Scott talks to Alan MacLeod about the bizarre and troubling trend in both media and government where Russia is the automatic target of blame for everything these days. Every hack and cyber attack, of course, is automatically ascribed to the Russians, as are more...
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12/22/20 Mark Perry: Lloyd Austin Isn’t Who You Think He Is
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Perry talks about General Lloyd Austin, Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense. Austin is a military man through and through, but he isn't your run-of-the-mill war hawk, explains Perry—instead, Austin has shown himself to be a strong advocate for diplomacy and...
12/21/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Plight of the Palestinians
by Scott Horton | Dec 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Palestinian journalist Ramzy Baroud discusses a series of recent articles he's written on the status of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and the long history that informs the situation today. It has now become clear, says Baroud, that the once-promised two-state...
12/18/20 Danny Sjursen on Nagorno-Karabakh and the Ethiopian Civil War
by Scott Horton | Dec 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about two prominent conflicts facing the world in 2020. In Nagorno-Karabakh, an uneasy, Russian-brokered peace deal is holding between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but Sjursen worries that this peace won't last forever, as each country still...
12/18/20 Nasser Arrabyee on Yemen’s Desperate Humanitarian Crisis
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee is back with an update on the ongoing war in Yemen. Joe Biden, he says, has said some promising things about ending U.S. support for the Suadi war there, but both Arrabyee and Scott are skeptical that he will follow through at all. Supporters of the...
12/18/20 Tim Shorrock: the Prospects for Peace with North Korea
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2020 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Tim Shorrock analyzes the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula under the upcoming Biden administration. President Trump, he and Scott agree, made some promising moves toward detente between North Korea, South Korea and the United States, shaking up the status...
Proponents OF Forever War In Syria Can’t Answer One Question Why?
by Steven Woskow | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog
Dan DePetris at Responsible Statecraft Adesnik and Green observe that “U.S. operations in Syria have demonstrated that long-term efforts are sustainable, requiring the commitment of modest military assets deployed in a largely supporting role.” But one has to ask the...
12/18/20 Doug Bandow on America’s New Cold War with Russia
by Scott Horton | Dec 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow discusses the state of U.S. relations with Russia, an issue of increasing relevance these days as some figures in American government try to leverage Russophobia for political purposes. Bandow reminds us that Russia is virtually no threat to the United...
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Realignments In The Middle East And Africa Featuring Isa Blumi
Great interview of Isa Blumi by Joanne Leon. Isa reviews in detail the realignment of power with the change from Trump to Biden, the fight for natural resources, trade routes and influence in the Middle East and Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuONqOM9oVc...
RIP Colin Powell
Should Generals be Diplomats? "Retired General Colin Powell was appointed US Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, and you may recall his colorful powerpoint presentation before the UN General Assembly in the run-up to the 2003 war on Iraq—yellow cake,...
The Antiwar Comic: Germ Warfare
We really need to abolish germ warfare, don't we? More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
RE: TGIF: Inflation Is Evil
"Thank god for Bitcoin and other non-fiat currencies that transcend the irresponsibility of government"
RIP Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
RIP Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a sixteen-year-old U.S. citizen killed in Yemen on this day in 2011 by a missile launched from a U.S. drone. "We murdered some folks."...
The Monopoly Of Violence
Not to be confused with "The Monopoly On Violence". In this stimulating, sometimes shocking, and altogether powerful documentary about police violence in contemporary France, filmmaker and journalist David Dufresne examines the ways in which a government justifies...
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