Max Blumenthal recounts his recent trip to Syria, where he witnessed firsthand the destruction wrought by the proxy war fought there with the support of the U.S. To this day, willingness to negotiate with the Assad regime makes you a pariah in Washington, as we've...
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9/20/19 Shireen Al-Adeimi on Samantha Power’s Revisionist Yemen History
Shireen Al-Adeimi discusses the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, particularly that of Obama administration official Samantha Power. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of civilians have died from starvation and deprivation during the war in Yemen, many of them...
9/20/19 Christine Ahn on a Chance for Peace With North Korea
Christine Ahn joins the show for an update on the Korean peace process, now that John Bolton is out of the Trump administration. She thinks Bolton was a major obstacle to Korean unification, and that now Trump might go along with the negotiations between the North and...
Latest Trump Impeachment Scandal is Also Garbage
He's still guilty of genocide in an illegal war, so, you know, there's always that. But anyway, go read Reason this morning about the Ukraine nonsense. Short version: Biden and Kerry's sons were cashing in on their dads' connections in Ukraine and China, but there's...
Food Is Freedom: How Washington’s Food Subsidies Have Helped Make Americans Fat and Sick
Farm subsidies are perhaps the ultimate, but secret, third rail of American politics. While entitlements are discussed out in the open, farm subsidies are rarely talked about – even though they are the most expensive subsidy Washington doles out. All told, the U.S....
Year Zero: Trump, Biden, Saudi Arabia, and the Intelligence Community
In episode 68 Tommy looks at the latest news surrounding Hunter Biden, Trump, and the deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia to defend against the threat that is Iran. Tommy speculates that given the history of business interest and intelligence interest merging that...
9/20/19 Gareth Porter on Why Iran’s Role in the Oil Attack is Beside the Point
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his recent article for the American Conservative about why Iran's possible role in the recent Saudi oil field attacks is beside the point. Porter thinks it's pretty likely that Iran was behind the attacks, probably as a...
9/19/19 Ted Galen Carpenter on the Destruction of Libya and Ending NATO
Ted Carpenter's new book explains why NATO is both obsolete and dangerous for world peace. Its obsolescence is clear: NATO was founded as an alliance against the Soviet Union, which hasn't existed for thirty years. It's dangerous because continued NATO expansion into...
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