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...
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4/21/21 Edward Hasbrouck on Abolishing the Draft Once and for All
by Scott Horton | Apr 23, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Edward Hasbrouck about the effort to finally abolish America's "selective service" requirement, the modern-day remains of what was once the draft. Hasbrouck explains how, after Nixon abolished the draft in the 1960s, Jimmy Carter reinstituted the...
4/16/21 Ray McGovern: Biden and Blinken Blink on Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Apr 18, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ray McGovern about America's perilous foreign policy stance in Eastern Europe. Over the last few years, the U.S. has increasingly thrown its support behind Ukraine—and specifically the pro-Western, anti-Russian forces in that country. This policy has...
4/16/21 William Arkin: Why America Can’t End its ‘Forever Wars’
by Scott Horton | Apr 18, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
William Arkin discusses the changing nature of America's military, specifically the way that operations have shifted away from traditional "boots on the ground" and toward drone strikes, special forces, civilian contractors and intelligence analysts. In fact, for...
4/15/21 Dan McKnight on America’s Ascendant Bipartisan Antiwar Coalition
by Scott Horton | Apr 16, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Dan McKnight talks about the “Defend the Guard” movement, a set of bills that would mandate that a state’s national guard troops not be deployed overseas without an official declaration of war from congress. The legislation has sponsors in 31 states so far, and that...
4/14/21 Grant Smith on the Upcoming Israel Apartheid Conference
by Scott Horton | Apr 15, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Grant Smith about the upcoming Israel Lobby Con, the annual conference hosting a range of expert speakers who offer opposing views to the mainstream zionist position that dominates American polite society. This year's conference consists of two...
4/13/21 Gareth Porter on Staying in Afghanistan, the Iran Deal and Getting Shut Out of Vietnam
by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Interview #5,500! Scott talks to Gareth Porter about a range of U.S. foreign policy issues, beginning with the Biden administration's announcement that it will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11. To some extent, this is good news, but it obscures...
4/12/21 Ted Carpenter on Putin’s Ukraine Red Line
by Scott Horton | Apr 12, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ted Carpenter about America's dangerous Ukraine policy. Carpenter explains how ever since the Obama administration helped right-wing extremists in Western Ukraine overthrow the elected Russian-aligned government in 2014, the U.S. has been behaving as...