Doug Bandow discusses the creation of the Vandenberg Coalition, the latest in a long string of neocon think tanks that do little more than promote American interventionism halfway across the world. Bandow reminds us of two strong motivating factors behind this strain...
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5/7/21 Heather Brandon-Smith on the Effort to Repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF
by Scott Horton | May 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Heather Brandon-Smith of the Friends Committee on National Legislation about the effort to repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for Use of Military Force. Although the 2002 AUMF has been less widely cited as grounds for America's ever-expanding wars in...
5/4/21 Trita Parsi: Why Mohammed bin Salman Suddenly Wants to Talk to Iran
by Scott Horton | May 4, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi talks about the possibility of diplomatic talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which he views as a consequence of the Biden administration's somewhat less aggressive stance toward the Middle East. People often allege that American military involvement...
4/30/21 Tom Collina on the Reckless Plan to Expand America’s Nuclear Arsenal
by Scott Horton | Apr 30, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Tom Collina about the alarming plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal. The $2 trillion package, Collina explains, would include a large investment in what's known as the "nuclear sponge": a collection of ICBMs in America's heartland designed to draw a...
4/30/21 Aisha Jumaan on US Complicity in Yemen’s Dire Humanitarian Crisis
by Scott Horton | Apr 30, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Aisha Jumaan discusses the situation in Yemen. Although the Biden administration claimed earlier this year that it would end American support for Saudi "offensive operations" in Yemen, they have recently announced that certain support functions—like providing...
4/30/21 Andy Worthington on the Shameful Human Cost of Joe Biden’s Guantanamo Inertia
by Scott Horton | Apr 30, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Andy Worthington about Guantanamo Bay, America's secret black site prison, where 40 men are still being held, some of them without ever having been charged with a crime. President Obama famously campaigned on closing Guantanamo, but ultimately was...
4/26/21 Dan Gifford: What Really Happened at Waco and How the Establishment Covered It Up
by Scott Horton | Apr 28, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dan Gifford, producer of the famous film, Waco: The Rules of Engagement, about the tragedy of the Waco siege, all the government and media lies to cover it up and what really happened behind the scenes. Gifford shares his decades of experience looking...
4/23/21 Gareth Porter on Biden’s Promised Withdrawal from Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the recent announcement that the Biden administration will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year. This is obviously a violation of the May 1 withdrawal agreement made under the Trump administration, but Porter...