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Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

10/31/25 Larry Johnson on DC’s Delusional Goals in Ukraine and Venezuela

Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8989 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Larry Johnson joins the show to talk about what he witnessed on his recent trip to Russia and the absurd march towards regime change in Venezuela.   Discussed on the show: Sonar 21 “On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining” (Responsible Statecraft) “Pentagon Tells Congress It Doesn’t Know Who It’s Killing in Latin American Boat Strikes” (Antiwar.com) Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and a former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. Follow his analysis at Sonar21.  For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott's full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.comYou can also support Scott's work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest, reporting to the American people, what's going on in this country?

0:11.0

Because the babies are making it.

0:13.0

We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.

0:15.0

This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian Foreign Policy, mostly.

0:21.7

When the president doesn't, that means that it is not only...

0:24.5

We're going to take out seven countries in five years.

0:27.0

They don't know what the fuck they're doing.

0:29.3

Negotiate now.

0:31.4

End this war.

0:33.5

And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.

0:39.0

All right, you guys, I am literally on the edge of my seat for this one.

0:43.2

It's Larry Johnson, formerly from the CIA and now from the good guy's side, trying to argue for peace and debunk lies as best he can, especially focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war.

0:59.0

And he just got back from a big trip to Russia, where he got brainwashed by Russian talking points by the KGB.

1:08.4

And so now he is their slave and is here to tell us exactly what they want him to say.

1:15.2

Right, Larry, welcome the show.

1:16.3

How you doing, buddy?

1:17.1

They gave me bags of gold.

1:18.7

I just, I couldn't get them on board the plane, you know.

1:22.0

Big dollar sign with the line on the side.

1:25.8

All right.

1:26.2

Now, listen, no, the truth is that you are a former CIA officer because you're no dummy and you weren't over there to get snowed by a bunch of cooks. You were over there to find out the truth as best you could. And I admit, I'm sorry, I've been so swamped, especially this week. I've not had a chance to read all of your different pieces, but I saw, I'm subscribed

1:44.6

to your email list there at sonar21.com. And I have seen a lot of headlines. I know that you have

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