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2:30 Mistake Gives An Inside Look at How the “War Sausage” is Made     Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, is mistakenly included on a Signal chat with principals of the Trump administration and partisan warfare breaks out in Washington and the press with more bombshells dropping all the time.         From emojis celebrating war to leaked plans bypassing Congress, this explosive exposé reveals a reckless disregard for the Constitution, national security, and public debate. But there are other more important things than “national security” or competencewhat does it tell us about the character and perspectives of the participants?what does it tell us about the American War Machine?what does it reveal about how Israel is regarded by those at the highest level of government?why was this particular journalist included?will there be any accountability or will it just be each side pointing out hypocrisy of the other side?37:39 Conflicting Signals About Whether “Signal” is Allowed & Secure     The Pentagon issued a dire warning against using Signal on March 18th, citing Russian hackers and a critical vulnerability—only for its own senior officials to get caught red-handed using the app for war plans less than a week later     Whether or not there are legal issues it's a tale of hypocrisy, espionage, and a national security meltdown that'll leave you questioning who's really running the show and their integrity 54:23 Greenland: Usha's Dog Sled Stunt Isn't Fooling Anyone — It's Making Them MadUsha Vance, wife of VP J.D. Vance, is crashing Greenland's dog sled race uninvited but coincidentally National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, will be descending on Greenland at the same time.  Now JD Vance will be joining this high-profile posse, just weeks after its election — how is Greenland reacting? 1:03:57 Trump Election Reform Executive Order: The Good, the Missing, and the Ugly Trump drops a political thunderbolt, demanding proof of citizenship to vote—or else! In a fiery executive order, he's threatening to slash election funding to states that don't comply, igniting a fierce showdown over ballots, borders, and power. Critics scream it's a digital ID Trojan horse, while MAGA cheers the crackdown on non-citizen voting. From bribing governors with COVID cash to Biden's vaccine fund threats, this isn't new—just bolder. With the DOJ and DHS on the hunt for illegals at the polls, Democrats cry foul, but Trump's betting on one thing: control. Get ready for the election fight of the century 1:15:05 Trump's New Moves: Illegal Housing Funds Slashed, Planned Parenthood Frozen, and Dept of Education Will they work? Trump slams the brakes on part of the welfare magnet for illegal immigration axing federal funding for housing illegal immigrantsPlanned Parenthood's is still getting federal money! But as babies DIE, Trump freezes, for DEI policies, $27.5 million in grants.  Could it stop their new mutilation & sterilization empire of puberty blockers and hormone chaos?DOGE is just doing a makeover of federal control of education.  Cato Institute gives 5 reasons to get rid of the Department of Education - but they're missing THE central issue1:29:04 Stablecoin Scam Ushers in Total Financial Control Through the Backdoor “Stablecoins” are CBDCs in disguise, packed with surveillance, asset-freezing, and account-blacklisting powers.  Want to know what this looks like? Take a look at this man trying to withdraw money from his bank in the UK — they demand to know what it's for and won't let him have it.  It's about control of you through your money.   Congress is debating who'll hold the reins—government or corporate fascists—your freedom's on the chopping block. 1:54:23 Gold Revaluation Bombshell: Could Trump Jack Prices to $50,000 an Ounce to Slash DebtGold shines as the last rebel holdout in the control-freak nightmare of public or private digital cash.  But what of its value?  A strategist drops a jaw-dropping theory: if the U.S. mimics FDR's 1930s gold grab and revalues it to match past debt ratios, with the government's measly gold holdings covering just 2% of its astronomical debt, gold could skyrocket from today's price to $25,000—or even $50,000—an ounce! Still, no matter the price in dollars, what physical gold brings in terms of privacy is priceless 2:05:09 LIVE comments from audience and email comments on weaponizing copyrights against free speech 2:23:48 RFKj “Handpicked” Deep State Darling Susan Monarez to Unleash AI-Powered Bio-Tyranny at CDCPersonnel IS policy.  And we can now see the evil agenda of Trump & RFKj (especially in light of Trump's “StarGate” AI-Genetic-mRNA push).  Another facet of the technocracy's radical push to move fast and break things (like your body).  Hopefully this will be a wake up call for people still putting hope in MAHA. 2:44:15 Can Iowa Stop Pharma's Legal Immunity? Will NY Force Vaccines on the Amish?States are the only place left where we may have an opportunity to stop the juggernaut of tyranny as the fight in Iowa shows.  And if we lose there, it can make things even worse than the feds as NY shows. 2:57:14 Steve Wynn's Attack on Free Speech Fails at SCOTUSThe casino grifter brought a case to SCOTUS in attempt to radically alter libel laws.   Trump wanted the same thing.  But he's still has other attacks on free speech that are active also driven by another casino billionaire who's also one of the most powerful ZionistsIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

2:30 Mistake Gives An Inside Look at How the “War Sausage” is Made     Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, is mistakenly included on a Signal chat with principals of the Trump administration and partisan warfare breaks out in Washington and the press with more bombshells dropping all the time.         From emojis celebrating war to leaked plans bypassing Congress, this explosive exposé reveals a reckless disregard for the Constitution, national security, and public debate. But there are other more important things than “national security” or competencewhat does it tell us about the character and perspectives of the participants?what does it tell us about the American War Machine?what does it reveal about how Israel is regarded by those at the highest level of government?why was this particular journalist included?will there be any accountability or will it just be each side pointing out hypocrisy of the other side?37:39 Conflicting Signals About Whether “Signal” is Allowed & Secure     The Pentagon issued a dire warning against using Signal on March 18th, citing Russian hackers and a critical vulnerability—only for its own senior officials to get caught red-handed using the app for war plans less than a week later     Whether or not there are legal issues it's a tale of hypocrisy, espionage, and a national security meltdown that'll leave you questioning who's really running the show and their integrity 54:23 Greenland: Usha's Dog Sled Stunt Isn't Fooling Anyone — It's Making Them MadUsha Vance, wife of VP J.D. Vance, is crashing Greenland's dog sled race uninvited but coincidentally National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, will be descending on Greenland at the same time.  Now JD Vance will be joining this high-profile posse, just weeks after its election — how is Greenland reacting? 1:03:57 Trump Election Reform Executive Order: The Good, the Missing, and the Ugly Trump drops a political thunderbolt, demanding proof of citizenship to vote—or else! In a fiery executive order, he's threatening to slash election funding to states that don't comply, igniting a fierce showdown over ballots, borders, and power. Critics scream it's a digital ID Trojan horse, while MAGA cheers the crackdown on non-citizen voting. From bribing governors with COVID cash to Biden's vaccine fund threats, this isn't new—just bolder. With the DOJ and DHS on the hunt for illegals at the polls, Democrats cry foul, but Trump's betting on one thing: control. Get ready for the election fight of the century 1:15:05 Trump's New Moves: Illegal Housing Funds Slashed, Planned Parenthood Frozen, and Dept of Education Will they work? Trump slams the brakes on part of the welfare magnet for illegal immigration axing federal funding for housing illegal immigrantsPlanned Parenthood's is still getting federal money! But as babies DIE, Trump freezes, for DEI policies, $27.5 million in grants.  Could it stop their new mutilation & sterilization empire of puberty blockers and hormone chaos?DOGE is just doing a makeover of federal control of education.  Cato Institute gives 5 reasons to get rid of the Department of Education - but they're missing THE central issue1:29:04 Stablecoin Scam Ushers in Total Financial Control Through the Backdoor “Stablecoins” are CBDCs in disguise, packed with surveillance, asset-freezing, and account-blacklisting powers.  Want to know what this looks like? Take a look at this man trying to withdraw money from his bank in the UK — they demand to know what it's for and won't let him have it.  It's about control of you through your money.   Congress is debating who'll hold the reins—government or corporate fascists—your freedom's on the chopping block. 1:54:23 Gold Revaluation Bombshell: Could Trump Jack Prices to $50,000 an Ounce to Slash DebtGold shines as the last rebel holdout in the control-freak nightmare of public or private digital cash.  But what of its value?  A strategist drops a jaw-dropping theory: if the U.S. mimics FDR's 1930s gold grab and revalues it to match past debt ratios, with the government's measly gold holdings covering just 2% of its astronomical debt, gold could skyrocket from today's price to $25,000—or even $50,000—an ounce! Still, no matter the price in dollars, what physical gold brings in terms of privacy is priceless 2:05:09 LIVE comments from audience and email comments on weaponizing copyrights against free speech 2:23:48 RFKj “Handpicked” Deep State Darling Susan Monarez to Unleash AI-Powered Bio-Tyranny at CDCPersonnel IS policy.  And we can now see the evil agenda of Trump & RFKj (especially in light of Trump's “StarGate” AI-Genetic-mRNA push).  Another facet of the technocracy's radical push to move fast and break things (like your body).  Hopefully this will be a wake up call for people still putting hope in MAHA. 2:44:15 Can Iowa Stop Pharma's Legal Immunity? Will NY Force Vaccines on the Amish?States are the only place left where we may have an opportunity to stop the juggernaut of tyranny as the fight in Iowa shows.  And if we lose there, it can make things even worse than the feds as NY shows. 2:57:14 Steve Wynn's Attack on Free Speech Fails at SCOTUSThe casino grifter brought a case to SCOTUS in attempt to radically alter libel laws.   Trump wanted the same thing.  But he's still has other attacks on free speech that are active also driven by another casino billionaire who's also one of the most powerful ZionistsIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Rania Khalek was joined by Egyptian activist Rahma Zein to discuss the genocide in Gaza. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.

