Harry Kazianis discusses the negotiations between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. Kazianis says that although North Korea has some nuclear weapon capability, they're not a real threat to America, because the moment they launched a missile they would...
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5/17/19 Curt Mills on John Bolton’s War with Iran
Curt Mills discusses John Bolton's plans for provoking a war with Iran and the differences in policy and philosophy between Bolton and Trump. Discussed on the show: "Is Bolton’s War With Iran Becoming A Reality?" (The National Interest) "Iran Nuclear Deal Exit...
5/17/19 Muhammad Sahimi on Iran
Muhammad Sahimi talks war with Iran, which he says the Ayatollah, and certainly the Iranian people, do not want. They understand that even though America would never outright win a war like that, it could practically destroy the entire country of Iran. The puzzling...
Picking a Fight With Iran: Why Pretend Any Longer?
A "U.S. official" tells the Times, "the ultimate goal of the yearlong economic sanctions campaign by the Trump administration was to draw Iran into an armed conflict with the United States."
News Roundup 5/17/19
Trump signs an executive order that gives the White House the power to bar US telecom companies from doing business with foreign companies. Trump targeted the Chinese company Huawei. [Link] Daniel Lazare breaks down the real consequences of the fake Russiagate...
5/14/19 Andrew Cockburn on the Military-Industrial ‘Virus’
Andrew Cockburn comes back on the show to discuss his recent piece, "The Military-Industrial Virus." Cockburn describes how the war planners, and even many of the officers, don't care all that much about the men they're sending off to fight and die in America's wars....
Trump hails anniversary of embassy relocation to Jerusalem
Year after move, US president says mission ‘a proud reminder … of the importance of keeping a promise’ That was easy to predict.
News Roundup 5/15/19
US News In Baltimore, police are viewed as the bad guys with guns. [Link] The Pentagon released a report on the corruption of its contractors. [Link] US Trade with China In response to US tariffs, China increased tariffs from 5%-25% on $60 billion in US goods. Trump...
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