Scott Horton

Those who bought into the slogans "Hope" and "Change" last fall should have read the fine print. We were warned. Over and over during the campaign for the presidency Barack Obama made it clear that "withdrawal" from Iraq on his flexible 16-month timetable meant only the removal of "combat forces." He has also made it … Continue reading “Finding Ways to Stay in Iraq”

Interview conducted May 22, 2008. Listen to the interview. “War is the improvement of investment climates by other means" –Clausewitz for Dummies. Alright everybody, welcome back to Antiwar Radio – KAOS 92.7 FM in Austin, Texas. Introducing actor, writer, producer, John Cusack, on the phone from England today. He’s the star of Say Anything, The … Continue reading “Reclaim Your Sense of Outrage”

Scott Horton takes Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News to task for his suggestion that America needs another 9/11. By the end of the interview, Scott is practically straddling Bykofsky and pummeling him with facts, when Bykofsky goes whoops! I have a “real job” I have to get back to. The interview unfortunately ends … Continue reading “Does America Need Another 9/11?”

Editor’s note: Antiwar.com Assistant Editor Scott Horton wrote the following essay for the Oxford Forum, whose editors asked him to contribute a piece on the Anglo-American role in international conflict. Unfortunately, the Forum‘s editors rewrote the essay without Horton’s permission, distorting its thesis beyond all recognition. It appears here in its full, original version. Most … Continue reading “Saving England Wasn’t Worth It”

“There are a lot of things that are different now [that the U.S. occupies Iraq], and one that has gone by almost unnoticed – but it’s huge – is that … we can now remove almost all of our forces from Saudi Arabia. Their presence there over the last 12 years has been a source … Continue reading “For Those Interested in Facts: They Hate Our Foreign Policy”

Interview conducted April 4, 2007. Listen to the interview. All right, our very special guest today on Antiwar Radio is Dr. Ron Paul, congressman representing District 14 in south Texas and new presidential candidate. That’s all I can say about that, because Antiwar.com is a nonprofit and the government has rules about such things, but … Continue reading “The Antiwar Republican”

Interview conducted March 6, 2007. Listen to the interview. Is Iraq a distraction from the real War on Terrorism? Is there a real War on Terrorism? What exactly is the threat to the Heimatland? (That’s “Homeland” in the original German.) To help discuss these questions is John Mueller, author of the new book Overblown: How … Continue reading “The Exaggerated Terror Threat”

Interviewed Feb. 14, 2007. Click here to listen. Our guest is Wayne White. He is an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and former deputy director of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia. Horton: Welcome to the show, sir. White: My pleasure. … Continue reading “What Sort of Greeting Should We Expect in Iran?”

Interviewed February 20, 2007 – Listen to the interview. Is Iran making nuclear weapons? Is the United States preparing to wage war against them to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons? Our guest is Scott Ritter. He is a former Marine, United Nations weapons inspector, and author of an armful of books: Endgame, War on … Continue reading “Regime Change Is the Reason, Disarmament the Excuse”

Everyone but the few remaining Republicans in this country understands that the purpose of the 9/11 attacks was to bait the U.S. into personally invading the Muslim World. Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri wanted to bog Americans down in the Afghan mountains and rally more Sunni radicals to their cause. They hoped against hope … Continue reading “Bush Continues to Serve Osama”