Scott is joined by Andrew Cockburn for a high-level discussion of the neoconservative movement and the military-industrial complex. They talk about an article Cockburn wrote on the emergence of neoconservatism, reflect on the origins of Iraq War I and utilize Cockburn's years of studying the military-industrial complex to analyze where things stand with the war in Ukraine. Discussed on the show: “The Birth of the Neocons” (Spoils of War) Scott's debate with Bill Kristol  Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Download Episode. Scott is joined by Andrew Cockburn for a high-level discussion of the neoconservative movement and the military-industrial complex. They talk about an article Cockburn wrote on the emergence of neoconservatism, reflect on the origins of Iraq War I and utilize Cockburn's years of studying the military-industrial complex to analyze where things stand with the war in Ukraine. Discussed on the show: “The Birth of the Neocons” (Spoils of War) Scott's debate with Bill Kristol  Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

 Download Episode. Scott is joined by Andrew Cockburn for a high-level discussion of the neoconservative movement and the military-industrial complex. They talk about an article Cockburn wrote on the emergence of neoconservatism, reflect on the origins of Iraq War I and utilize Cockburn's years of studying the military-industrial complex to analyze where things stand with the war in Ukraine. Discussed on the show: “The Birth of the Neocons” (Spoils of War) Scott's debate with Bill Kristol  Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

Scott interviewed Andrew Cockburn about some recent articles he's written. They start with a piece digging into the actual national security budget, which is much higher than people typically think. They also talk about the consequences of the war on terror, Julian Assange, the threat of government censorship and more. Discussed on the show: “Our Real National Security Budget” (Substack) “The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem” (Harper's) Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Download Episode. Scott interviewed Andrew Cockburn about some recent articles he's written. They start with a piece digging into the actual national security budget, which is much higher than people typically think. They also talk about the consequences of the war on terror, Julian Assange, the threat of government censorship and more. Discussed on the show: “Our Real National Security Budget” (Substack) “The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem” (Harper's) Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

It's our first ride on the Love Train since Capt'n Max's 80th birthday & the 9th anniversary of The Bonobo Way (my 2014 bday gift to Max) so Max and I are celebrating with senior sex (it keeps you young!), medical fetish (the night nurse slipping into bed with the bday patient), bacchanalian parties, singing Christian callers & evocative reflections on 8 great decades of a bonoboesque life. Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & S3xuality! It's also Naughty November, but Max can't get birthday spankings in his wheelchair, so I spank adorable Amor Hilton & Fawnia Realtor (80 times!). Other Max Bday Soiree standouts include Ana's taquitos, Dragon's Captain's hats, JD's declarations & much more, everyone celebrating Max's amazing life. Though soon celebrations give way to lamentations on this FDR, as Netanyahu & the Zionist branch of the American War Machine continue to bomb Gaza into a deathscape of cataclysmic proportions.  Much as we—& billions more (including our friend Abby Martin whose “Gaza Fights for Freedom” is a must-see)—scream “Ceasefire Now!” our leaders are too busy raking in the cash from the Military Industrial Congressional Complex, aka the American War Machine, to listen. Speaking of the War Machine, it's also Veterans Day, which started as Armistice Day, celebrating peace after WWI, the notorious “War to End All Wars,” but the wars didn't end, they became Perma Wars, & we turned Armistice Day into War Day, aka Veterans Day, honoring military force & death. Also: my Vice piece reaches 265K & our ammosexual Christian Nationalist Speaker of the House MAGAt Mike Johnson blames school shootings on teaching evolution & credits Covenant Eyes p0rn-monitoring system in which his “accountability partner” was his son (yikes!) for solving his p0rno problem. More lamentations of our dystopian world & celebrations of our beloved Prince Maximillian Rudolph Leblovic di Lobkowicz di Filangieri (Happy 80th!) ensue.. Be Bonobo: Save the Humans! Go Bonobos, read more prose, see more shows & check out the party pics: https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-max-birthday-bonoboway Need to talk privately? Call Our Therapists Without Borders anytime: 213.291.9497. We're here for YOU.

The Rack (1956), directed by Arnold Laven and written by Rod Serling (originally for television) tells the story of a decorated war hero Captain Edward W. Hall, Jr. (played by Paul Newman), who returns home after being captured and held prisoner in the Korean War. While a POW, Hall was subjected to mental torture and collaborated with his captors. Hall is court-martialed; his attorney (Lt Col. Frank Wasnick, played by Edmond O'Brien) tries to justify his conduct by showing the pressure he was under. Hall, however, is found guilty because he concedes could have resisted more, as soldiers who experienced physical torture did. The Manchurian Candidate (1962), was directed and produced by John Frankenheimer from a screenplay by George Axelrod, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel. The film centers on a decorated soldier, Sergeant Raymond Shaw (played by Laurence Harvey) who was captured during the Korean War. During captivity, Shaw and other members of his army platoon, including Maj. Bennett Marco (played by Frank Sinatra) were psychologically manipulated or “brainwashed” by their Chinese Communist captors. Shaw was programmed to serve as a sleeper agent and a pawn in a communist plot to take over the U.S. and impose martial law by exploiting a wave of anti-communist hysteria. The twist is that his handler in the U.S. is none other than his mother, Eleanor Shaw (played by Angela Lansbury), who schemes to have her alcoholic and McCarthyite husband, Sen. John Iselin (played by James Gregory) become Vice President and then President, courtesy of a well-timed assassination by Raymond (acting under her spell).  Our guest is Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Timestamps: 0:00     Introduction5:12     Two films about the Korean War7:23     Psychological manipulation of POWs10:59   Mental torture and the new duress15:36   A soldier's breaking point21:41   The U.S. Army's distorted view of torture as limited to physical pain25:35   The SERE and MK-Ultra programs28:24   The mind as a Cold War battlefield36:38   A satire of America's Cold War fears of communist domination39:01   Hyper-patriotism is the perfect foil for treason44:17   The remake of The Manchurian Candidate47:10   Conspiracy theories48:40   Psychological torture resurfaces after 9/11Further reading:Dougherty, Sara Harrison, “Early Cold War Combat Films and the Religion of Empire.” (PhD dissertation, Dep' of History, Univ. of Rochester, 2012)Hafetz, Ben, “The Glitz and Glam of Ideology: How the CIA and Department of Defense Use Hollywood Blockbusters as a Way of Propagating the Ideology of the American War Machine,” (B.A. thesis 2019)Hajjar, Lisa, “From The Manchurian Candidate to Zero Dark Thirty: Reading the CIA's History of Torture through Hollywood Thrillers,” Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v. 47, no. 2 (Winter 2017), 41-54 Seed, David, Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Film (Kent State Univ. Press 2004)Law on Film is created and produced by Jonathan Hafetz. Jonathan is a professor at Seton Hall Law School. He has written many books and articles about the law. He has litigated important cases to protect civil liberties and human rights while working at the ACLU and other organizations. Jonathan is a huge film buff and has been watching, studying, and talking about movies for as long as he can remember. For more information about Jonathan, here's a link to his bio: https://law.shu.edu/faculty/full-time/jonathan-hafetz.cfmYou can contact him at jonathanhafetz@gmail.comYou can follow him on X (Twitter) @jonathanhafetz You can follow the podcast on X (Twitter) @LawOnFilm

