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5/19/22 Patrick Cockburn on the Arrogance of War Hawks on All Sides

by Scott Horton | May 22, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Patrick Cockburn about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western response. Cockburn argues that, regardless of any media spin, the Russians are running into more trouble than they expected to in Ukraine. He chalks that up to hubris...

7/30/21 Patrick Cockburn: The ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan is Far From Over

by Scott Horton | Aug 1, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott and Patrick Cockburn speculate about the future of Afghanistan as the United States ends its military involvement there. Cockburn reminds us that although the Taliban are making gains in parts of the country, they are far from universally popular, and the...

10/2/20 Patrick Cockburn on his Testimony in the Assange Extradition Hearing

by Scott Horton | Oct 3, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews the great Patrick Cockburn about his written testimony in Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Cockburn argued, as have many other witnesses for the defense, that Assange's activities with WikiLeaks amount to the very best kind of journalism: the...

Fool’s Errand Now 1/2 Price!

by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog

So you're stuck at home and want to learn about the war in Afghanistan? Well, I've cut the price of my book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan by half for ya. The Kindle version too. Daniel Ellsberg, Douglas Macgregor, Matthew Hoh, Daniel L. Davis,...

1/3/20 Patrick Cockburn on Qassem Soleimani and America’s Proxy War With Iran in Iraq

by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at an airport in Baghdad. Cockburn is surprised by the boldness of the move, and thinks Iran will respond, though not necessarily in a dramatic or immediate way. More likely, he says,...

This Morning on Antiwar Radio: Patrick Cockburn

by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2020 | Blog

8:30 Pacific 90.7 FM in L.A. kpfk.org

10/18/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Winding Down of the War in Syria

by Scott Horton | Oct 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Patrick Cockburn about the situation with the Kurds in Syria. Scott calls Syria a win-win-win-win: The Kurds have negotiated a deal with Assad that will give them some autonomy and protection from Turkey, Turkey gets a roughly 30-mile border buffer with...

9/27/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Changing Nature of Global Warfare

by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent attacks on a Saudi oil facility, an American drone, and two Japanese tankers, all of which have been pinned to various degrees on Iran. It's unclear to what extent Iran actually was involved—it's always possible that this is a...

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The foreign purchase entanglement and moral hazard of overspending of the F35 is emblematic of making a two trillion dollar purchase over time where the money is simply wasted but driven to completion by the sheer momentum of the insane and imbecilic US military...

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Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole

by Charles Goyette

Had Enough of the Deep State’s Warlords and War Lies? George W. Bush spent a year and a half gaslighting the American people, using the shock of 9/11 as the pretext for an unrelated war he sought long before that tragic event. Isolated incident? Not at all. Now a...