Antiwar.com editor John Glaser discusses the presidential “debate” on foreign policy; Mitt Romney’s inability to appear more hawkish than Obama; how both candidates trotted out long-ago-debunked lies to smear Iran and appease Israel; Obama’s “don’t call it nation-building” nation building; keeping US troops in Afghanistan at least 10 years beyond the 2014 withdrawal; Obama’s chest-thumping on killing Osama bin Laden and crippling Iran’s (civilian) economy; and why these debates have been nothing but an orchestrated parade of lies, with the moderator’s complicity. (Duration: 42:00 — 9.6MB)
Futurama clip: Jack Johnson vs. John Jackson debate.
32k
Download
Second interview Daphne Eviatar
Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First discusses alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s military commission hearings at Guantanamo (she blogs about them here); the government’s censorship of court proceedings; the unclear rules and constitutionality of commissions; how federal civilian courts have been tougher on terrorists than military courts; and doubts about President Obama’s pledge to end torture. (Duration: 28:04 — 6.4MB)
32k
Download
Third interview Ann Ighe
Ann Ighe of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition discusses the latest attempt to break the Gaza blockade – this time on the Swedish ship Estelle; the Israeli Navy’s heavy-handed seizure of the ship and arrest of activists in international waters; Israel’s continuing collective punishment of Gazans for daring to elect Hamas in 2006; and how the activists onboard the Estelle conducted a public awareness campaign about Palestinians during their circuitous route to Gaza. (Duration: 31:49 — 7.3MB)
32k
Download
No Agenda Global Radio
Scott Horton.org
No comments:
Post a Comment
The Recaptcha is disabled because most of you are not robots.