In this stream I host an open panel to discuss the current events in the Middle East and how to stop the American war machine. Make sure to check it out and let me know what you think. God bless Join the convo: https://streamyard.com/tniy2z6mmf Donochat Me: https://dono.chat/dono/dph Join this channel's YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH8JwgaHCkhdfERVkGbLl2g/join Intro Music Follow Keynan Here! https://linktr.ee/keynanrwils b-dibe's Bandcamp: https://b-dibe.bandcamp.com/ b-dibe's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/b-dibe Thumbnails by iPAK: https://linktr.ee/ipak_arts Superchat Here https://streamlabs.com/churchoftheeternallogos Support COTEL with Crypto! Bitcoin: 3QNWpM2qLGfaZ2nUXNDRnwV21UUiaBKVsy Ethereum: 0x0b87E0494117C0adbC45F9F2c099489079d6F7Da Litecoin: MKATh5kwTdiZnPE5Ehr88Yg4KW99Zf7k8d If you enjoy this production, feel compelled, or appreciate my other videos, please support me through my website memberships (www.davidpatrickharry.com) or donate directly by PayPal or crypto! Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Logos Subscription Membership: http://davidpatrickharry.com/register/ Venmo: @cotel - https://account.venmo.com/u/cotel PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/eternallogos Donations: http://www.davidpatrickharry.com/donate/ PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/eternallogos Website: http://www.davidpatrickharry.com Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/dpharry Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/COTEL Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ChurchoftheEternalLogos:d GAB: https://gab.com/dpharry Telegram: https://t.me/eternallogos Minds: https://www.minds.com/Dpharry Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/W10R... DLive: https://dlive.tv/The_Eternal_Logos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dpharry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_dpharry

This is the second of two episodes featuring Aaron's interview with two luminaries of US anti-imperialism—Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. This interview was originally recorded in October of 2018 at Marin College during Project Censored's Media Freedom Summit. Big thanks to everybody at Project Censored who helped with this, especially Mickey Huff, Anthony Fest, Dennis Murphy and John Bertucci! Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

This is the first of two episodes featuring Aaron's interview with two luminaries of US anti-imperialism—Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. This interview was originally recorded in October of 2018 at Marin College during Project Censored's Media Freedom Summit. Big thanks to everybody at Project Censored who helped with this, especially Mickey Huff, Anthony Fest, Dennis Murphy and John Bertucci! Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode! Music: “The End of the World” by Mock Orange

Love, Lust, Trust & Going Bust on Wheels, my Charming Prince Max & my attempt to “celebrate” our 31st Wedding Anniversary with a "Great RV Adventure” turns into a big MISadventure. Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality! The best-laid plans may not get you laid the way you planned… & the flimsier your plans, the more likely they'll fall through rather than come true. Of course, “the goal is the journey” & there were a few fabulous moments—& lots of love (always love)—on this ill-fated (& mostly unplanned) voyage from Bonoboville to nowhere & back. Hop on the Love Train & listen to the gory, glorious & hilarious details. Let's just say, I'm glad abortion's still legal in Cali, but an aborted anniversary celebration was not on my wish list.  And I'm really glad that we followed our other motto, “Make Love First to Make Love Last”  or we'd still be horny.  Speaking of horns, Brady calls in as “Hannah” (doing Digital Drag) to discuss the different horned & horny reincarnations of Pan from the Church-demonized Satan to Baphomet revered by the Medieval Knights Templar to horny housewives to horny old goats--& then Kdot tries to get my goat—though the consensus is that I'm The G.O.A.T...  Baaaah!  Of course, we talk  longterm love and marriage (great for us, but not for everybody & there's nothing wrong with being single, poly, etc.) on this show as well as the mounting horrors of all the wars (at home in our streets & supermarkets) & abroad as the American War Machine fights on (though I'm starting to think Putin's on Lockheed Martin's payroll) + Why THEY Make Us CONSUME at the Company Store; What Makes a Great Threesome; How to Heal Performance Anxiety; Quentin Tarantino's Erotophobic Foot Fetish; Vice TV's “Sex Before the Internet” with me talking HBO's “Real Sex”; Dating vs. Marriage; YouTube Still Censoring Me & Many Others; Make Kink Not War; Make Love Not War; Go Bonobos & Stop the Killing; Spread the Wealth; F*ck Da Rich; Eat The Rich; Be Bonobo & Follow The Bonobo Way of Female Empowerment, Male Well-Being, Sharing, Caring, Bonobo Conflict Resolution & Peace through Pleasure; from the Capitalocene to the Bonobocene… with a lot more Happy Endings! Read more prose & check out more DrSuzy.Tv shows: https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-31st-anniversary-RV-adventure Need to Talk Privately? Experience Phone Sex Therapy. Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime at 213-291-9497. We're here for you.

ON THIS INSTALLMENT…DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT … Matt discusses Japanese astronauts on Space-X rockets, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, silkworm sashimi, a Japanese UFO town and intelligence officers who work in think tanks that try to get other countries to edge in favor of the American War Machine.For photos and additional content, go to the Official Website.Matthew Bigelow: Website / Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramShow Links:Masks off Stay OnOld Lions die of COVID (prolly BS)Brazilian reported for alleged marijuana trafficking in Japan used porch lights as signalsFENDER FLAGSHIP Store to Open in HarajukuHopping mad: Japan's edible bug industry takes giant leap forward Bugs for FishUFO Town

In this episode Truth talks with Bryan Harris, vocalist of Boston hardcore band Death Before Dishonor.   The two get hammered and discuss life, music, the 20th anniversary of their album “True Till Death”, the upcoming “Boston Takeover” European Tour (Slapshot, Death Before Dishonor, Risk and American War Machine), longevity in the game, and more…!  Be sure to look out for some upcoming episodes we'll be recording from the Boston Takeover Tour!   For more info: IG: @bryandbd / @deathbeforedishonorbhc   As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review!   Follow us on IG: @bigtruth For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com For more info: http://www.bigtruthpodcast.com To support the show: http://www.patreon.com/bigtruth     The Big Truth Podcast is proudly sponsored by: - Old Bike Barn (IG: @oldbikebarn / www.oldbikebarn.com) - Law Tigers (IG: @lawtigers / www.lawtigers.com) - Crater Lake Clear CBD ( www.craterlakeclear.com) - Choppahead Kustom Cycles (IG: @choppahead / www.choppahead.com) - Chopcult (IG: @chopcult / www.chopcult.com) - Omerta (IG: @omertamia / www.omertamia.com) - use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order! - Pitchfork (IG: @pitchforkny / www.pitchforkny.com) - Heavy (IG: @heavyclothing / www.heavy.bigcartel.com) - Full Speed Ahead (IG: @fullspeedaheadshow / www.fullspeedaheadshow.com)

