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Antiwar Radio: Philip Giraldi

Scott — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:27:55 +0000

Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the usual suspects who are calling for war with Iran, the practical limitations on the U.S. military’s ability to fight a third concurrent war, the ploy of letting Israel start a war with Iran so the U.S. will be obligated to finish it, [...]

Antiwar Radio: Rep. Ron Paul

Scott — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:16:23 +0000

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the budgetary limitations that expansive U.S. foreign policy imposes on domestic programs, the Dennis Kucunich resolution (co-sponsored by Rep. Paul) that will require a House of Representatives debate on the war in Afghanistan, wrongheaded government action on the coming dollar crisis and why the peace and [...]

Antiwar Radio: Nat Hentoff

Scott — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:15:27 +0000

Nat Hentoff, senior fellow at the CATO Institute, discusses the Elizabeth Cheney and William Kristol-backed Keep America Safe ad that implies Attorney General Eric Holder is a jihadist, widespread contempt and ignorance of protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, Obama’s “looking forward not backward” anti-prosecution policy that validates Richard [...]

Antiwar Radio: Jim Lobe

Scott — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:14:31 +0000

Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief for Inter Press Service, discusses Obama’s current timidity in addressing the Palestinian problem despite his initial assertiveness, how Hillary Clinton’s lack of diplomatic skill has weakened Obama’s leverage with Israel, increased Palestinian and US interest in a “one state” solution and why ordinary Israelis won’t [...]

Antiwar Radio: Helen Thomas

Scott — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:13:35 +0000

Longtime White House Press Corps reporter Helen Thomas discusses the culture of “softball” political journalism, Obama’s continuance of the US “nuclear ambiguity” policy regarding Israel and John Brennan’s ridiculous response to the question, “Why do the terrorists attack us?”

Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter and Eric Margolis

Scott — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:11:15 +0000

Gareth Porter and Eric Margolis discuss Gen. McChrystal’s “government in a box” plan for Afghanistan, military actions that are motivated more by a desire to influence US public opinion than to achieve strategic gains, Obama’s secondary role in formulating foreign policy, the Pentagon’s exaggeration of “rogue state” threats in order to [...]

Antiwar Radio: Thomas E. Woods

Scott — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:12:04 +0000

Thomas E. Woods, author of Meltdown and senior fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses “The Birth and Death of the Fed” Mises Institute conference at infamous Jekyll Island, GA, the Fed’s failure to stop the financial panics that were the impetus for its creation in the first place, the gathering of the world’s powerbrokers at [...]

Antiwar Radio: Kirkpatrick Sale

Scott — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:10:03 +0000

Kirkpatrick Sale, director of the Middlebury Institute, discusses Vermont’s secessionist movement that derives from the state’s unique historical independence, the need to scrap the US Constitution due to its failure to preserve freedom and liberty, the inverse relationship between population size and the ability of government to function properly, the [...]

Antiwar Radio: Allison Kilkenny

Scott — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:08:58 +0000

Allison Kilkenny, regular contributor to the Huffington Post, discusses the CNN poll that found a large majority of Americans believe Iran has nuclear weapons, not-so-covert US actions in Iran that make diplomacy impossible, Republicans who are unwilling to admit the cause and effect between US empire and terrorism and [...]

Antiwar Radio: Ryan Dawson

Scott — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:07:57 +0000

Ryan Dawson, keeper of the Website Anti-Neocons, discusses his website’s designation of February 26 as “Hate Richard Perle Day,” Perle’s leading role in inventing a Saddam Hussein/al Qaeda link and lying the American people into the Iraq War and how professional war agitators like Perle profit from the revolving door [...]

Antiwar Radio: Kevin Zeese and David T. Beito

Scott — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:21:52 +0000

Kevin Zeese and David T. Beito discuss the formation of a full-spectrum political alliance against militarism and empire, the unwavering commitment of Democrat and Republican leadership to the military-industrial complex, the media’s unwillingness to discuss (much less debate) US empire and how you can help the fundraising effort for [...]

Antiwar Radio: Frida Berrigan

Scott — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:20:53 +0000

Frida Berrigan, columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses US dominance of the global weapons market, the costly domestic upgrade cycle that is perpetuated by defense contractors selling current generation high-tech weapons abroad, the relatively low number of jobs created with money spent on the military compared to other sectors [...]

Antiwar Radio: James L. Payne

Scott — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:19:41 +0000

James L. Payne, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, discusses the often-exaggerated US role in democracy-building during the post-WWII occupation of Germany, FDR’s intent to keep Germany impoverished for a generation, how the issuance of a currency and the end of price controls allowed the German economy to rebuild, [...]

Antiwar Radio: Daphne Eviatar

Scott — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:55:02 +0000

Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the preemptive legal defenses trotted out by John Yoo and Dick Cheney, information missing or withheld from the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s torture memo investigation, the incompatibility of Yoo’s extralegal commander-in-chief theory with any semblance [...]

Antiwar Radio: George Maschke

Scott — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:53:58 +0000

George Maschke, co-founder of Antipolygraph.org, discusses the polygraph examination that Bruce Ivins passed before he was the FBI’s prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax mailings, historical failures in detecting national security threats through “lie-detector” tests and the retrospective claims by the FBI and DOJ that Ivins used countermeasures (that are [...]