Scott Horton 2012.09.19

First interview Philip Giraldi

Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer and contributing editor to The American Conservative, discusses why Muslims are protesting all over the world; Mitt Romney’s frightening ignorance on many topics, including foreign policy; how Benjamin Netanyahu may have overplayed his hand by appealing directly to Americans on the Iran “threat” and blatantly influencing the US presidential election; Eric Posner’s indefensible defense of unitary executive theory; and the void left by Ron Paul’s retirement from Congress. (Duration: 28:33 — 6.5MB)


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Second interview Pepe Escobar

Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the next wave of Muslim protests sure to follow a French cartoon’s depiction of the Prophet Muhammad nude; the inter-Islam proxy war for regional dominance, fought by pro-Muslim Brotherhood Qatar and Wahhabi/Salafist Saudi Arabia; the likely culprits of the deadly US embassy attack in Libya; how a Syrian peace deal brokered without US/Western mediation would be a game-changer in regional politics; the fate of Afghanistan after NATO withdrawal; how a US deal with Iran would remake the Middle East; and the whereabouts of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. (Duration: 44:31 — 10.2MB)

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