Nasser Arrabyee comes back on the show with the latest on the U.S.-backed Suadi war in Yemen. He explains that although the ceasefire in Hodeidah has been going on over a month, negotiations have otherwise stalled. The sides were supposed to swap prisoners last week...
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1/25/19 Jim Bovard on William Barr’s Support for FBI Murderers
by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard talks about President Trump's appointee for Attorney General, William Barr, and his support for the Marshals and FBI agents who killed members of the Weaver family in 1992. Barr was Attorney General during the Bush Sr. administration, and helped get the...
1/18/19 Grant Smith on Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Grant Smith talks to Scott about Israel's nuclear weapons program, which the United States steadfastly pretends does not exist. Four presidential administrations in a row, he explains, have signed letters promising they will not admit the existence of Israel's nukes,...
1/18/19 Sheldon Richman on America’s Bipartisan Pro-War Consensus
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about his latest in the TGIF series, "America’s War Culture." He brings up the disturbing phenomenon that presidents are praised the most when they bomb another country, and that in lists of America's supposed greatest presidents, those who...
1/18/19 Gareth Porter on American Withdrawal from Syria
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter talks Trump, Syria, and America's relationship with Israel. Porter says there are quite a few instances so far in Trump's presidency where he's made a public announcement about his plans, and then his aides work behind his back to thwart him. In many of...
1/18/19 Ron Paul on President Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Dr. Ron Paul joins the show for an assessment of President Trump's foreign policy so far, about half way into his first term. Paul says that compared with Bush and Obama, Trump doesn't look too bad. His instincts are better, especially in the way he questions why...
1/18/19 Daniel Lazare on America’s Inscrutable Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare comes on the show to talk about Hillary Clinton and her staff's role in America's latest wars in the Middle East. He says the story really goest back to Bill Clinton, who broke with Democratic Party tradition by supporting generally right-wing positions...
1/18/19 Hunter DeRensis on Bill Kristol’s ‘Never Trump’ Return
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Hunter DeRensis talks about his recent article on Bill Kristol's new publication, The Bulwark, which he sees as a direct successor to the Weekly Standard, and a new home for the "Never Trump" movement. The Standard made a name for itself by pushing for the invasion of...
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