This is all wrong. The entire war on terrorism, and every bit of the suffering, spending and lost liberty that has come with it, has been an unnecessary evil. At the time of the September 11, 2001 attack which got this new era of war started, the enemy in Afghanistan...
Pensacola: Blowback Terrorism
Florida Senator Rick Scott is lost in the dark. After Friday’s deadly Afghan war-style “green on blue” attack by a Saudi air force officer at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the senator issued a statement calling the shooting an act of...
The Rule of Law or CIA Coup?
Americans should support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump, but not for Ukrainegate. In fact, they should oppose his impeachment on Ukrainegate grounds completely. Trump’s real offense is waging an un-authorized, unconstitutional, illegal,...
To End the Wars, Attack the Right From the Right
Sadly, the antiwar and anti-national security state inclinations of American liberals and progressives have weakened since the days of President George W. Bush. Partisan incentives during Barack Obama’s presidency combined with the FBI-CIA-Democratic Party-media plot...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Chance to Make the Race About the Wars
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative from Hawaii, is running for president. She’s one of the only Democrats in the race who says anything meaningful or interesting about foreign policy. Unlike the rest of them, she’s decided to make it the center of her...
2¾ Cheers for the New Quincy Institute
What if George Soros and Charles Koch teamed up to do a thing? Sounds pretty scary so far. What if the project was to build a new antiwar think tank in Washington with the financial backing to make a serious mark? Does that sound even scarier? It shouldn’t. The...
Fighting the Last War
America is still fighting the last war. I admit to having a bit of the same problem. I’m now working on a new book to follow-up my previous one about the war in Afghanistan. The tentative title is Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. [You are...
Antiwar.com: Now What?
The question, "Now what?" seems appropriate today. First of all, R.I.P. Justin Raimondo. As Tom Woods said, Justin was the soul of this site. Despite popular misunderstanding, he was not the editor or webmaster (that's me, Jason Ditz and Eric Garris, all of whom...
Defending Manning and Assange
Interview recorded December 29, 2010. Listen to the interview. Scott Horton: All right, y'all, welcome back to the show. It's Antiwar Radio, I'm Scott Horton, and joining me on the line is Daniel Ellsberg, famous liberator of the Pentagon Papers and author of the book...
They Are Lying to You About the Oklahoma City Bombing
Interview conducted March 30, 2010. Listen to the interview. Scott's collection of OKC audio clips here. Scott's collection of Jesse Trentadue's court files here. For Antiwar.com and KAOS radio 95.9 in Austin, Texas, I'm Scott Horton. This is Antiwar Radio. And our...