Show #31 on Afghanistan and Iran with Gareth Porter of IPS News and David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org by Clearingthefog on Mixcloud
This show was pre-taped to play on the day after the 11th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan. The US recently achieved the milestone of 2,000 military killed in Afghanistan as insider attacks increase. Gareth Porter who has been writing about US policy in Iraq and Iran for InterPress Service News since 2000 talks about what is happening in Afghanistan now (see his article: http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?i…) and the major myths about Afghanistan. He also speaks about US policy towards Iran. Read http://original.antiwar.com/porter/20… to learn more. Then David Swanson, author of “War is a Lie,” joins us to talk about his recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad who was visiting the United Nations. David discusses the way American media portrays Iran, President Obama’s war policies, the concept of “humanitarian” war and what it will take to end war. David writes at WarIsACrime.org.