Grant Smith joins the show to promote his upcoming conference, Transcending The Israel Lobby At Home And Abroad, to be held in Washington D.C. this May. The conference, as with most of Smith's work, is focused on exposing the power the Israel Lobby wields in America...
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2/19/20 Trita Parsi on Making a Restrained Foreign Policy the Status Quo
Scott talks to Trita Parsi about an event being hosted next week by Parsi's organization, the Quincy Institute, which will pit advocates of a restrained foreign policy against war hawks in a series of panel discussions. The event is Wednesday, February 26 in...
Episode 306: Scott Horton on His Debate with Bill Kristol and Trump Not Pulling Out of Afghanistan
55 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Scott Horton to return to the show to comment on his upcoming debate with Bill Kristol, Trump not pulling out of Afghanistan and Israel attacking Iran in Iraq. Scott Horton is Managing Director of The Libertarian Institute, host of...
Episode 285: A Survey of the Neo-Conservative Ideology w/ Paul Gottfried
42 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences Pete invited Paul Gottfried to come on the show. Paul has been studying the Neo-Conservative movement for some time and is considered an expert on the subject. He talks about their genesis, goals and just how much they influence...
Neocons Never Die
They just keep writing for the New York Times. Via Andrew Bacevich, check out the ever blood-thirsty Bret Stephens get over Iraq War II with hardly any effort at all. The fight against the Sunni insurgency in the Anbar Province might continue to rage in 2019, but to...
6/10/19 Doug Bandow on the Threats of War in Europe and Asia
Scott talks to Doug Bandow about North Korea, China, Russia, and the rest of eastern Europe. Bandow holds out hope for the negotiations with North Korea, but fears the dangerous rhetoric coming from neoconservatives about America's relationship with China. They are...
Veterans Groups and Gold Star Families send letters opposing war with Iran
This letter was coordinated by the American College of National Security and a consortium consisting of retired admirals, generals, ambassadors, and senior government executives committed to strengthening America’s national security by informing the debate,...
3/20/19 Grant Smith’s Conference on the Israel Lobby
Grant Smith joins the show to talk about his upcoming event, The Israel Lobby & American Policy Conference 2019, which will be held in Washington, D.C. on March 22. The conference features many prominent guests and will explore the lobby's powerful influence over...
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Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
