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5/31/19 Gilbert Doctorow on the ‘Euroskeptics’ Promoting Peace with Russia

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Gilbert Doctorow explains the shifting landscape of European parliamentary politics, including the dangerous trend toward antagonism against Russia. The main problem for many years, says Doctorow, was that a single centrist coalition controlled almost everything, and...

5/31/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the Humanitarian Disaster in Yemen

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Nasser Arrabyee is back with an update on the war in Yemen, where the UN estimates a quarter of a million people have died either in combat or because of the deprivation resulting from the war. Arrabyee reminds us that the objectives of this war are totally...

5/31/19 Trevor Timm on the Century’s Greatest 1st Amendment Threat

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm discusses the arrests of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. Manning is only being held in jail because she refuses to testify in Assange's case, a move that Scott and Timm agree is unconstitutional and with any luck will be struck down in court so Manning...

5/26/19 Ted Postol on the Proof that the Douma Attack was Staged

by Scott Horton | May 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Ted Postol talks about the recently leaked document from a team of engineers at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which shows that the narrative of the supposed chemical attack last year in Douma simply doesn't fit the science of how the...

5/26/19 Dave DeCamp on the Supposed Russian Plot to Arm American Malcontents

by Scott Horton | May 29, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Dave DeCamp about the latest bizarre claims of Russian interference from the mainstream media. Discussed on the show: "NBC Claims Russians Plan To Give African Americans Combat Training" (Antiwar.com Original) This episode of the Scott Horton Show is...

5/25/19 Daniel Davis on the Unwinnable War in Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | May 29, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Davis joins the show to talk about his recent article, "McMaster Uses Worn Vietnam Trope to Accuse Americans of Defeatism," which discusses the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Afghanistan, says Davis, is just as unwinnable as Vietnam...

5/24/19 Pat McGeehan on the Defend the Guard Act

by Scott Horton | May 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

West Virginia State Legislator Pat McGeehan joins the show to talk about his "Defend the Guard" bill, a statewide attempt to prevent national guard troops from being called to fight overseas wars, something that the states are supposed to have control over. McGeehan...

5/24/19 Andrew Bacevich on the Blindness of Washington Insiders

by Scott Horton | May 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Professor Andrew Bacevich gives his take on the growing divide between the foreign policy views of the Washington political establishment and those of the rest of the country. Basically, he explains, Americans are sick of fighting endless wars in the middle east, but...

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