In this Halloween Special edition of the M4 Roundtable Series  Truth, Mark Unseen (The Unseen / Tenebrae),  Joehawk (Battle Ruins, Hammer & The Nails, Lovely Lads) Ryan Packer (Slapshot, Stars & Stripes American War Machine, Tenebrae) and George (Maniac, Revenge, Dick Move), get hammered, engage in a solar flare sunflower seed challenge, and talk shit about life, turtle conspiracies, horror movies, werewolf genre movies, and the new Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, and Rob Zombie Munster's remake in particular.   As always, Danny Marianino (Northside Kings, Cause for Alarm) makes his appearance via phone! Truth & Packer also announce that they officially closed on their bar (which will be opening in mid-late November) - as well as the upcoming “Boston Invasion” European Tour which will include Slapshot, Death Before Dishonor, Risk and American War Machine. Stay tuned for more editions of the M4 Roundtable with different topics and guests coming soon! For more info: Mark - @mark_unseen Joe - @drhawk Ryan - @believeinpacker Danny - @dannymarianino / @totalgavoneclothing George - @georgexbarroso As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review!   Follow us on IG: @bigtruth For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com For more info: http://www.bigtruthpodcast.com To support the show: http://www.patreon.com/bigtruth   The Big Truth Podcast is proudly sponsored by: - Old Bike Barn (IG: @oldbikebarn / www.oldbikebarn.com) - Law Tigers (IG: @lawtigers / www.lawtigers.com) - Crater Lake Clear CBD ( www.craterlakeclear.com) - Choppahead Kustom Cycles (IG: @choppahead / www.choppahead.com) - Chopcult (IG: @chopcult / www.chopcult.com) - Omerta (IG: @omertamia / www.omertamia.com) - use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order! - Pitchfork (IG: @pitchforkny / www.pitchforkny.com) - Heavy (IG: @heavyclothing / www.heavy.bigcartel.com) - Full Speed Ahead (IG: @fullspeedaheadshow / www.fullspeedaheadshow.com)

On this exciting episode we discuss the film from 1941 based on the life of Alvin c. York, a highly decorated soldier from World War I. Thanks for the recommendation!

  Aaron speaks with Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott about key issues on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests. Specifically, they discuss Nixon's Vietnam strategy, the way these plans were threatened by the leak of the Pentagon Papers, and the mysteries around Watergate which collectively suggest that Nixon's resignation was effected by forces to the right of Nixon himself. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Seamus McGuinness is producing a video version of this episode which should be coming soon! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange Aaron speaks with Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Dale Scott about key issues on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests. Specifically, they discuss Nixon's Vietnam strategy, the way these plans were threatened by the leak of the Pentagon Papers, and the mysteries around Watergate which collectively suggest that Nixon's resignation was effected by forces to the right of Nixon himself. Daniel Ellsberg was an analyst for the Pentagon and RAND before he made the fateful decision to leak the Pentagon Papers—a top secret study on the US involvement in Vietnam from Truman to LBJ. Ellsberg is the author of two memoirs—Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, and The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He is also the subject of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, an Oscar-nominated documentary that Edward Snowden credited for inspiring his own act of whistleblowing. Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and retired UC Berkeley Professor of English. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including The War Conspiracy, Coming to Jakarta, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, Cocaine Politics (with Jonathan Marshall), Drugs, Oil, and War, The Road to 9/11, American War Machine, and The American Deep State. Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering! Seamus McGuinness is producing a video version of this episode which should be coming soon! Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    This week, Briahna speaks with Washington Editor of Harper's Andrew Cockburn about his book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Why does acknowledging any of the historical antecedents to Russia's invasion of Ukraine draw accusations of being "Putin's puppet?" What is that history, and how should it inform our thinking about how to unwind this quagmire? Why are people blithely talking about the nuclear "option" like it's an option on the table? Why does it sound like some people would rather see nuclear war than concede anything at all to Putin? Cockburn is an expert on nuclear risk, war profiteering, and the pernicious reach of the military industrial complex, and he brings all that expertise to bare in this must-listen conversation. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

In this episode Truth hangs with Ryan Packer – bassist of Slapshot, Stars & Stripes, and American War Machine. The two discuss their current raffle (Ryan's 1972 Shovelhead Chopper and Truth's 1941 Ford Coupe) to help fund their latest business venture – which is buying Truth's fathers bar, tour stories from Ryan's time as road crew for DKM on the infamous Motorhead / Dropkick Murphy's / Hatebreed / Skarhead tour, Slapshots 35th Anniversary shows and upcoming tours, the process of writing the new Slapshot and Stars & Stripes records, being bonded with hardcore/punk fans worldwide and how that takes precedence over politics, being a father, motorcycles, life, and more! For more info: IG: @believeinpacker / @slapshotboston / @americanwarmachineofficial For more info on the raffle: @bigtruth or @choppahead As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review! Follow us on IG: @bigtruth For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com For more info: http://www.bigtruthpodcast.com To support the show: http://www.patreon.com/bigtruth   The Big Truth Podcast is proudly sponsored by: - Old Bike Barn (IG: @oldbikebarn / www.oldbikebarn.com) - Law Tigers (IG: @lawtigers / www.lawtigers.com) - Crater Lake Clear CBD ( www.craterlakeclear.com) – use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order - VetCS CBD for Animals  (www.vetcs.com) – Use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 10% off your order - Choppahead Kustom Cycles (IG: @choppahead / www.choppahead.com) - Chopcult (IG: @chopcult / www.chopcult.com) - Omerta (IG: @omertamia / www.omertamia.com) - use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order! - Pitchfork (IG: @pitchforkny / www.pitchforkny.com) - Heavy (IG: @heavyclothing / www.heavy.bigcartel.com) - Full Speed Ahead (IG: @fullspeedaheadshow / www.fullspeedaheadshow.com)

With the current conflict raging on in Eastern Europe, we look at the NATO Alliance and how the aggressive nature of the American War Machine, and NATO by proxy, might be the reason this conflict is even taking place. Also, Joe has two announcements about the future of the podcast!Are you......?Ready. Set. Podcast!

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast This week, Briahna speaks with Washington Editor of Harper's Andrew Cockburn about his book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Why does acknowledging any of the historical antecedents to Russia's invasion of Ukraine draw accusations of being "Putin's puppet?" What is that history, and how should it inform our thinking about how to unwind this quagmire? Why are people blithely talking about the nuclear "option" like it's an option on the table? Why does it sound like some people would rather see nuclear war than concede anything at all to Putin? Cockburn is an expert on nuclear risk, war profiteering, and the pernicious reach of the military industrial complex, and he brings all that expertise to bare in this must-listen conversation. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod)and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Ben Dalton (@wbend). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Emma hosts Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor at Harper's Magazine, to discuss his recent book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Then, Emma is joined by Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at the Intercept, to discuss his recent piece "SAUDI-RUSSIA COLLUSION IS DRIVING UP GAS PRICES — AND WORSENING UKRAINE CRISIS". However, they begin by taking a step back to look at the developments of recent weeks, leading up to last night's Russian invasion of Ukraine, looking to how the Biden administration has signaled their response, from guessing correctly at Putin's aims yet still making every effort to ensure he followed through, to the consistent push for more and more intense sanctions, before Andrew dives into the actual conflicts at hand, in the Donbas region and elsewhere, and explores Putin's desire to pin everything to Nazis and communists. This fittingly leads them to look at the development of the foreign policy tactic of sanctions, first moving back to its emergence in the 1960s against the Cuban people, hoping to starve them into revolution, before they look at how it developed in a pseudo-technocratic manner, just as drone warfare did, with US officials presenting newer and newer sanctions as “precise” and “targeted,” despite everything about their effects suggesting the opposite. Next, they look at the long-lasting devastation that sanctions have wrought, even if eventually lifted – as we saw in Iran – and dive into their pointlessness as a completely unproductive involvement in this conflict. He and Emma then explore the evolution of the Military-Industrial Complex, which has driven up the Pentagon budget by ~5% per year since 1954 all while it is suggested that our actual “fighting strength” is dropping. Andrew Cockburn makes sense of this by re-situating how we look at the issue, exploring how the MIC and Pentagon are only understandable when viewed as moneymaking machines, as he walks through myriad examples, from the Air Force developing worse planes simply because they're costlier and employ more technological precision to Korean war tactics that centered on raiding communist trenches for clothing. They wrap up by tracking the consistent reaction to any dips in the Pentagon's budgetary growth (not budget; growth), alongside warmongering lies from the 60s “missile gap” to nuclear lies in the Middle East. Emma also walks us through the developments in Ukraine last night, tracking the invasion and what little we know about the death toll as she works her way through this tragedy. And in the Fun Half: Ken Klippenstein joins as he discusses his recent piece on the role of Saudi-Russian collusion in driving up gas prices and enflaming the crisis in Ukraine, from Saudi Arabia bolstering Russia's role in oil production (starting in 2015) to strengthen Putin's hand in advancing this conflict, to the easy decisions that the US could make in just moving away from 0il, as well as touching on Biden advancing sanctions against Yemen. Then, Emma is joined by Matt and Brandon as they take a call from Bro Flamingo and admire Laura Ingraham's Interruption Angle. Binder also takes on certain “leftists” refusal to acknowledge their weirdly pro-war excuses or take accountability for how they disseminate their own opinions, and he, Matt #2, Brandon, and Emma go back and forth on the role NATO should've or even could've played in the run-up, before Eric Adams, massive proponent of solitary confinement, rants on the importance of socializing in our well being. Lastly, they go off on the active violent incitement against Trans people by the right, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Eric Prince, plus, your calls and IMs! 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Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate The US is pouring more weapons into Ukraine amid bellicose threats against Russia and the US-backed Saudi war on Yemen continues to massacre civilians. But not everyone sees a downside: “I fully expect we're going to see some benefit from it,” Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes said this week of these and other flashpoints. Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor of Harper's Magazine and author of “The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine,” discusses the US arms industry's role in promoting and profiting from today's global conflicts, from Ukraine to Yemen to Syria. Cockburn also looks back on his groundbreaking 1988 PBS documentary, made with his wife Leslie Cockburn, “Guns, Drugs, and the CIA,” about the agency's role in the global drug trade. Guest: Andrew Cockburn. Washington editor for Harper's Magazine. His latest book is “The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine.”

