Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter
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Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses how the Obama administration pushed hard for an extended Iraq troop presence, got rejected, then spun it as fulfillment of a campaign promise; why the Iraq War’s principal aim was to establish a massive military garrison from which to project power in the Middle East; the long-term training of Iraqi pilots on US fighter jets; and why the huge US embassy in Baghdad may not have enough force protection to secure it – conjuring images of rooftop helicopter rescues in Saigon.
MP3 here. (19:44)
Gareth Porter is an independent historian and journalist. He is the author of Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam. His articles appear on Counterpunch, Huffington Post, Inter Press Service News Agency and Antiwar.com.
eCAHNomics
October 26th, 2011 at 5:56 am
The annoyed & peevish look on O's face when he made the announcement was priceless.
eCAHNomics
October 26th, 2011 at 6:11 am
Do I remember accurately that W didn't know the diff betw Sunni & Shia? Or was that Wolfowitz?
Iraq snapshot (C.I.) | thecommonillsbackup
October 26th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
[...] parents? Did no one tell them not to do that in public? You have to wonder that as you listen to Gareth Porter make a fool out of himself (yet again). Speaking to Scott Horton (Antiwar.com) who hung on every word and possibly a better posture would be to question unless this is Fan Boi [...]
Didn’t work out the way he’d planned (Cedric) | thecommonillsbackup
October 27th, 2011 at 3:03 am
[...] parents? Did no one tell them not to do that in public? You have to wonder that as you listen to Gareth Porter make a fool out of himself (yet again). Speaking to Scott Horton (Antiwar.com) who hung on every word and possibly a better posture would be to question unless this is Fan Boi [...]
the disgrace that won’t die (Rebecca) | thecommonillsbackup
October 27th, 2011 at 3:07 am
[...] parents? Did no one tell them not to do that in public? You have to wonder that as you listen to Gareth Porter make a fool out of himself (yet again). Speaking to Scott Horton (Antiwar.com) who hung on every word and possibly a better posture would be to question unless this is Fan Boi [...]
zoe morgan z
October 29th, 2011 at 9:54 am
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