Grant Smith discusses the Israeli government's occupation of Palestine and its treatment of the Palestinians. There seems to be growing recognition that Israel is presiding over a form of apartheid, including a 2017 UN report attesting to that fact, and a small...
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4/2/21 Larry Wilkerson on the Global Struggle for Power in Asia
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Larry Wilkerson, former army Colonel and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, about America's involvement in Asia, both during his time in the federal government and today. Wilkerson calls America's exploits over the last few decades a...
4/2/21 Jacob Sullum on the Trial of Derek Chauvin
by Scott Horton | Apr 2, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jacob Sullum about the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Sullum highlights two important features of the prosecution's case so far: the first is that paramedics testified to Floyd's already being dead when they showed up, and the...
3/26/21 Daniel Davis: US War With China Over Taiwan Would Be Foolish and Costly
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Davis talks to Scott about the possibility of war with China. Davis fears that despite what would seem to be common sense arguments against ever fighting such a war, that's the direction that the American military establishment is heading in. The war planners...
3/26/21 Jack Matlock on America’s Unnecessarily Hostile Relationship With Russia
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Jack Matlock, America's second-to-last ambassador to the Soviet Union, talks to Scott about relations with Russia today. He stresses that the real ideological differences that once divided America and the USSR don't stand in the way anymore, and we need not continue...
3/26/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Equivocations
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh comes back on the show to talk about Afghanistan. President Biden said in a recent press conference that due to logistical difficulties, America is unlikely to meet the May 1 withdrawal deadline laid out in the Doha agreement signed under President Trump....
3/26/21 Joe Dyke on the Secret Talks that Nearly Saved Gaddafi
by Scott Horton | Mar 28, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Joe Dyke about his coverage of the little-known secret talks between Norwegian diplomats and Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, which sought a peaceful end to the war there. Although Norway was a part of the group of countries that decided to begin bombing...
3/26/21 Kalmen Barkin on Israel’s Uncompromising Parliamentary Extremists
by Scott Horton | Mar 28, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Kalmen Barkin fills Scott in on the political situation in Israel, a country that in his words is in complete political deadlock. Leading right wing figures like Prime Minister Netanyahu have had trouble forming clear ruling coalitions recently, in part because of...