On this edition of Parallax Views, Andrew Cockburn, Washington, D.C., editor of Harper's Magazine, joins us to discuss his book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Cockburn argues that talk of "foreign policy", "defense", and even Left criticisms concerning imperialism and Empire camouflage the true nature of the military-industrial complex: keeping the money flow going. In other word, making profits. Andrew and I discuss a number of issues including the military-industrial complex as something akin to a "living, insatiable, creature" or amoeba "dedicated only to its own defense and power", the question of ideology and idealogues as it relates to the American war machine, Bill Clinton and NATO expansion after the Cold War, threat inflation, the absence of long-term peace dividends when wars end, the rise of the neoconservatives, Russiagate, profits of war outside of U.S. actors (military-industrial complexes in other countries), the so-called missile gap of the Cold War era, hypersonic weapons, the human cost of the war machine (Cockburn discusses the Korean War in this regard), and much, much more! Then, in the second half of the program Nicolai Petro, Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence and Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island and the US State Department's special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union under President George HW Bush, stops by for a discussion about U.S.-Russia tensions, Ukranian nationalism, and the need for strategic empathy in foreign policy. Nicolai explains the roots of the Russia/Ukraine crisis going back to 2013 as well as telling us a little bit about the history of Ukranian nationalism, his thoughts on the Azov Battalion, and related matters. We then shift focus slightly to discuss the value of the 20th century diplomat Hans Morgenthau in these times of tension. In this regard we talk about the problem of strategic narcissism and the need for strategic empathy. Are we reading Russia right? How can we read Russia and Putin better? What are the primary problems with the discourse around Russia/Ukraine tensions, NATO, and the U.S. today? Hopefully this conversation will shed light on the answers to some of those questions.

Country Joe and the Fish are best known today for The Fish Rag (also known as I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag), which they released as a single in 1967, and famously performed at Woodstock, One of the most enduring songs written in protest of the Vietnam War, this song has been used in films such as More American Graffiti, and TV series like The Wonder Years. It's a quite obviously anti-war song, and the band themselves were staunch non-conformists and communists. The band features a range of weird and wild instruments, from the kazoo to the calliope, and is a damning indictment of the American War Machine. In this video I take a look at what makes this song work, analysing the lyrics and the music. NOTE: I had accidentally uploaded the unedited audio for this episode and as of 08/04/2022 this has been corrected

Monday January 17, 2022 Andrew Cockburn on the American War Machine

Our bloated $778 billion dollar defense budget doesn't make us all that much safer. At least that's what journalist Andrew Cockburn argues in his latest book, “The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine.” Cockburn, the Washington editor of Harper's, has spent decades covering the Pentagon and defense industry and says money and power, not safety, is what drives our ballooning military budget. Our conversation details how we got here and how, per Andrew, “The US defense complex is best thought of not as an organization, but as a living, insatiable, creature, dedicated only to its own defense and power.” Read more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com  

Chris Hedges discusses with Andrew Cockburn his new book, ‘The Spoils of War – Power, Profit and the American War Machine'. Cockburn's book lays bare the naked lust for profit that is behind America's endless wars and bloated military budget. The American war machine, he writes, can only be understood in terms of the “private passions” and “interests” of those who control it – principally, a passionate interest in making money. Thus, Washington expanded NATO beyond Germany, breaking a promise to Russian leaders, to open up the lucrative arms market in Eastern Europe to defense contractors. The US Army insisted on furnishing soldiers with defective helmets from a favored contractor that magnified the trauma and traumatic brain injury caused by an explosion. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet deployments were for years dictated by a corrupt defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who bribed high-ranking officers with cash, drunken parties that lasted days, and prostitutes known as the “Thai SEAL team” to ensure his more than $200 million in contracts. The Air Force spent $50 billion in esoteric devices to deter insurgents' homemade $25 bombs, including the $100 million Lockheed EC-130H aircraft supposedly equipped with ground-penetrating radar that could detect buried bombs. Only after hundreds of flights was the device found to be useless. Senior Marine commanders agreed to a troop surge in Afghanistan in 2017, not because they thought it would work, but “because it will do us good at budget time.” Cockburn provides example after example that exposes the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history, at once corrupt, squalid, and terrifyingly dangerous. Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor, Harper's Magazine

Andrew Cockburn is a veteran journalist who serves as the Washington Editor of Harper's magazine. His new book, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine, available from Verso collects his reporting on the military-industrial complex and the way the public coffers are looted by profiteers. He joined Nathan to discuss why he thinks the ever-bloating military has become an out-of-control "virus," as well as: - The bureaucratic waste that means the US military isn't even good at defense - Why profit, rather than war, is what the military is built for - The defense companies that depend on constantly manufacturing new threats, which conveniently pop up just when it looks like the military budget might be scaled back - Why the new stories about Chinese hypersonic missiles are exactly this kind of self-interested threat inflation - The alarming situation with nuclear weapons, which are far too close to being used for anyone's comfort - Why defense spending isn't even a good way to "create jobs" - Why progressives should not just focus on critiquing "militarism" and disastrous wars but on scaling back the giant institution that channels so many of our social resources into manufacturing "weapons that don't work for threats that don't exist"

https://www.alainguillot.com/jerad-alexander/ Jerad Alexander joined the US Marines straight out of high school, eager for action. He shared his experience in his book: Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3rvqjCF

This week on CODEPINK radio, we speak with noted Author Andrew Cockburn about his new book: The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.

In this episode of The Gateway, we speak to Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor of Harper's and long-time follower of American foreign policy and American wars. Andrew is the author of a new book, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. In the book, he argues that the American war machine can only be understood in terms of the private passions and interests, financial or otherwise, of those who control it. It takes us from extraordinary expensive toilet seat covers to wasteful spending when it came to infrastructure in Afghanistan. The Spoils of War was published by Verso in September.

