Retired U.S. Army Col. Andrew Bacevich, author of the new book, Twilight of the American Century, joins the show to talk about the nomination of retired general John Abizaid as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which Bacevich says should be an occasion to reflect on what...
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12/3/18 Barry Lando on the First Iraq War
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Barry Lando talks about the history of American hostilities in Iraq, beginning with Saddam Hussein's invasion of the oil fields of Kuwait after Kuwait refused to forgive Saddam's debts from his war against Iran. Lando explains that Saddam had been led to...
12/3/18 Dave Lindorff on the Pentagon’s Audit
by Scott Horton | Dec 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Dave Lindorff joins Scott to talk about his recent article, "The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed," in which he outlines the results of the recent audit of U.S. military spending. The Pentagon's cavalier attitude toward flunking their audit reveals that...
11/30/18 Nozomi Hayase on Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Dec 3, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Nozomi Hayase joins the show to talk about Wikileaks, given all the recent news about Julian Assange. Hayase explains Assange's background and the founding of Wikileaks, arguing that its mission is critical for a free society today. If leakers and whistleblowers...
11/30/18 Sheldon Richman on Immigration and the Drug War
by Scott Horton | Dec 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about the latest with the migrant caravan and President Trump's reaction to it. He points out how odd it is for Trump supporters to justify all the bad things he does by saying "Obama did it too". Wouldn't that mean they should either love Obama...
11/30/18 Ted Galen Carpenter on Libya and Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Dec 1, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Ted Carpenter rejoins the show to discuss both of his recent articles for The American Conservative. The first outlines Libya's political history since the ouster of Gaddafi, in which several promised democratic elections have come and gone. Now politicians are...
11/30/18 David Vine on Closing U.S. Military Bases
by Scott Horton | Nov 30, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
David Vine makes the case that the U.S.'s roughly 800 military bases in over 130 countries are harmful not only to those countries' interests, but to America's own self-interest as well. His movement seeks to bring together people from all parties to force political...
11/27/18 George Joseph on the Rise in Federal Gun Prosecutions
by Scott Horton | Nov 29, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist George Joseph talks to Scott about the significant ramp up in federal gun prosecutions during Jeff Sessions' tenure, and continuing even now that he's gone. The idea behind his program was to target the "trigger-pulling" criminals, but in reality it targets...
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