Don't worry everyone! John Durham, the same honorless scumbag Obama's attorney general Eric Holder used to put the final coverup on George W. Bush's lawless torture and murder regime, has been appointed by current attorney general Barr to get to the bottom of the...
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Iraq War III 1/2 (Including Syria) is Going to Stay Ugly As Hell From Now On
by Scott Horton | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog
Thanks to the U.S.A., George W. Bush's war in Iraq and Barack Obama's war in Syria caused this. Ain't no way to fix it now. Especially in western Iraq. Those people are screwed forever.
Antiwar Republican Congressman Walter Jones Dies After Long Illness
by Eric Garris | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog
Rep. Walter Jones, one of the most consistently antiwar members of Congress, has died at age 75 after an extended illness. The Republican lawmaker had battled a series of ailments in recent years and was granted a leave of absence from Congress late last year after...
12/3/18 Barry Lando on the First Iraq War
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Barry Lando talks about the history of American hostilities in Iraq, beginning with Saddam Hussein's invasion of the oil fields of Kuwait after Kuwait refused to forgive Saddam's debts from his war against Iran. Lando explains that Saddam had been led to...
What Vox Gets Wrong with Its “11 biggest myths about Israel-Palestine”
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I’ve written an article titled “Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” that is among my all-time most popular, so when I learned that Vox has a feature called “The 11 biggest myths about Israel-Palestine”, I naturally took an interest. Unfortunately,...
6/6/18 Ray McGovern on Trump's National Security Council Warmongering with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 6, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Bolton Flunky Fleitz Raises Stakes for Iran." McGovern explains why the role of the NSC and the cabinet play a vital role in national security and foreign policy decisions and gives the background on...
Back to the future? Bolton, Trump and Iranian regime change
by Gareth Porter | May 20, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Now that the Trump administration has derailed the Iran nuclear deal, the old issue of regime change in Iran is back again. National Security Advisor John Bolton is obviously the chief regime-change advocate in the administration, and there is every reason to believe...
4/27/18 Tim Shorrock on the Latest Developments on the Korean Peninsula
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Tim Shorrock returns to the show to discuss the encouraging developments on the Korean peninsula and the prospects for peace. Scott also takes the opportunity to give a brief history lesson on how the situation with North Korea got to this point (spoiler: it was...
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USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History
Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...
Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
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