Veterans: Never Should Have Fought the Terror Wars

What a shame. You know, it didn’t have to be this way at all. Forget that crank Al Gore winning instead. If Bush had only had anyone but Dick Cheney for VP and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz over at Defense, then Colin Powell would have been his man on foreign policy and the...

UAE Quitting Yemen War?

There was this report of limited withdrawals the other day, but now the WSJ is saying they're quitting the war against the Houthis entirely, and now are going to focus on fighting their al Qaeda and ISIS allies. Who knows? Update: Jason does, of course. Cross-posted...

Antiwar Radio/Scott Horton Show: 5,000 Interviews

This morning on Antiwar Radio, I'll be playing my interview of the Great Gareth Porter from Friday -- interview #317 of Gareth, and number 5,000 overall since 2003 (including now my long-lost first interview from 1999.) That's 8:30 Pacific, KPFK 90.7 FM in L.A....

Scott Horton Looks at Assange Espionage Indictment

He faces 170 years. The indictment is garbage. It begins by citing public requests by Wikileaks for classified documents from a number of governments. As though this is different in kind from what any investigative reporter might do. (Please assume the term...

Did Iran Kill 600 Americans in Iraq War II?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that Iran killed 600 Americans during Iraq War II. The syllogism goes, Iran supplied EFP bombs to Sadr’s militia, the Mahdi Army, they then used those bombs on U.S. troops. Ergo “Iran,” meaning the ayatollah and his government,...

Impeaching Trump

The liberals are bent on impeaching Trump. Utilitarian electoral calculations are their only considerations.But how to impeach after he just got no-billed by the grand jury on the big collusion plot that never was, and no more than half-assed recommended for future...