#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex

Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a staunch critic of U.S. military interventionism.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:35) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(09:14) – From the Cold War to the War on Terror

(1:02:13) – Iraq War 1

(1:30:17) – Bin Laden

(2:29:39) – Afghanistan War

(2:44:35) – Iraq War 2

(3:10:59) – Military Industrial Complex

(3:50:25) – Scott’s life story

(4:20:15) – Iraq War 2 (continued)

(5:11:43) – Syria

(6:05:01) – Iraq War 3

(6:17:28) – Somalia

(6:22:56) – Iran

(7:12:41) – Israel-Palestine

(9:02:19) – Cold War 2.0

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