Scott and Gareth Porter continue their ongoing conversation about President Trump's foreign policy so far. Porter focuses first on Iran, which has become the ultimate excuse for just about every foreign policy decision over the last decade. In reality, of course, Iran...
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9/11/20 Arthur Bloom on the Fake Opinion Columnists Pushing War With Iran
by Scott Horton | Sep 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Arthur Bloom talks about a recent piece from The American Conservative, which exposes the case of a prolific and well-known anti-Iran opinion columnist who turned out not to be a real person. "Amir Basiri," who wrote dozens of pieces for mostly right-leaning...
9/11/20 Ford Fischer on the Unified Activism the Media Doesn’t Want You to See
by Scott Horton | Sep 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Ford Fischer discusses his coverage of the various armed factions taking to the streets in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, and amid broader calls for police reform. The mainstream media typically paints a black-and-white narrative: on one side are...
9/11/20 Josiah Lippincott: the Wholesale Slaughter of Japanese Civilians in WWII
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Josiah Lippincott about the conventional narrative surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The common argument, says Lippincott, is that the U.S. had no real choice but to drop the bombs, since the alternative would have...
9/11/20 Aaron Maté on the Deep State’s Many ‘Russiagate’ Lies
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Maté revisits the many lies on which the 'Russiagate' probe into Donald Trump's campaign and presidency was founded. Maté calls the whole story what it is: a conspiracy theory. The only way someone could find all the far-fetched and flimsy pieces of evidence...
9/11/20 Trita Parsi: What Trump’s Iraq Troop Withdrawal Means for Ending America’s Wars
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi discusses President Trump's recent announcement of a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Parsi is hesitant to fully endorse this move, explaining that while troop reductions are obviously good, such individual tactical moves, in order to be truly effective, must...
9/11/20 Paul Robinson on the ‘Russiagate’ Narrative that Refuses to Die
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Paul Robinson about yet another round of claims that President Trump colluded with Russia to disingenuously win the 2016 election. This time, what's at issue is a trove of emails from Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from his time working as a...
9/11/20 Danny Sjursen: America in the Age of Endless War
by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about his new book, which chronicles his own story of disillusionment with America's endless wars, in addition to outlining what he believes should be the new attitude of true American patriotism. He calls this type of patriotism...