Four years ago, Donald Trump electrified campaign audiences by denouncing “Trigger Happy Hillary” Clinton. Trump bragged in 2016 that his advisers knew “how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now” but he has yet to deliver on what many voters believed was his...
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8/7/20 Michael Klare on War in the Middle East and the Politics of Oil
by Scott Horton | Aug 10, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Michael Klare about the incentives behind America's involvement in wars in the Middle East. One common narrative says that Bush invaded Iraq simply because America needed the oil—the truth, says Klare, is somewhat more complicated. He explains that...
7/31/20 Gareth Porter on the Real Story Behind the US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative
by Scott Horton | Aug 1, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center bombing, and in particular the allegation that Hezbollah was behind the attack. Porter has written a piece based on testimony by an Argentinian undercover police officer that paints a different...
7/18/20 Gareth Porter on the Prospects of War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the idea of a war with Iran. Certain hawkish figures in the U.S. government have been slowly and steadily pushing for such a war for a long time, and have gained even more prominence during the Trump presidency, as he has shown...
7/17/20 Ted Carpenter on the Bogus Russian Bounties Story
by Scott Horton | Jul 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ted Carpenter talks about the Russian bounties story, including all the ways it has been misreported by the media. Carpenter reminds us that the original intelligence that was leaked to the press was based on very flimsy anonymous sources, and may have been obtained...
7/16/20 Kelley B. Vlahos on the Dangerous National Security ‘Blob’ Dominating American Government
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Kelley Vlahos talks about prominent Democratic national security official Michele Flournoy, whom she calls "The Queen of the Blob." The Blob, explains Vlahos, is the group of politicians, advisors, lobbyists and pundits who advocate for the continuation of America's...
7/10/20 Gareth Porter on the Pentagon’s ‘Bountygate’ Hoax
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about the Russian bounties story, or "Bountygate" as it has come to be known. Porter describes attempts by outlets like the New York Times to portray this as a well-sourced story with consensus among America’s intelligence agencies—in...
7/10/20 Jeffrey Kaye on Biden’s ‘Humane’ CIA Torture Apologist
by Scott Horton | Jul 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jeffrey Kaye about Avril Haines, a former Obama administration adviser and Deputy Director of the CIA recently appointed as a foreign policy adviser to Joe Biden. Haines has been described as a "superstar", and clearly has a future as a well-connected...
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“I now saw, I saw. I was made blind before. I now saw.”
I was going over the notes that I had taken for this current book that I am writing, and I found a quote from a conversation with a lady. I shall spare the details of what the focused conversation was about but she said something really interesting, “I learned who my...
Russia is Now the Apex Military Predator
For those of you paying attention, the Institute has been far ahead of the curve in checking its bias and making a bloody and dispassionate appraisal of Russian fighting abilities. The Coprophile Media has been in the the bag for the Ukrainians and had a tough time...
Blue Collar Power Hour w/Kyle Matovcik & Typo
Kyle invited Typo and myself to join him for his 400th episode. Don’t forget ALP
The 250th Anniversary of the Colonial Divorce Proceedings
This is the semiquincentennial anniversary of the "shots heard 'round the world" at Lexington Green on 19 April 1775. Some call this civil war the Revolutionary War. It was a civil war because when the alert muster activated and Paul Revere and his fellow horsemen...
The Biden Junta and Domestic Terrorism
“Domestic terrorism” was used to justify the administration’s censorship agenda targeting its political and social opponents.The First and Second Amendments were targeted, of course. In secret. All fifteen pages of this document are an Orwellian nightmare. Then the...
The Madness Continues: Ground Troops in Yemen?
The Houthis occupy the western on third of the map above of Yemen. A ground presence will not succeed, the Saudis and a coalition of nine nations have made no progress since their invasion in 2015. US involvement in this conflict directly will not end well. Officials:...
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