The Scott Horton Show from The Libertarian Institute

Jason Ditz discusses Netanyahu's failure to form a new government and call for new elections in September.

Jason Ditz is the news editor of Antiwar.com. Read all of his work at news.antiwar.com and follow him on Twitter @jasonditz.

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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 they were largely hawks. Recent elections, however, have begun to shift political energy toward populism and "euroskepticism", which may be a good thing for peace.

Discussed on the show:

"The 2019 European Parliamentary Election: Prospects for Peace" (Antiwar.com Original)

For Europe

Gilbert Doctorow is an independent political analyst and was the European Coordinator of The American Committee for East-West Accord. He writes regularly for Consortium News. His latest book is Does the United States Have a Future?

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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 unachievable and nothing will change unless the U.S., in the hands of President Trump, decides to end the war altogether.

Discussed on the show:

"UN Chief Denies Hadi's Accusation of Siding With Houthis" (News From Antiwar.com)

Impact Of War On Development In Yemen

Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. He is the owner and director of yemen-now.com. You can follow him on Twitter @narrabyee.

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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 can go free. Although they were mostly quiet at Assange's arrest, some American newspapers are finally standing up for Assange and Manning on the grounds that what they do is not really all that different, and that everyone in this country should be protected by the 1st amendment.

Discussed on the show:

Espionage Act of 1917

Pentagon Papers

Trevor Timm is a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He is a journalist, activist, and lawyer whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, USA Today, The Atlantic, and many others. Follow him on Twitter @trevortimm.

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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 weapons would have to have been deployed.

Discussed on the show:

"Postol: Newly Revealed Documents Show Syrian Chemical “Attacks Were Staged”" (Accuracy.Org)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Ted Postol is a professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at MIT. He has written about nuclear weapons issues and the chemical attacks in Syria.

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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)

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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 was, but today Americans are less aware of that fact than they were in the 1960s and 70s. Scott says America could have hunted down the Al-Qaeda members connected with the 9/11 attacks, declared a swift victory, and never even tried to fight a war against the Taliban, let alone establishing a new central government that will never stand.

Discussed on the show:

"McMaster Uses Worn Vietnam Trope to Accuse Americans of Defeatism" (The American Conservative)

Daniel Davis did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in the army. He writes a weekly column for National Interest and is the author of the reports “Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders’ Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Effort” and “Go Big or Go Deep: An Analysis of Strategy Options on Afghanistan.” Find him on Twitter @DanielLDavis1.

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Gareth Porter explains the latest propaganda being used to drive a possible war with Iran. President Trump appears to have bought into the story that Iran wants to develop, and possibly use, nuclear weapons, but at least his ignorance, says Porter, is better than the outright malice of other hawks who might know that Iran is no real threat to the U.S. but want war anyway.

Discussed on the show:

"Do Iranian ‘Threats’ Signal Organized U.S.-Israel Subterfuge?" (The American Conservative)

Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

Operation Inherent Resolve

"Is Bolton’s War With Iran Becoming A Reality?" (The National Interest)

Operation Desert Fox

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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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 hopes that if several other states follow suit with similar bills it will force the issue of the injustice in sending American men and women to die needlessly fighting endless wars in the middle east.

Discussed on the show:

"Defend the Guard Legislation" (Tenth Amendment Center)

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Pat McGeehan is a two-term representative in the West Virginia House of Delegates and a graduate of the U.S. air force academy. He is the author of Stoicism and the Statehouse. Follow him on Twitter @McGeehan4WV.

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Scott talks to Grant Smith about his work obtaining secret government documents by FOIA request. This time Smith has gotten a 640-page document outlining Bush administration intelligence on Iraq's nuclear weapons in the leadup to the Iraq war.

Discussed on the show:

"Lesson From FBI’s 'Niger Uranium Forgeries' File" (Antiwar.com Original)

"Chappelle's Show - Black Bush" (YouTube)

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris

The Italian Letter: How the Bush Administration Used a Fake Letter to Build the Case for War in Iraq

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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