KPFA radio’s “Flashpoints” interviewed Ray (20 min.) and Robert Parry (30 min.) on August 16.  First question to Ray was about what former acting CIA director Michael Morell told Charlie Rose on August 8 about killing Russians and Iranians, in order to “scare” Assad into leaving (sic).  Ray brought up the classic definition of “terrorism” — the use of violence to frighten people as a way of trying to achieve a political goal, and suggested that very, very tough little Michael Morell might wish to think about that.

https://kpfa.org/episode/flashpoints-august-16-2016/

Also discussed are Israel’s influence on U.S. policy toward Syria; fanciful “moderate” rebels in Syria; the infamous “barrel bombs” compared with $11.5 million of ordnance dropped that the U.S. drops on Syria ever day; Chechnya, where – unlike Obama – Putin has real skin in the game; the U.S. media playing charlatan again,; body bags and  bringing back the draft.

Ray’s segment goes from minute 1:20 to 21:48.  Robert Parry picks up from there, with a more of a broad-brush tour d’horizon of U. S. foreign policy and the implications of what-if it’s Trump and what-if it’s Hillary Clinton.