George McGovern

Out of Iraq: “Iraq is as big a disaster as Vietnam.”

Former Senator George McGovern compares Iraq to the war in Vietnam and explains that he’s glad to see the Democrats acting more like him in their opposition to the war.

MP3 here. (5:08)

George McGovern is a former U.S. senator from South Dakota and is the author of Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now.

Author: Scott Horton

Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s. Scott’s Twitter, YouTube, Patreon.