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4/18/24 Bill Buppert on the Threat of Terrorist Attacks after October 7 and the Changing Nature of Warfare

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Scott interviews Bill Buppert, the new Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute, about some of the topics he’s covered on his podcast, Chasing Ghosts. They discuss stoicism, Scott’s concern about a bin Ladenite terrorist attack happening in America, the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, the changing nature of warfare and more.

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Bill Buppert is the Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute and host of Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast. He served in the military for nearly a quarter century and was a combat tourist in a number of neo-imperialist shit-pits planet-wide. He can be found on Twitter at @wbuppert and reached via email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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03/24/17 – Iona Craig on the truth about Trump’s ‘Highly Successful’ January SEAL raid in Yemen – The Scott Horton Show

Iona Craig, a British-Irish independent journalist, discusses the result of President Trump’s first authorized counterterrorism operation – a SEAL raid on the Yemeni village of al Ghayil that left many civilians dead, including 10 children under 13 years old. The Intercept’s on-the-ground reporting after the raid, combined with eyewitness testimony of surviving villagers, contradict the Trump administration’s claims about the nature and success of the operation.

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03/22/17 – Patrick Cockburn on the ending of Syria’s civil war, with Assad still in power – The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses why the battle for Manbij could be the beginning of the end for ISIS, as Syrian Kurds backed by US air strikes and Syrian Army troops backed by Russian air strikes threaten to overwhelm Islamic State fighters. In the process, Turkey is unable to use proxy forces to battle the Kurds, in an attempt to prevent the formation of a Kurdish state.

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03/22/17 – Daniel McAdams on Senator Rand Paul’s ‘Stop Arming Terrorists Act’ – The Scott Horton Show

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses how Rand Paul’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act could impact terrorism-supporting countries like Saudi Arabia; and the Mises Institute event “Symposium with Ron Paul: War and Peace in the Age of Trump,” scheduled for April 8, 2017 in Lake Jackson, Texas.

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03/15/17 – Eric Margolis on Trump’s ‘Levantine Madness’ – war escalation and deployment of US forces all over the Middle East – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, a war correspondent and author of American Raj, discusses the US-backed motley crew fighting for full control of Mosul against the Islamic State – which never would have gained a foothold if Saddam Hussein or his sons still led Iraq; new US escalation in Syria and Afghanistan; and why Eric turned down a potential post in the Trump administration.

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