Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his recent article for the American Conservative about why Iran's possible role in the recent Saudi oil field attacks is beside the point. Porter thinks it's pretty likely that Iran was behind the attacks, probably as a...
Iraq
Will Trump Take Neocon Bait and Attack Iran Over Saudi Strike?
The recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities by Yemeni Houthi forces demonstrate once again that an aggressive foreign policy often brings unintended consequences and can result in blowback. In 2015 Saudi Arabia attacked its neighbor, Yemen, because a coup in that...
An Amiable Contrarian – The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004-2019
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004-2019 When Ron Paul left Congress after failing to win the GOP nomination in 2012, it seemed as though the movement that formed around his two historic presidential campaigns would continue to thrive. After all,...
The Trillion-Dollar Military Still Isn’t Enough for the War Party
Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, US defense spending has increased 182 percent in nominal terms, and 44 percent in inflation-adjusted terms. In inflation-adjusted terms, defense spending is now about equal with the all-time peak reached in 2011, and the White...
9/13/19 Daniel Davis on Bolton’s Departure and Negotiations with the Taliban
Daniel Davis is back, this time discussing his recent USA Today op-ed on John Bolton's ouster as President Trump's National Security Advisor. Bolton was a fierce war hawk who pushed Trump toward war on almost every front, explains Davis, often apparently contravening...
9/6/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Israel’s Attacks on Iraq and the War in Yemen
Giorgio Cafiero comes back on the show to talk about how the utter disaster of America and its allies' policies in the Middle East for the last 20 years. It seems like at every turn America's wars—ostensibly undertaken to make the region free of terrorism and safe for...
News Roundup 9/9/19
US News The Philadelphia District Attorney has exonerated nine people in 19 months. [Link] Russia Ukraine and Russia swap dozens of prisoners. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban kidnapped six journalists. [Link] Trump says he canceled planned talks with the Taliban...
Jimmy Aldaoud Died After Being Deported To Iraq, Laid To Rest In Michigan
Jimmy Aldaoud was laid to rest in his home state - Michigan. He was deported to Iraq under the Trump administrations deportation policy even though he had never been to Iraq, did not speak the language, was mentally ill and dependent on insulin. Aldaoud was born in a...
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