Scott talks with Danny Sjursen about President Biden's foreign policy moves during his first few weeks in office. Most notably, the administration has announced an end to all support for "offensive operations" in Yemen. Sjursen agrees that this is great news, but...
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Episode 538: Further Thoughts on the Culture and Social Media Wars w/ Scott Horton
71 Minutes Some Strong Language Scott Horton is Managing Director of The Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio for Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles and KUCR 88.3 in Riverside, podcasts the Scott Horton Show from scotthorton.org, and is the Editorial...
The Establishment Will Never Let Us Leave Afghanistan
With the 20th anniversary of the Afghanistan war now just around the corner, Americans might reasonably wonder whether the nation’s longest war is ever going to end. After carefully considering the question, two retired four-star generals, two former U.S. senators,...
News Roundup 2/10/21
US News Gregory Berry was wrongfully convicted of murder. He was exonerated after the gunman revealed that police beat him until he said Berry committed the crime. [Link] South Dakota voters approved a marijuana legalization referendum. The state’s governor, Kristi...
News Roundup 2/9/21
US News Facebook will crack down on vaccine misinformation. [Link] Cass Sunstein joins Biden’s DHS to craft immigration policy. [Link] A proposed House bill will make gun ownership highly regulated and establish a gun database. [Link] A federal appeals court ruled it...
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Five: September 11th and Afghanistan
Directed by Gus Cantavero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58D_LXD07Q&list=PLq2qhcVwTVJRQuCWXMVUM8SG2qYDFoPZA&index=5
2/5/21 Bette Dam: How Flawed Intelligence Leads to War Crimes in Afghanistan
Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In...
2/5/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Reversal
Matthew Hoh discusses the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy. Trump, Hoh reminds us, had appointed Zalmay Khalilzad to negotiate a U.S. withdrawal with the Taliban; now it appears that Biden's team is reversing that plan. Hoh says that this was to be expected:...
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