Author and Washington editor of Harper's Magazine Andrew Cockburn joins CounterPunch to discuss his new book "The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine." More The post Andrew Cockburn appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Last month, the Democratic-controlled House voted in favor of appropriating $768 billion for the 2022 defense budget. This week on Intercepted: Senior writer for The Intercept Jon Schwarz talks with Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor of Harper's Magazine, longtime national security journalist, and author of “The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine.” Cockburn and Schwarz discuss the legacy of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and how private defense companies have historically maximized profits from horrific wars. join.theintercept.com/donate/now See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist Andrew Cockburn, author of the new book The Spoils of War, explains why the United States' astronomical Pentagon budget hasn't led to better national defense and what's driving the growth of the military industrial complex today.Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from October 22, 2021, with producer Cale filling in for Nando.Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclubSubscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkeyPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

We have the pleasure of talking with longtime author and reporter Andrew Cockburn about his new book, “Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine” How are we ever going to scale back our overseas and endless military commitments when it is so damn profitable for the defense industry and the political, parasitical culture around it? Andrew talks candidly about the “living organism” he calls the military-industrial complex, a tangled system of codependency, culture, and the almighty dollar. In the first segment, Dan and Kelley talk about Senator Ted Cruz’s obsession with Russia and the Nordstream 2 pipeline. More from Andrew Cockburn:Why America Goes to War - The Nation, Sept. 9How the U.S. Military Got Rich from Afghanistan, July 19Iraq was Donald Rumsfeld’s War. It will forever be his legacy -- The Guardian, July 5. Subscribe at crashingthewarparty.substack.com

Peter Dale ScottFor those primarily interested in my recent political prose, go to my Current Publications Web Page, formerly entitled “Iraq, al-Qaeda, 9/11”. For those primarily interested in my poetry, go to My Selected Writings webpage. In fact the two genres inter-relate, as exhibited by both my most important prose book, The American Deep State, and my most recent books of poetry, Minding the Darkness, Mosaic Orpheus, Tilting Point, and Walking on Darkness.For a useful overview of my political and poetic work on the Poetry Foundation website, click here. Click here to read about me on Wikipedia. .Click here to see a description and above all reviews of my book, The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy.Click here for a website which accesses a series of videos in which I read and discuss my long poem Coming to Jakarta, and also my book of shorter poems, Tilting Point.To hear my September 2011 reading of my poetry in Longfellow House, Cambridge, click here.For occasional political comments and news about upcoming books and activities, follow my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/peterdalescott.BiographyPeter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is a poet, writer, and researcher. He was born in Montreal in 1929, the only son of the poet F.R. Scott and the painter Marian Dale Scott. He is married to the author and psychologist Ronna Kabatznick; and he has three children, Cassie, Mika, and John Scott, by a previous marriage to the Soto Zen roshi Maylie [Marshall] Scott. Before teaching as an English Professor at the University of California, he served for four years as a Canadian diplomat, at UN Assemblies and in Warsaw, Poland.His prose books include The War Conspiracy (1972), The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond (in collaboration, 1976), Crime and Cover-Up: The CIA, the Mafia, and the Dallas-Watergate Connection (1977), The Iran-Contra Connection (in collaboration, 1987),Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America (in collaboration, 1991, 1998), Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993, 1996), Deep Politics Two (1994, 1995, 2006), Drugs Oil and War (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, March 2003), The Road to 9/11 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), and The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War (Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press,(2008), American War Machine (2010), and The American Deep State, 2014.His chief poetry books are the three volumes of his trilogy Seculum: Coming to Jakarta: A Poem About Terror (1989), Listening to the Candle: A Poem on Impulse (1992), and Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000. In addition he has published Crossing Borders: Selected Shorter Poems (1994, published in Canada as Murmur of the Starsi), Mosaic Orpheus (2009), Tilting Point (2012), and Walking on Darkness. In November 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award.An anti-war speaker during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, he was a co-founder of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at UC Berkeley, and of the Coalition on Political Assassinations (COPA).His poetry has dealt with both his experience and his research, the latter of which has centered on U.S. covert operations, their impact on democracy at home and abroad, and their relations to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the global drug traffic. The poet-critic Robert Hass has written (Agni, 31/32, p. 335) that “Coming to Jakarta is the most important political poem to appear in the English language in a very long time.”If you have any comments or questions, I would be glad to hear from you at pdscottweb@hotmail.com.I do believe that international public opinion, when it becomes powerful enough, will become the most effective restraint to the excesses and follies of particular governments.5 years ago #adnan, #contra, #dale, #ed, #iran, #khashoggi, #opperman, #peter, #report, #scott

(9/28/21) US soldiers are stationed in over 800 locations across the world to enforce our country's concept of the rule of law. In his new book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, Harper's Magazine editor Andrew Cockburn examines the true intentions behind Congress's adventures in “nation building.” Join us for a hard look at the largest military machine in history—us, in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Peter Dale Scott For those primarily interested in my recent political prose, go to my Current Publications Web Page, formerly entitled “Iraq, al-Qaeda, 9/11”. For those primarily interested in my poetry, go to My Selected Writings webpage. In fact the two genres inter-relate, as exhibited by both my most important prose book, The American Deep State, and my most recent books of poetry, Minding the Darkness, Mosaic Orpheus, Tilting Point, and Walking on Darkness. For a useful overview of my political and poetic work on the Poetry Foundation website, click here. Click here to read about me on Wikipedia. . Click here to see a description and above all reviews of my book, The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy. Click here for a website which accesses a series of videos in which I read and discuss my long poem Coming to Jakarta, and also my book of shorter poems, Tilting Point. To hear my September 2011 reading of my poetry in Longfellow House, Cambridge, click here. For occasional political comments and news about upcoming books and activities, follow my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/peterdalescott. Biography Peter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is a poet, writer, and researcher. He was born in Montreal in 1929, the only son of the poet F.R. Scott and the painter Marian Dale Scott. He is married to the author and psychologist Ronna Kabatznick; and he has three children, Cassie, Mika, and John Scott, by a previous marriage to the Soto Zen roshi Maylie [Marshall] Scott. Before teaching as an English Professor at the University of California, he served for four years as a Canadian diplomat, at UN Assemblies and in Warsaw, Poland. His prose books include The War Conspiracy (1972), The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond (in collaboration, 1976), Crime and Cover-Up: The CIA, the Mafia, and the Dallas-Watergate Connection (1977), The Iran-Contra Connection (in collaboration, 1987),Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America (in collaboration, 1991, 1998), Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993, 1996), Deep Politics Two (1994, 1995, 2006), Drugs Oil and War (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, March 2003), The Road to 9/11 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), and The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War (Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press,(2008), American War Machine (2010), and The American Deep State, 2014. His chief poetry books are the three volumes of his trilogy Seculum: Coming to Jakarta: A Poem About Terror (1989), Listening to the Candle: A Poem on Impulse (1992), and Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000. In addition he has published Crossing Borders: Selected Shorter Poems (1994, published in Canada as Murmur of the Starsi), Mosaic Orpheus (2009), Tilting Point (2012), and Walking on Darkness. In November 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award. An anti-war speaker during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, he was a co-founder of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at UC Berkeley, and of the Coalition on Political Assassinations (COPA). His poetry has dealt with both his experience and his research, the latter of which has centered on U.S. covert operations, their impact on democracy at home and abroad, and their relations to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the global drug traffic. The poet-critic Robert Hass has written (Agni, 31/32, p. 335) that “Coming to Jakarta is the most important political poem to appear in the English language in a very long time.” If you have any comments or questions, I would be glad to hear from you at pdscottweb@hotmail.com. I do believe that international public opinion, when it becomes powerful enough, will become the most effective restraint to the excesses and follies of particular governments. 5 years ago #adnan, #contra, #dale, #ed, #iran, #khashoggi, #opperman, #peter, #report, #scott

In his book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine British journalist and Washington editor for Harpers magazine Andrew Cockburn gets behind the motivations behind the America military being stationed in more than 800 locations worldwide.

