January 16, 2018
67
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Episode Timeline
Every episode in order around the one you’re watching — click any card and the page flips straight to it.
34:00Now PlayingMuhammad Idrees Ahmad, a sociologist and editor of Pulsemedia.org, discusses the highly contested estimated number of Iraqi deaths due to the 2003 US invasion; why Iraq Body Count (the media’s go-to source) vastly under-reports casualties; how “excess death” statistical studies work; and how low-balling the costs of war – in terms of blood and treasure – distorts the public debate.
Check out the interview page here
For more on Scott's work:
Check out The Libertarian Institute
Read Scott's book, Fool's ErrandTime to End the War in Afghanistan
Follow Scott on Twitter using the handle @scotthortonshow
Like Scott's Facebook Page
And check out Scott's full interview archives
You can also support Scott's work by making a onetime or recurring donation at
Or you can donate per interview at Patreon
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.