Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about the recent claim that the Russian government has been paying bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers. The headlines have made it sound as though this is a confirmed and well-sourced story, when in reality, Hoh explains,...
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6/26/20 Hans Kristensen: the Bleak Outlook for Nuclear Arms Control
by Scott Horton | Jun 29, 2020 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Hans Kristensen about the state of the world’s nuclear weapons arsenals. Immediately after the Cold War, says Kristensen, the U.S. and Russia drastically reduced their nuclear stockpiles, making the world significantly safer. Since then, however, this...
6/26/20 Dave DeCamp on Russia, Yemen, Israel and Syria
by Scott Horton | Jun 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp about several of his latest articles. The two discuss the status of nuclear arms negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, the conflict between southern separatists and the Hadi government in Yemen, the Trump...
6/26/20 Jonathan Hafetz on the Plight of Adham Amin Hassoun
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jonathan Hafetz about the troubling case of Adham Amin Hassoun, a man who was convicted in 2008 of providing material support to terrorist organizations. Hassoun was a legal resident of the United States, but is not a citizen, so upon completion of his...
6/26/20 Joe Lauria on the New Indictment Against Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria explains the latest superseding indictment against Julian Assange, who still faces extradition to the U.S. for his supposed violations of the Espionage Act. Lauria’s take is that the new indictment is simply “window dressing,” meant to make Assange look bad...
This is Your Security Force
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | Blog
“The United States government put a cyanide bomb 350ft from my house, and killed my dog and poisoned my child,” said Theresa Mansfield, Canyon’s mother. Of course they did. And do you believe that there will be any accountability whatsoever? Of course not.
6/27/20 Mike Swanson on America’s ‘Zombie Firms’
by Scott Horton | Jun 27, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson discusses the continuing economic fallout from the coronavirus, focusing in particular on what are sometimes called “zombie companies.” These firms stay afloat largely because of easy money available at low interest rates, even though their business may...
Shame On You, Charlie Savage
by Scott Horton | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog
We all know you know better than to write such garbage as this. Someone says that "intelligence" says that the Russians are paying to have Americans killed in Afghanistan, huh? And you put your name on that? I mean sure, if you were David Sanger, but you're Charlie...
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But Hamas…
When Israel's defenders bring up Hamas's execrable antisemitic and genocidal charter, they should be reminded that for decades before the 1948 self-declared founding of Israel, Zionist leaders and settlers had talked about reclaiming and sanctifying the "Promised...
‘Netanyahu Wants the World to Accuse Israel of Genocide, Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing’
How this for irresponsible political leadership?: Veteran Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston: "He wants the world to accuse Israel of genocide and apartheid, violent occupation and ethnic cleansing" so that Israelis believe "the world hates us, and he is the only one...
Trump: The American Empire Personified
That's why they hate him. He's just saying what they're all thinking, but you're not supposed to do that. Dave DeCamp: Former President Trump said in an interview with Israel Hayom over the weekend that Israel made a “big mistake” by broadcasting images and videos of...
My Favorite Michael Malice Quote
If the government didn’t have a monopoly on security, only rich people would be able to have security just like when the government got out of other businesses, the only cars produced were limousines, the only clothes produced were tuxedos and the only food produced...
Netanyahu as Haman
The fable of Purim ends with the slaughter of over 75,000 non-Jewish Persians by the Jewish Persians after one official's (Haman's) plot to kill the Jews is exposed when the king is alerted by his Jewish wife. That's a mighty big conspiracy! God makes no appearance....
Beware: The Government Is People
Nearly everyone complains about capitalism's defects, or market failures. In fact, those are social failures, not specifically market failures, which show up when many rational individual actions create a social situation that displeases everyone. This means that...
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