Cato Institute fellow Ted Galen Carpenter talks about his latest article, "NATO Partisans Started a New Cold War With Russia." He lays out the prevailing narrative about Russian aggression: Nixon and Kissinger were able to defuse the threat of global communism by...
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1/4/19 Elijah Magnier on the Effects of US Withdrawal from Syria
by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Elijah Magnier joins the show for his analysis of President Trump's pulling troops out of Syria. Although Trump has backed down from his original demands and acquiesced to a slower timeline for withdrawal, Magnier explains that it doesn't matter much in...
1/4/19 Matthew Hoh and Danny Sjursen on the Consequences of America’s Wars in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh talks about Trump's move to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, something Hoh hoped President Obama would do instead of sending even more troops into Iraq. Hoh explains the difficulties of "winning" any kind of war in Afghanistan. The main problem...
12/21/18 Neta Crawford on the Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars
by Scott Horton | Dec 28, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Neta Crawford discusses her work on the Costs of War project, which tries to assess the costs, in both lives and dollars, of America's wars in the Middle East. The project has estimated the 500 thousand have been killed due to combat, which includes American soldiers,...
12/21/18 Alex Kane on U.S. Support for Human Rights Violators in Israel
by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Alex Kane joins the show to talk about his latest article, which explores how the Leahy Law might be applied to U.S. assistance to the Israeli military. The Leahy Law is supposed to prevent American support to any military units that have committed human rights...
12/21/18 Daniel Davis on Pulling Troops out of Syria and Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis joins the show to discuss President Trump's announcements that he wants to pull troops out of both Syria and Afghanistan. Davis is pleased with this news, and addresses the common but unfounded concern that if America pulls out...
12/21/18 Doug Bandow on Syria, Afghanistan, Cuba, and China
by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow joins the show to talk about all four of his recent articles, covering China, Cuba, Yemen, and Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The entire foreign policy establishment is melting down over the announcement, but Bandow says...
12/21/18 Aaron Maté on the ‘Russiagate’ Truthers
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Maté talks about the latest with the Russian collusion investigation, which he looks at skeptically. He observes that the aim of the investigation does not seem to be to get to the truth, but rather to scare people, which generates clicks and views for the media...
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