6/19/20 Eric Margolis on the World’s Most Dangerous Border Dispute - a podcast by Scott Horton

Scott interviews Eric Margolis about the recent border skirmishes between Chinese and Indian troops, which have resulted in deaths on both sides. The border between these two countries has been in dispute practically since its creation, and neither Scott nor Margolis sees a simple resolution anytime soon. Luckily the latest clash seems to have been limited to spontaneous hand-to-hand brawling, rather than representing a coordinated strategic attack, and Margolis thinks it’s unlikely to escalate any further for the moment. Still, if the border dispute were to escalate, the entire world could be in danger, since both countries have nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, President Trump doesn’t appear to be helping the situation, as he tries to strengthen America’s relationship with India as an ally in the growing hostilities against China.



Eric Margolis is a foreign affairs correspondent and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj. Follow him on Twitter @EricMargolis and visit his website, ericmargolis.com.



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Show Transcript

Scott Horton 0:10

All right, y'all welcome it's Scott Horton Show. I am the director of the Libertarian Institute editorial director of antiwar.com, author of the book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan. And I've recorded more than 5000 interviews going back to 2003, all of which are available at ScottHorton.org. You can also sign up to the podcast feed. The full archive is also available at youtube.com/ScottHortonShow. All right, you guys on the line. I've got the great Eric Margolis, Eric margulies.com, split like Margolis. Eric Margulies calm and of course, he wrote the great books war at the top of the world and American Raj, liberation or domination and He well, more the top of the world. He really did spend a lot of time in previous years over there at the one of the major crossroads of the world at the highest elevations there between India, China, and the Afghan Pakistan, you know, region. They're all around their Kashmir and all of that stuff. Great book, man. And I'm telling you, you know, if you've been reading Eric Margulies articles for years, and you know how great he is, you'll still be blown away by how great the book or at the top of the world is an American rush to and they're both so great. Anyway. So the reason I have you on Eric is because you're a guy No. And you know about this extremely important issue that there are so very few experts on and that is the relationship between China and India, which has come very much to head in the last week as soldiers sides have been killed in skirmishes up there at the top of the world. So first of all, welcome back, my friend, how are you and glad to talk to you again.



Eric Margolis 2:10

I'm living under house arrest, but I'm okay with it. I need a little break from the rest of the world and fighting awful evil viruses and still fighting with the crazy people in the media.



Scott Horton 2:25

That's right. So you got your priorities straight, making the best of a bad situation. Good to know. I'm glad to know that you're doing well. And listen, so man, is it really right these guys I read a thing. They had clubs wrapped in barbed wire. The Chinese did and beat the Indians to death. They're in some Borderlands skirmish over where the line really is.



Eric Margolis 2:52

They can be real nasty. Those guys the Chinese are brutal and Indians are no better.

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