This episode breaks from the traditional format of the Big Truth Podcast. On this one past guests and friends are posed and answer one question – “If someone had a time machine and told you that you could go to anytime, anyplace – where would you go, and why?”  You’ll find the answers surprising! Guests include (in order of appearance): Ken Dog : Choppahead, M4 Roundtable Craig “Ahead” Setari : Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Youth of Today… Joehawk : Battle Ruins, Hammer & The Nails, Lovely Lads… Iron Ryan : Atomic Ink Tattoo, M4 Roundtable Lenny Lashley : Gang of One, Darkbuster, Street Dogs… Ryan Packer : Slapshot, Stars & Stripes, American War Machine, M4 Roundtable … Johannes : Black Stallion Tattoo, Tattoo Flash Collective Johnny Rioux : The Bruisers, Street Dogs, The Disasters, True Intentions, Honor…. Stay tuned for more special (as well as traditional) format episodes coming soon! As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review!   Follow us on IG: @bigtruth For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com For more info: http://www.bigtruthpodcast.com To support the show: http://www.patreon.com/bigtruth   The Big Truth Podcast is proudly sponsored by: - Old Bike Barn (IG: @oldbikebarn / www.oldbikebarn.com) - Manscaped (IG: @manscaped / www.mandscaped.com) – use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order and free shipping!! - Law Tigers (IG: @lawtigers / www.lawtigers.com) - Choppahead Kustom Cycles (IG: @choppahead / www.choppahead.com) - Chopcult (IG: @chopcult / www.chopcult.com) - Omerta (IG: @omertamia / www.omertamia.com) - use code: BIGTRUTH at checkout for 20% off your order! - Pitchfork (IG: @pitchforkny / www.pitchforkny.com) - Heavy (IG: @heavyclothing / www.heavy.bigcartel.com) - Full Speed Ahead (IG: @fullspeedaheadshow / www.fullspeedaheadshow.com)

In Episode 16 Ryan and Jon sit down with Big Truth. Owner/builder at Choppahead, Anthropologist, vocalist of American War Machine, laser tattoo removal specialist, and more.  We discuss everything from his Anthropology career, Choppahead, punk rock, The Full Speed Ahead Show, finding out what his spirit animal was from a medicine man in a sweat lodge, and why a raccoon would be the best pet. https://www.revivalmotoring.com/

In this episode, Truth interviews Ryan Packer – bass player for the bands Slapshot, Star & Stripes and American War Machine.  Ryan has also been a tour manager and road crew for bands such as the Street Dogs and Dropkick Murphy’s. The two get hammered and discuss Ryan’s history, music, choppers, motorcycle shows, tour stories, the corona virus and its' resulting quarantine, growing up punk rock, politics, and more! For more information: IG: @believeinpacker / @slapshotboston / @americanwarmachineofficial   As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Also please leave a review! Follow us on IG: @bigtruth For feedback, questions, sponsorship info contact: bigtruthpodcast@gmail.com   Support our sponsors! : - Choppahead Kustoms (www.choppahead.com / IG: @choppahead) - Chopcult (www.chopcult.com / IG: @chopcult) - Omerta (www.omertamia.com / IG: @omertamia)

In this episode, Truth interviews Craig Silverman - guitarist for NY hardcore legends  Agnostic Front, as well as Boston’s own American War Machine.  He's also the former guitarist for renowned hardcore acts such as: Slapshot, Blood for Blood, Only Living Witness, etc.     The two discuss heavy music, Craig’s influences and history, and the sacrifices you make to be a professional, touring musician. For more information on Craig: IG: @agnosticfrontnyc @americanwarmachineofficial As always, please hit the subscribe button if you like and support what we do! You'll get early access to new episodes! Follow us on IG: @bigtruth

On this episode we spoke to Craig Silverman from New York hardcore band Agnostic Front and Boston hardcore band American War Machine. Craig was also formerly in Only Living Witness, Stars and Stripes and Slapshot. You can get Agnostic Front's new album "Get Loud" out now on Nuclear Blast Records. Songs By: American War Machine Agnostic Front Slapshot Thanks for all the support and share and subscribe!! YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON.... Twitter - @ISN_podcast Facebook - www.facebook.com/theillstreetnewspodcast Facebook Group Page - illstreetnews  Instagram - @illstreetnews Email us - illstreetnews@yahoo.com Leave us a voicemail: 267-297-4627 YOU CAN LISTEN ON..... Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/illstreetnews iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ill-s…d1111993800?mt=2 Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/ill-street-news Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1G2SBJEWGhQLxbL4c7tsPO Google Podcasts and many other podcast platforms!

Navy SEAL and New York Times best-selling author Brandon Webb is back to discuss the Colin Kaepernick situation in light of his most recent tryout, the fashion industry profiting from the American war machine, and the "State of the 'REP" updates on what is on the horizon for SOFREP. Remember to send in your questions to radio@sofrep.com for a chance to have them read on our show. If you haven’t already noticed, the new SOFREP website has been launched! We also have a ton of new SOFREP t-shirt designs available in our store. All of our content – including an additional article catalog of more than 12,000 gear reviews, SOF history pieces, and military aviation articles – have been consolidated into one completely redesigned site and mobile app, to include featured categories such as News, Gear, Media (video & podcasts), Team Room & member forums, Store, and the #1 Gear Club in America – Crate Club. As always, be sure to check out our Crate Club for Spec Ops grade gear hand picked by military professionals. See you all again next week! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The main topic this week is the drug war. We also catch you up on some fun weekly headlines and more info into the American War Machine.

Special Edition: Episode 96.5, Hardcore 3. Featuring songs from hardcore bands Eat Dirt, American War Machine, Inclination, Section H8, Worn, Red Vision, Morning Again, White Dog Suicide, Ekulu, Slapshot, United and Strong, Blind Justice, Revival, Coldside, Cutthroat, Spidercrew, 210 and Comeback Kid.

Re-Vengeance, American War Machine, Ritualizer, Musmahhu, Frozen Soul, Slund, Old Habits, and more featured on this weeks episode! From the Pit is a weekly podcast devoted to all things extreme music - whether it's up-and-coming bands, killer new releases, future shows and festivals, or musings on the scene itself, hosts Phil, Mike, Sam and Frank will make sure that you hear about them. Also we talk about beer, which is really the most important thing.

Brian and Jake gush over the lone Georgie James LP,  talk new songs by American War Machine and Baroness, and also heap love and praise on Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe

Brian, Jake and Matt talk about Strugglers by Koufax for album of the week.  Also, new songs by American War Machine, alexisonfire and La Dispute.

Special Edition: Episode 24.5, What's New October Edition. Featuring new songs from The Complicators, Sciatic Nerve, Iron Chic, Stick to Your Guns, Knuckle Puck, Transplants, White Dog Suicide, The Ejected, American War Machine, Chelsea, Chazz Valentine, Forgetaboutit, Phinius Gage, Allout Helter, Brian Fallon, Harrington Saints, and The Sawed Offs.

