How Do You Destroy Chemical Weapons?
Now that the US and Russia have agreed on a plan to gather up Syria's chemical weapons, what will they do with them? As Peter Weber of TheWeek.com explained on my America Weekend show, destroying them is a lot harder than it sounds. Listen to our conversation here.
Why Dictators Do What Dictators Do
Why would President Bashar Al-Assad use chemical weapons against Syrians? That's the question I posed to Alistair Smith, co-author of "The Dictator's Handbook," on my America Weekend show. We discussed what Assad's motivation was, whether it was worth risking the...
The Syria Problem
For the last 2 days on the radio, I've been talking about the eventuality of the US sending cruise missiles into Syria (yes, I think Obama will get the authority from Congress), and still have lots of questions: Why is killing 1,429 people with sarin gas so much worse...
All In With John McCain
I'm not bothered by the photo of Senator John McCain playing poker on his iPhone during yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about Syria. I've never been to a hearing on Capitol Hill, but I'm sure they drag on and on. Still, this wasn't a discussion...
Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill is a war reporter who digs into stories most won't touch. He joined me today on "America Weekend" to talk about his new documentary, "Dirty Wars," in which he says "the war on terror is a self-fulfilling prophesy." In explaining that, he reveals details...
Rocky Sickmann, Iran Hostage
With so much interest in Ben Affleck's terrific movie, "Argo," about a covert operation to get six Americans out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis, I dug into my archives to find an interview I did in 2004 with Rocky Sickmann, who was was a 22-year-old Marine...
The Osama Papers
Surprises in the Osama Bin Laden private paperwork that was made public today: Once tortured an Al Qaeda lieutenant for not removing all the brown M&M's from a bowl he put out for a party. Should never have invested in franchises of tanning salon company...
I’m Just Asking
The war in Afghanistan has created mental health issues for thousands of American soldiers who have been forced to serve multiple tours and then come home to a VA establishment that's not fully prepared to help them re-enter society nor deal with post-traumatic stress...