Sheldon Richman discusses America's relationship to Israel in the wake of President Trump's speech to Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council. Trump has received criticism as being anti-semitic for saying that American Jews, particularly democrats, do not "love...
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12/13/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the War in Yemen
Scott interviews Nasser Arrabyee about Yemen, where the U.S. continues to back Suadi Arabia in waging a war of starvation against the people of Yemen. Scott calls this the very worst thing our government is doing, and yet by and large the American people don't much...
12/13/19 Peter Van Buren on the Attempted Deep State Coup Against President Trump
Peter Van Buren discusses the details of the Horowitz Report and gives a retrospective of the whole Russia conspiracy investigation into President Trump. Van Buren stresses that the Steele dossier—opposition research paid for by the democrats—was the only evidence...
12/13/19 Jerrod Laber on America’s Futile War in Afghanistan
Scott talks to Jerrod Laber about the status of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan following the Washington Post's release of their "Afghanistan Papers" last week. Laber thinks that if and when American troops leave, things are sure to get worse in the short term. The...
12/13/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Lesson From the Afghanistan Papers
Adam Wunische discusses the fact that Afghans overwhelmingly want U.S. troops out of their country—and they are also optimistic about the chances for a peaceful resolution to the resultant power vacuum. Scott has always said there's a strong chance that the civil...
The Afghanistan Papers Reveal the Government Knew the War Was a Lost Cause
On FPF #429, I discuss the Afghanistan Papers. The large cache of documents were released by the Washington Post via FOIA. The papers show the successive White House administrations and Pentagon generals knew the Afghan War was unwinnable but continued to send...
Year Zero 85: Scott Horton on American Primacy Pt 2
In part 2 of this 2 part interview with Scott he and Tommy start off discussing Turkey/US relations, Syria, more Ukraine, and Russia. Listen to Year Zero
12/10/19 Davis, Hoh and Sjursen Reflect on the War in Afghanistan
Daniel Davis, Matthew Hoh, and Danny Sjursen reflect on America's war in Afghanistan in light of the Washington Post's publishing of a trove of formerly confidential documents on the war. The report, which is being hailed as this generations Pentagon Papers, details...
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