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Christine Ahn joins the show for an update on the Korean peace process, now that John Bolton is out of the Trump administration. She thinks Bolton was a major obstacle to Korean unification, and that now Trump might go along with the negotiations between the North and South—something that recent American presidents have been unwilling to do. One of the democrats' favorite attacks against Trump, that he "sides with dictators," completely misses the point, says Ahn. In defying John Bolton to negotiate with Kim Jong-un, Trump is really siding with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the vast majority of the South Korean people, since they want peace on the peninsula as well.

Discussed on the show:

"With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible" (Truthout)

"The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First" (WSJ)

September 2018 inter-Korean summit

H.Res.152 - Calling for a formal end of the Korean war.

Christine Ahn is the international coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing for peace on the Korean Peninsula. Follow her at Truthout and on Twitter @christineahn.

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Catherine Besteman joins the show to share some of her research about America's covert proxy war in Somalia. American military intervention in Somalia goes back at least as far as the Bush administration's support for Ethiopia in its invasion of the country in 2006, and Besteman says this type of intervention has done nothing but empower groups like Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. supposedly wants to curtail. As usual, the mainstream media has little interest in covering what's really going on.

Discussed on the show:

"'Send her back' isn't just racist. It ignores the US's critical role in Somalia" (The Guardian)

Catherine L. Besteman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College. She is known for her work with Somali Bantu refugees who have migrated from East Africa to the U.S. Follow her work at colby.edu.

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Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his recent article for the American Conservative about why Iran's possible role in the recent Saudi oil field attacks is beside the point. Porter thinks it's pretty likely that Iran was behind the attacks, probably as a demonstration of their ability to seriously disrupt the global economy with very little cost or effort. But this should not in any way dissuade the Trump administration from trying to establish peace between the U.S. and Iran, and if anything, probably stresses the importance of doing so.

Discussed on the show:

"Why Evidence of Iran’s Role in Attack Doesn’t Matter" (The American Conservative)

"Truncating the Antecedents: Addendum on 9/11 and the Present Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq | Robert Higgs" (Independent Institute)

"6/30/19 Elijah Magnier on the Danger of War with Iran" (The Libertarian Institute)

Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state, and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.

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Pete invited Jose Niño to return to the show to discuss "red flag" laws and the outlook for gun control in the immediate future. They talk about the one way that any and all gun laws can be combated.

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From the successful cancelling of Shane Gillis to the attempted cancelling of Justin Trudeau and Brett Kavanaugh (again) to the "cancel culture isn't real" argument its been quite a week for cancel culture.

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Grant Smith lays out the astonishing corruption taking place between state governments and big business in cahoots with foreign lobbies across the U.S. He focuses on two large companies in Virginia that are tied to the Israel lobby, whose massive coffers allow them to infiltrate "advisory boards" and sway state power in their favor. By finagling special grants and privileges for themselves, they can easily outcompete the smaller businesses trying to play by the rules of the market. Worst of all, says Smith, none of the supposed investigative reporters are covering this.

Discussed on the show:

"Something’s Fishy About AquaMaof’s “Project Jonah” in Virginia" (WRMEA)

"Meet VIAB: Virginia’s Taxpayer-Funded Israel Lobby" (Antiwar.com Original)

Grant F. Smith is the author of a number of books including Big Israel: How Israel’s Lobby Moves America and Divert!. He is director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C.

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Mike Swanson is back with his forecast for the stock market and the next recession. Swanson thinks that the next crash could begin to set in motion an unravelling of the whole bubble of the dollar system itself, which might lead to the type of stagflation we saw in the 1970s. His advice, as always, is to diversify, including some money in gold and silver.

Mike Swanson provides investment advice at wallstreetwindow.com and is the author of The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite. He also works with the Neopolis Media Group, a group of historians, educators, authors, researchers, and free speech advocates who endeavor to provide original and engaging content, including The Ochelli Effect, and The Lone Gunman Podcast.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Ted Carpenter's new book explains why NATO is both obsolete and dangerous for world peace. Its obsolescence is clear: NATO was founded as an alliance against the Soviet Union, which hasn't existed for thirty years. It's dangerous because continued NATO expansion into eastern Europe, despite promises not to do just that, have increased tensions between Russia and the U.S. and its allies. Instead of an end to the Cold War, NATO has helped give us a second one. Scott and Carpenter also talk about the disasters the Obama administration wrought on Libya, and how Trump continues to exacerbate them.

Discussed on the show:

"The Obama Administration Destroyed Libya. Could Trump Make It Worse?" (Cato Institute)

NATO: Dangerous Dinosaur

"Opinion | Foreign Affairs; Now a Word From X" (The New York Times)

The Schlieffen Plan

"VIDEO: This is how a nuclear war would play out, according to a Princeton University simulation" (New York Daily News)

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

Ted Galen Carpenter is a senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Carpenter has written 10 books including America’s Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan and most recently NATO: Dangerous Dinosaur. He is a contributing editor at The American Conservative Magazine and the National Interest.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Washinton Babylon; Liberty Under Attack Publications; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott interviews Yossi Gurvitz about the Knesset election in Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands to lose his position to Benny Gantz, the leader of Israel's Blue and White party. Gurvitz explains some of the reasons Netanyahu's tenure has been so bad for Israel, Palestinians, and the world, but says that the alternatives aren't necessarily much better. At the moment the election is still too close to call.

Discussed on the show:

"The crumbled throne" (Mondoweiss)

Oslo Accords

Yossi Gurvitz is a freelance blogger and columnist. He writes extensively on the Israeli occupation. Find him on Twitter @ygurvitz.

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