In his valuable article “War and Humanitarian Intervention,” in The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (pp. 441–56), Fernando R. Tesón raises some interesting criticisms of Murray Rothbard’s views on war as part of a more general discussion of the topic, and I’d...
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7/25/22 Matt Taibbi on the Depravity of the Media and Liberal Interventionists
by Scott Horton | Jul 30, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist Matt Taibbi about two articles he published at TK News. The first examines the role the New York Times plays in defining the boundaries of acceptable discourse in our country. Taibbi draws a comparison to the role of...
COI #203: Understanding Conflict in Ethiopia
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 20, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #203, Kyle Anzalone joins Joanne Leon in interviewing Teodrose Fikremrium. Teodrose, an Ethiopian, discusses the recent history leading up to the recent conflict. He gives his take on various important developments in Ethiopia, including the start of the war....
COI #136: Legacy of US Intervention in Haiti Paved Way to Moise’s Assassination
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 15, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #136, Patrick MacFarlane – host of Liberty Weekly – returns to the show to discuss the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise. Over a century ago, in response to another presidential hit, the US invaded and occupied Haiti for 19 years. After...
COI #58 – Maj. Danny Sjursen on Ethiopia, Mali, and the Chances Biden Starts a War
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 15, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI#58, Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) joins Kyle Anzalone to break down Ethiopia, Mali, and Biden's foreign policy team. Danny gives a brief history of Ethiopia and explains how the country's conflicts with its neighbors. Danny explains how the Ethiopian Prime...
7/10/20 Bas Spliet on the American War that Destroyed Libya
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Bas Spliet is back to discuss the disaster that was America and the UN's involvement in Libya after 2011's Arab Spring. Spliet reminds us that Libya was once one of the wealthiest countries in north Africa, ruled by a secular dictator with relative liberty and...
8/16/19 Alan Kuperman on America’s Support for Al-Qaeda in Libya
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Alan Kuperman explains the true story of the 2011 civil war in Libya, which the United States famously and disastrously supported. Contrary to the narrative that this uprising was started by regular, educated citizens like doctors and lawyers, Kuperman and his...
Trump Tells the Truth: Sanctions Cause People to Suffer
by Ron Paul | Apr 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
This week President Trump admitted what the Washington policy establishment of both parties would rather be kept quiet. Asked why he intervened to block a new round of sanctions on North Korea, he told the media that he believes the people of North Korea have suffered...
9/24/18 Rajan Menon on the Yemeni War
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Rajan Menon, Professor of International Relations at CCNY and Senior Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies at Columbia University and author of "The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention," is on the show to talk about the Yemeni War. Menon...
What Did Washington Achieve in its Six Year War on Syria?
by Ron Paul | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent, with the Syrian army clearing out some of the last ISIS strongholds in the east, Washington’s interventionists are searching for new excuses to maintain the illegal US military presence in the country. Their...
10/10/16 Conn Hallinan on ‘humanitarian’ excuses for war
by Scott Horton | Oct 10, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show
“US Diplomacy, a Dangerous Proposal”, by Conn Hallinan from Foreign Policy in Focus is discussed on this episode of the Scott Horton Show. The United States’s so called “Responsibility to Protect” and the Doctrine of Humanitarian intervention, which has been hijacked...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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