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Presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul discusses the economic consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the scars of PTSD and the administration’s betrayal of wounded veterans, how nice it would be if the War Party had to clean up the DU, why the U.S. should withdraw from Iraq as soon as physically possible, the role of the Military-Industrial-Complex in determining foreign policy, the likelihood and possible consequences of war with Iran for our troops in Iraq, our economy, and our liberty, why all the tax money spent militarily “securing” recourses is being wasted due to a mistaken and outdated mercantilist understanding of economics, the failure of the Congressional Democrats to check the war powers of the president, why U.S. intervention on behalf of Israel is bad for us, bad for them and bad for their neighbors, America’s deteriorating relationship with Russia and China and why the U.S. government should stay out of Darfur.

MP3 here. (29:55)

(All my previous interviews of Dr. Paul here and here.)

Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas and candidate for President of the United States.

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Scott Horton, assistant editor at Antiwar.com and director of the radio project, debunks the War Party’s excuses for war with Iran.

MP3 here. (21:06)

Scott Horton is an assistant editor at Antiwar.com and is the director of Antiwar Radio. Check out his blog, Stress.

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Gareth Porter, historian and reporter for IPS News, explains how the American occupation only exacerbates the situation in the Iraq, how local Sunnis have always been better equipped than the U.S. to handle al Qaeda in Iraq and debunks the administration’s propaganda about Iran in Iraq.

MP3 here. (42:21)

Gareth Porter is an independent historian and foreign policy analyst. He is also a Foreign Policy In Focus scholar. His book, Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam, is published in May 2005 by University of California Press.

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James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the Padilla case, torture by the Bush regime and the capacity of the general public to overlook the evidence.

MP3 here . (34:45)

James Bovard serves as a policy advisor to The Future of Freedom Foundation and is a frequent contributor to Playboy, American Spectator, and Investor’s Business Daily. He has also written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reader’s Digest, New Republic, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Newsweek.

For my analysis of the GOP race for the White House, post-Ames, check out my latest for Taki’s Top Drawer, “Decoding the Iowa Poll.” Also, I’ve been blogging regularly over there: here‘s my take on the Hamburger Question, also here — and here‘s me wondering out loud why it is that Reason magazine and the folks over at the Cato Institute have so little to say about the Iraq war. Oh, and a note on ideological diversity.

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You’d think that someone who wrote this article would be ready if he was going to appear on Antiwar Radio.

But Scott Horton kicks his butt when he comes on to defend his position that Americans would benefit from another 9/11 attack.

MP3 here. (18:08)