom Eddlem about the late Will Griggs' new book, No Quarter, now out on paperback and Kindle. Eddlem also discusses the anti-Muslim propaganda spread by those who want to make war in the Middle East more palatable to Americans. Eddlem says that most...
6/14/19 Bob Murphy on the Economics of Climate Change
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Bob Murphy joins the show to discuss his work on the economics of climate change. He explains that even according to the science cited by the UN and the Obama administration, the economic costs of the proposed plans to slow down global warming would be wildly more...
6/14/19 Eric Margolis on Gaza, India, and Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis shares stories from his work helping rescue zoo animals from Gaza, where Israeli occupation has forced the Palestinians living there to squalor and the brink of starvation. The promise of a Palestinian state appears to be totally forgotten, says...
6/14/19 Peter Ford on the Jihadis Left in Syria
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Peter Ford about the latest in Syria and Iraq. America and the allied "coalition" have made the same mistake over and over again in the Middle East, says Ford, and President Trump seems to be walking the same path; he claims one day that he wants to...
6/14/19 Jason Ditz on the Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz discusses recent Japanese tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman, which the Trump administration is claiming were perpetrated by Iran. Trump officials say they have solid evidence for this claim, but nothing has been released except for...
6/14/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Disastrous Results of US Policy in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to the great Patrick Cockburn about war and politics in Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and the general disaster that has resulted from America's thinking it could completely remake the Middle East. Patrick Cockburn is the Middle East correspondent...
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