Libertarian foreign policy, mostly... https://scotthorton.org/archives/
Lions of Liberty Interview: Scott Horton on Yemen
Marc Claire interviews me about Yemen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFKZzIO20tY
Speech on Afghanistan at the New Jersey Libertarian Party Convention
I gave this talk on Fool's Errand to the Libertarian Party of New Jersey's state convention back in February. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX6ALDrLYyI
Fool’s Errand Turns 1
My book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan came out a year ago today. It was good timing since I knew that Trump was about to launch his first escalation there and that other than that, the status quo would hold: the Taliban would continue to slowly...
Bear Witness to American War Crimes
Look. Look! 50 children killed when USA-Saudi bomb a school bus traveling through a market. On your dime. In your name. Here are some of the 80+ wounded/survivors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDm6SEttlY
Scott Horton says “I’m Quitting Twitter”
As Dan McAdams was saying yesterday on the Liberty Report, Twitter has demanded that we hit their Soviet BF Skinner button to delete our terribly offensive tweets, which at least in my case have been deleted from my feed by Twitter already, in order to begin the 12...
Iraq War II: A History Lesson
It's been 15 years since they lied us into Iraq War II. So I did a couple of long, in-depth interviews with Jonathan Schwarz about how and why they lied us into it, and Gareth Porter about how the war played out. Especially for those of you who were too young or wrong...
The U.S. War in Afghanistan is Unwinnable
I gave a talk about the Afghan war at Middle East Books and More in Washington, D.C. on March 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYkM3Vzl6v0&lc= Cross-posted at Stress.
They Lied Us Into War, All of Them
And I don't just mean Iraq War II. A friend wanted a list, so I whipped one up real quick. Gulf of Tonkin 1967: McNamara knew it was a mistake before LBJ used it as an excuse to escalate. Daniel Ellsberg's firsthand account from inside the Pentagon:...
Corrected: Gina Haspel Did Not Torture Zubaydah, Apparently
Not only did the new CIA Director personally oversee the torture of Abu Zubaydah, she did so in order to lie you and your mom into supporting the aggressive war against Iraq. From David Rose’s report "Tortured Reasoning": Some of what he did say was leaked by the...
