12/29/25 Larry Johnson on the Forces Pushing for More War in Ukraine

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Scott interviews Larry Johnson about Ukraine’s alleged assassination attempt against Putin, why European leaders seem so set on continuing the war in Ukraine, Trump’s naval build up near Venezuela, the risk of a terror attack in the US and more. Discussed on the show: “Did Ukraine Try to Kill Putin?” (Sonar21) “Why is Susan Miller Doing Media?” (Sonar21) Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard 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. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! 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.com You 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 this.
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 visit, 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.
0:39.1	All right, you guys.
0:41.3	Introducing Larry Johnson, he used to be a CIA officer, but he's a good dude.
0:46.2	And mostly he opposes American foreign policy now.
0:50.1	And, well, actually, better, he explains what is really going on with America's horrific foreign policy and all of its horrible consequences. So welcome back to the show. How are you doing, Larry? I'm well, Scott. Yeah, my policy is let's keep our hands to ourselves. You know, it's what your mother used to tell you when you're a little kid. You know, don't hit your brother. Don't hit your sister. Keep your hands to yourself. That I think would be a good foreign policy.
1:15.3	A bunch of only children in Washington, D.C., I guess.
1:18.1	Weren't raised on that one. Yeah, absolutely. That's the problem.
1:22.0	All right, sonar21.com is the website with all your great writings, um and i see you have uh some featured uh guest
1:29.9	writers and things um from time to time there now as well lots great stuff so uh let's talk
1:37.5	about um Vladimir Zelensky came to town Donald Trump talked on the phone to Putin um the 28-point plan became the 20-point plan.
1:48.6	It's gone back and forth in the few weeks since we talked about this a little bit.
1:52.6	It's been refined this way and that.
1:54.3	And then, of course, there's breaking news this morning.
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