Doug Bandow explains why the pathological need for neocons and neoliberals in Washington to antagonize other powerful countries is so dangerous for America. Russia and China, he says, can both be our allies. It makes no sense for the U.S. military to be involved in...
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11/22/19 Michael Boldin on the PATRIOT Act
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Michael Boldin describes the appalling state of an American government that has strayed so far from its founding principles as codified by the constitution. Today the federal government wields so much power over every aspect of our lives that the only rational choice...
11/22/19 Danny Sjursen on the Failures of America’s War in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Nov 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen talks about the ways his experience in Iraq convinced him of the futility of that war, allowing him to see things that the generals and the war planners often could not. Sjursen says that not all officers paid attention to the local situation or to the...
11/22/19 Philip Weiss on Israel-Palestine and Zionist Politics in America
by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss discusses the latest in Israeli politics, where incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently been indicted on corruption charges. Neither Netanyahu nor his main opponent, Benny Gantz, have yet been able to form a government, and Weiss thinks...
11/22/19 Donald Bolduc on Limiting US Military Intervention
by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Donald Bolduc shares some of his experience from his time overseas with the U.S. army during the terror wars. He spells out the fact that although America's mission is ostensibly to suppress groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, we often end up supporting the very same...
11/22/19 Peter Van Buren on the Lasting Damage of Russiagate
by Scott Horton | Nov 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren rehashes some of the details behind the surveillance of the Trump campaign through FISA warrants on Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, which originally opened up the "Russiagate" investigation into Trump. Now the same anti-Trump plot has expanded...
11/21/19 David Stockman on the Phony ‘Ukrainegate’ Witch Hunt
by Scott Horton | Nov 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman discusses everything that's going on with Ukraine and President Trump right now, which he says is nothing more than a shallow ploy to oust the president and to gin up fear around the general threat of Ukrainian and Russian power. Stockman reminds us...
11/18/19 Ted Snider on the Bolivian Coup America’s Always Wanted
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ted Snider about his recent article, "Finally Got Him," which explores the details behind the coup in Bolivia. Although it's being held up as a triumph of democracy, Snider says this is obviously a coup, just like recent cases in Venezuela, Brazil,...
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American Israel Supporters: Fake
Everyone is sick and tired of murderous, dishonest Israel. So they use ChatGPT to fake it. “I gotta reevaluate my opinions due to this new information.”
Now They Figure It Out…
Too little and too late and once the smaller companies get Pentagon contracts, they will be destroyed in the Pentagon's Soviet acquisition system. “While the Armament Directorate remains committed to our highly-capable legacy products, we have become convinced that...
Language, Race, and Man
“Man belongs neither to his language nor to his race; he belongs to himself.” --Ernest Renan
The Frigate Follies Get Worse and Worse
Déjà vu, it's happening again. The surface navy failures manifested in the Littoral Combat Ship, the Zumwalt and the USS Ford will soon have another ship to add to that gallery of maritime incompetence that showcases the modern US Navy. I say again, construction...
Democracy and Free Stuff
Democracy: the matching up of people who want free stuff with politicians who promise free stuff. Problem: free stuff as they all imagine it does not exist. However, it does exist in the market, as explained by Frédéric Bastiat in Economic Harmonies, chapter 8,...
They Kept Sending Us Bombs…Anti-War Blog
As I saw the photos of US politician Nikki Haley scribbling on an Israeli shell bound for Rafah, it’s metal splinters and high explosives likely to rip a small child too pieces, it had me thinking. I once saw a clip of a US Air Force man who was asked why they were...
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