Scott Horton Show Interviews
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3/6/17 Doug Bandow gives advice to Trump on North Korea and Russia policy
Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses what a responsible North Korea policy would look like after successive US administrations have failed to gain anything from isolating the regime and eschewing diplomacy; and why we should lo...
3/3/17 Raeford Davis on the seven Baltimore cops indicted on federal racketeering charges
Raeford Davis, a speaker for Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) and a former North Charleston police officer, discusses how drug prohibition and gun control laws create both dangerous criminals and corrupt cops,
3/03/17 Questions
Here I talk about the book, Russia hype and the Iraq and Afghan wars. This’ll be a new thing where you guys tweet or email me questions and I post my answers here.
3/1/17 Brian McGlinchey on Saudi Arabia’s sneaky lobbying against 9/11 lawsuit legislation
Brian McGlinchey, the director of 28Pages.org, discusses how American veterans were used as unwitting pawns in a Saudi-sponsored lobbying campaign to weaken the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA),
3/1/17 Daniel McCarthy on “Reviving Libertarianism” in a time of political transformation on the left and right
Daniel McCarthy, editor-at-large of The American Conservative, discusses the poor showing of libertarian politicians in 2016, despite Ron and Rand Paul’s national prominence and two strongly disliked presidential candidates in Clinton and Trump; and ho...
2/28/17 Gareth Porter on the coordinated campaign to destabilize Trump’s administration and weaken his resolve to improve Russia ties
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist, discusses how the US media and intelligence community are attempting to portray Trump as a Russian stooge, in an effort to keep the pressure on Russia, the New Cold War brewing,
2/27/17 Conn Hallinan on the Trump administration’s belligerent and unpredictable foreign policy
Conn Hallinan, a writer for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses Trump’s bombastic rhetoric and ever-changing policy pronouncements on Iran, Yemen, and North Korea; and how he could blunder into war with China if he follows through on threats to blockade...
2/27/17 James Carden on Senator John McCain’s war cries in Ukraine and Syria
James Carden, a contributing writer at The Nation and the executive editor for the American Committee for East-West Accord, discusses John McCain and Lindsey Graham’s visit to the front lines in Ukraine, where they offered support for Ukrainian soldier...
2/24/17 Grant F. Smith on the billions in yearly US aid to Israel, and the apologists who claim it’s no big deal for such a great US ally
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the $254 billion in inflation-adjusted US aid to Israel since 1949; the pro-Israel think tanks that try to hide Israel’s large share of foreign aid by comparing it...
2/24/17 Gareth Porter on why Trump’s Iran policy will be much like Obama’s, despite all his tough talk
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses why Trump’s anti-Iran talk is not much different than that of the last several administrations’ before his,