Antiwar Radio is Canceled for Friday 08/20

There will be no live broadcast of Antiwar Radio for today, Friday, August 20. For those of you who will miss Scott Horton's insights, Mr. Horton will be taping upcoming television appearances this weekend. Please see the Antiwar.com Blog for updates.

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Thursday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 19th, 2010: Washington Post: Columnist David Ignatius takes a broad view of the Obama administration’s diplomatic trouble spots and prescribes “patience plus” because time is actually on the...

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Sunday Morning Needs a Real War Debate

This alert just came in from Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): Tell NBC: Sunday Morning Needs a Real War Debate Meet the Press features a parade of Afghanistan hawks The war in Afghanistan has re-emerged as a major news story, thanks to the controversies...

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Wednesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 18th, 2010: Washington Times: In an editorial, the über-hawkish DC daily echoes John Bolton (referenced in our last entry here) and calls for a strike against Iran’s Bushehr reactor before fuel...

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Washington Times: Dirty Bombs Away!

Of course the Moonies concur with John Bolton that Israel must strike the soon-to-be-activated, harmless light water reactor at Bushehr in Western Iran – an act which would be certain to drag the United States into a high-casualty catastrophe within moments. But the...

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“Our Man in Turkey” – The Jake Hess Story

OK, so he's not really "our" man, he's Inter Press Service's (IPS's) man in Turkey, but the articles of Jake Hess, as was reported by a number of media outlets, his writings have appeared on Antiwar.com. But who is this 25 year old New Hampshirite and why does it...

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Tuesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 17th, 2010: The National: Michael Theodoulou reports that new sanctions will exacerbate corruption and mismanagement in Iran’s economy but do little to change Tehran’s nuclear policy. However,...

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YouTube of Iran Debate

Below is the 2 1/2 hour entirety of that Iran debate at UCR on April 1, 2010. Featured speaker was Reese Erlich. Panelists were Erlich, Larry Greenfield, Christopher Records and myself. The host was Louis Vandenberg. Thanks to Joe Briggs for putting this on his...

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Monday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 16th, 2010:The Financial Times: Daniel Dombey reports that the White House has warned Turkey that it could lose access to U.S. weapons, including drone aircraft that Ankara wants to acquire for...

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