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Winslow T. Wheeler explains earmarks in the federal budget, a process by which representatives can subtly direct money away from what it's actually been requested for, often into projects that will go straight contractors in their districts. These firms then make political contributions to help the representatives get and stay elected. Wheeler says these earmarks divert over $19 billion per year, and the phenomenon is only getting worse.

Discussed on the show:

"Those Porky Pentagon Earmarks Never Really Went Away" (The American Conservative)

Winslow T. Wheeleris the Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Project On Government Oversight. He worked in the senate and the Government Accountability Office for many years, and is the author of Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security.

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On FPF #299, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss news on Syria, Russia, and Yemen. We breakdown the death of four US soldiers by an ISIS suicide bomber in Syria. The Washington foreign policy establishment is trying to use the death of the soldiers to prevent the US from exiting Syria. We debunk all the myths the war party is using to try to keep US troops in Syria. 

Will Porter is a journalist who writes on Mid East Affairs and Foreign Policy. Will's work can be found at Antiwar.Com and LibertarianInstitute.Org.

Links

Will Porter FPF Archive

On FPF #298, I discuss a recently reported FBI investigation of Trump in 2017. The investigation looked into possible Russian influence over Trump. The investigators found no evidence. However, Russiagate conspiracy theorists add the investigation as further proof that Trump is under the control of Putin. 

Links

Glenn Greenwald - FBI Investigation

Ron Paul Liberty Report - FBI Investigation

Navy Time - USS Fitz Report

On FPF #297, I review the new movie Vice. Vice is the story of warmonger Dick Chaney. The movie captures any of the most evil acts of Chaney. I expand on some of the stories that only were given brief attention. I also give my take on Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 presidential run.

Links

Kelley Vlahos on the Pentagon revolving door

Return of the Neocons

Adam Graham - Vice Review

On FPF #296, I explain how crickets caused the US to withdraw the majority of their diplomatic envoy to Cuba. The US alleged sonic weapons being used against US diplomats in Cuba. The US media even speculated that Russia was involved with the use of sonic weapons against diplomats. Scientific testing now shows the noise was caused by crickets. I examine how the allegations impacted US policy towards Cuba and how this event exemplifies the shortcomings of the US media. 

Links

FPF #263 - Nukes

Moon of Alabama on the cricket attack

Philip Giraldi - Trump 2019 Foreign Policy

Gareth Porter comes back on the show to respond to claims that he's an apologist for Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. In explaining his 1975 book, Cambodia: Starvation and Revolution, he identifies a dangerous trend surrounding American wars abroad, which he himself fell victim to: The propaganda from U.S. war planners is often so egregious that dissenters are inclined to take precisely the opposite position, even when that position is also wrong. Scott cites the example of claiming Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the war crimes he did in fact commit, simply because the Bush Jr. administration painted him as almost comically threatening in order to justify the invasion of Iraq. Although Porter admits he got it wrong in Cambodia, the experience has made him a much more careful journalist since then, striving always to understand and take seriously every major argument on all sides of an important issue.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.This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.Donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal, or Bitcoin: 1Ct2FmcGrAGX56RnDtN9HncYghXfvF2GAh.

On FPF #295, I discuss the US relationship with China. The acting Secretary of Defense said he will focus on "China, China, China." The US increasing looked at the great powers - Russia and China - the biggest threat to the US. The economic relationship with China is rocky, and the US continues to challenge Chinese territorial claims. I also discuss the coup attempt in Gabon and the changing US war in Somalia. 

Links

Eric Margolis on China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=affiFYPfmUw

For the segment of the audience that is further along their journey towards advocating a voluntary society, you all remember those moments where your perspective was forever changed. We had a great time discussing and reminiscing the moments that brought us to voluntaryism with Pete Raymond of the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast.

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The Case Against the Fed by Murray Rothbard (Amazon Affiliate Link)

End the Fed by Ron Paul (Amazon Affiliate Link)

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Man, Economy, and State by Murray Rothbard (Amazon Affiliate Link)

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America's War for the Greater Middle East by Lt. Col. Andrew Bacevich (Amazon Affiliate Link)

The Left, the Right, and the State by Lew Rockwell (Amazon Affiliate Link)

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Keith Knight's "America's Foreign Policy of Deception"

"American Imperialism. Scott Horton & Keith Knight"

Marines Grow Opium for Their Masters 

US News and World Report: Ron Paul Awash in Active Duty Military Donations

World Socialist Website: Citigroup chose Obama's 2008 cabinet, Wikileaks document reveals

"Why I am an Anarcho-capitalist" by Lew Rockwell

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Gareth Porter tells Scott why he's optimistic that the war in Yemen will soon be coming to an end. For one thing, says Porter, the War Powers resolutions in both congress and the senate have created political pressure to end America's backing of the Saudis, even if they don't legally stop President Trump. The killing of Jamal Khashoggi also seemed to provide impetus that wasn't there before, because it brought the war sharply into focus for Americans. Porter explains that the military and logistical support for the Saudis wouldn't even need to end—simply stopping the sale of parts for their American planes would completely ground their air force, and that alone would effectively end the war.

Discussed on the show:

"Is the End of the Brutal War in Yemen Finally at Hand?" (Antiwar.com Original)

"S.J.Res.54" (Library of Congress)

"H.Con.Res.138" (Library of Congress)

Jamal Khashoggi

"In Strategic Shift, U.S. Draws Closer to Yemeni Rebels" (WSJ)

Northwest Airlines Flight 253

"Inside Yemen's secret prisons: 'We could hear the screams'" (AP News)

"12/17/18 Nasser Arrabyee on the Ceasefire in Hodeidah" (The Libertarian Institute)

"Bolton’s Hawkish Syria Plan Backfired, Pushing Trump to Get Out" (The Daily Beast)

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.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Cato Institute fellow Ted Galen Carpenter talks about his latest article, "NATO Partisans Started a New Cold War With Russia." He lays out the prevailing narrative about Russian aggression: Nixon and Kissinger were able to defuse the threat of global communism by negotiating with China, and shortly thereafter the Soviet Union collapsed, solving the Russian threat once and for all—that is, until Vladimir Putin began instigating conflicts with Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade. Carpenter explains that that's pretty much all wrong. In fact, the "new cold war" began in the 1990s when President Clinton and America's allies began expanding NATO closer and closer to Russia's borders, something the U.S. had previously promised not to do. Carpenter thinks the entire narrative of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is overblown, and that America should just get out of or dissolve NATO as soon as possible.

Discussed on the show:

"NATO Partisans Started a New Cold War With Russia" (The American Conservative)

"Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn't Move Past East German Border" (The National Interest)

Strobe Talbott

"US: Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (corpwatch)

"The Quiet Americans Behind the U.S.-Russia Imbroglio" (The New York Times)

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 is a contributing editor at The American Conservative Magazine and the National Interest.s

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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