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about what they had experienced in combat. They neither wanted folks at home to know what had happened nor did they want to relive it themselves. It was just too horrible to relate. The truth about combat in those conflicts, so we are told, was therefore suppressed. In Vietnam, the truth was also suppressed, but in a different way and for altogether different reasons. As Gary Kulik demonstrates in his remarkable book ‘War Stories’: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers–What Really Happened in Vietnam (Potomac Books, 2009), some Vietnam veterans came back from the war and, far from hesitating to tell their “war stories,” exaggerated and even invented them. This was particularly true of atrocity tales, which were both numerous and well broadcast. As Kulik explains, the point of these false atrocity stories was not to portray the “grunts” in a bad light. On the contrary, the tellers of the tales portrayed themselves–with the aid of the anti-war media and what might be called the anti-war psychological establishment–as victims. Victims of what? The ‘American War Machine’ (my phrase, not Kulik’s)– a monstrous, immoral creation that ground vast quantities of men and material–American and Vietnamese–into dust for no good purpose. The ‘American War Machine,’ so Americans were told in the Winter Soldiers’ testimony, in a huge memoir literature, and in blockbuster films, produced atrocities that then in turn produced the broken, lost, and possibly insane Vietnam vet of popular folk memory. Think John Rambo or Travis Bickle. Kulik’s point is not that American soldiers committed no atrocities in Vietnam. They did, and they were too many of them. Nor is it to claim that American soldiers were not, in some cases, badly traumatized by their Vietnam experience. Some were, and too many of them. His argument is that the truth about Vietnam–that it was basically a war like others Americans have fought in the twentieth century, not one that produced a flood of atrocities and psychologically wounded soldiers–has been suppressed by those who wanted to tell politically-charged “war stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about what they had experienced in combat. They neither wanted folks at home to know what had happened nor did they want to relive it themselves. It was just too horrible to relate. The truth about combat in those conflicts, so we are told, was therefore suppressed. In Vietnam, the truth was also suppressed, but in a different way and for altogether different reasons. As Gary Kulik demonstrates in his remarkable book ‘War Stories’: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers–What Really Happened in Vietnam (Potomac Books, 2009), some Vietnam veterans came back from the war and, far from hesitating to tell their “war stories,” exaggerated and even invented them. This was particularly true of atrocity tales, which were both numerous and well broadcast. As Kulik explains, the point of these false atrocity stories was not to portray the “grunts” in a bad light. On the contrary, the tellers of the tales portrayed themselves–with the aid of the anti-war media and what might be called the anti-war psychological establishment–as victims. Victims of what? The ‘American War Machine’ (my phrase, not Kulik’s)– a monstrous, immoral creation that ground vast quantities of men and material–American and Vietnamese–into dust for no good purpose. The ‘American War Machine,’ so Americans were told in the Winter Soldiers’ testimony, in a huge memoir literature, and in blockbuster films, produced atrocities that then in turn produced the broken, lost, and possibly insane Vietnam vet of popular folk memory. Think John Rambo or Travis Bickle. Kulik’s point is not that American soldiers committed no atrocities in Vietnam. They did, and they were too many of them. Nor is it to claim that American soldiers were not, in some cases, badly traumatized by their Vietnam experience. Some were, and too many of them. His argument is that the truth about Vietnam–that it was basically a war like others Americans have fought in the twentieth century, not one that produced a flood of atrocities and psychologically wounded soldiers–has been suppressed by those who wanted to tell politically-charged “war stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about what they had experienced in combat. They neither wanted folks at home to know what had happened nor did they want to relive it themselves. It was just too horrible to relate. The truth about combat in those conflicts, so we are told, was therefore suppressed. In Vietnam, the truth was also suppressed, but in a different way and for altogether different reasons. As Gary Kulik demonstrates in his remarkable book ‘War Stories’: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers–What Really Happened in Vietnam (Potomac Books, 2009), some Vietnam veterans came back from the war and, far from hesitating to tell their “war stories,” exaggerated and even invented them. This was particularly true of atrocity tales, which were both numerous and well broadcast. As Kulik explains, the point of these false atrocity stories was not to portray the “grunts” in a bad light. On the contrary, the tellers of the tales portrayed themselves–with the aid of the anti-war media and what might be called the anti-war psychological establishment–as victims. Victims of what? The ‘American War Machine’ (my phrase, not Kulik’s)– a monstrous, immoral creation that ground vast quantities of men and material–American and Vietnamese–into dust for no good purpose. The ‘American War Machine,’ so Americans were told in the Winter Soldiers’ testimony, in a huge memoir literature, and in blockbuster films, produced atrocities that then in turn produced the broken, lost, and possibly insane Vietnam vet of popular folk memory. Think John Rambo or Travis Bickle. Kulik’s point is not that American soldiers committed no atrocities in Vietnam. They did, and they were too many of them. Nor is it to claim that American soldiers were not, in some cases, badly traumatized by their Vietnam experience. Some were, and too many of them. His argument is that the truth about Vietnam–that it was basically a war like others Americans have fought in the twentieth century, not one that produced a flood of atrocities and psychologically wounded soldiers–has been suppressed by those who wanted to tell politically-charged “war stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about what they had experienced in combat. They neither wanted folks at home to know what had happened nor did they want to relive it themselves. It was just too horrible to relate. The truth about combat in those conflicts, so we are told, was therefore suppressed. In Vietnam, the truth was also suppressed, but in a different way and for altogether different reasons. As Gary Kulik demonstrates in his remarkable book ‘War Stories’: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers–What Really Happened in Vietnam (Potomac Books, 2009), some Vietnam veterans came back from the war and, far from hesitating to tell their “war stories,” exaggerated and even invented them. This was particularly true of atrocity tales, which were both numerous and well broadcast. As Kulik explains, the point of these false atrocity stories was not to portray the “grunts” in a bad light. On the contrary, the tellers of the tales portrayed themselves–with the aid of the anti-war media and what might be called the anti-war psychological establishment–as victims. Victims of what? The ‘American War Machine’ (my phrase, not Kulik’s)– a monstrous, immoral creation that ground vast quantities of men and material–American and Vietnamese–into dust for no good purpose. The ‘American War Machine,’ so Americans were told in the Winter Soldiers’ testimony, in a huge memoir literature, and in blockbuster films, produced atrocities that then in turn produced the broken, lost, and possibly insane Vietnam vet of popular folk memory. Think John Rambo or Travis Bickle. Kulik’s point is not that American soldiers committed no atrocities in Vietnam. They did, and they were too many of them. Nor is it to claim that American soldiers were not, in some cases, badly traumatized by their Vietnam experience. Some were, and too many of them. His argument is that the truth about Vietnam–that it was basically a war like others Americans have fought in the twentieth century, not one that produced a flood of atrocities and psychologically wounded soldiers–has been suppressed by those who wanted to tell politically-charged “war stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about what they had experienced in combat. They neither wanted folks at home to know what had happened nor did they want to relive it themselves. It was just too horrible to relate. The truth about combat in those conflicts, so we are told, was therefore suppressed. In Vietnam, the truth was also suppressed, but in a different way and for altogether different reasons. As Gary Kulik demonstrates in his remarkable book ‘War Stories’: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers–What Really Happened in Vietnam (Potomac Books, 2009), some Vietnam veterans came back from the war and, far from hesitating to tell their “war stories,” exaggerated and even invented them. This was particularly true of atrocity tales, which were both numerous and well broadcast. As Kulik explains, the point of these false atrocity stories was not to portray the “grunts” in a bad light. On the contrary, the tellers of the tales portrayed themselves–with the aid of the anti-war media and what might be called the anti-war psychological establishment–as victims. Victims of what? The ‘American War Machine’ (my phrase, not Kulik’s)– a monstrous, immoral creation that ground vast quantities of men and material–American and Vietnamese–into dust for no good purpose. The ‘American War Machine,’ so Americans were told in the Winter Soldiers’ testimony, in a huge memoir literature, and in blockbuster films, produced atrocities that then in turn produced the broken, lost, and possibly insane Vietnam vet of popular folk memory. Think John Rambo or Travis Bickle. Kulik’s point is not that American soldiers committed no atrocities in Vietnam. They did, and they were too many of them. Nor is it to claim that American soldiers were not, in some cases, badly traumatized by their Vietnam experience. Some were, and too many of them. His argument is that the truth about Vietnam–that it was basically a war like others Americans have fought in the twentieth century, not one that produced a flood of atrocities and psychologically wounded soldiers–has been suppressed by those who wanted to tell politically-charged “war stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Dale ScottFor those primarily interested in my recent political prose, go to my Current Publications Web Page, formerly entitled “Iraq, al-Qaeda, 9/11”. For those primarily interested in my poetry, go to My Selected Writings webpage. In fact the two genres inter-relate, as exhibited by both my most important prose book, The American Deep State, and my most recent books of poetry, Minding the Darkness, Mosaic Orpheus, Tilting Point, and Walking on Darkness.For a useful overview of my political and poetic work on the Poetry Foundation website, click here. Click here to read about me on Wikipedia. .Click here to see a description and above all reviews of my book, The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy.Click here for a website which accesses a series of videos in which I read and discuss my long poem Coming to Jakarta, and also my book of shorter poems, Tilting Point.To hear my September 2011 reading of my poetry in Longfellow House, Cambridge, click here.For occasional political comments and news about upcoming books and activities, follow my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/peterdalescott.BiographyPeter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is a poet, writer, and researcher. He was born in Montreal in 1929, the only son of the poet F.R. Scott and the painter Marian Dale Scott. He is married to the author and psychologist Ronna Kabatznick; and he has three children, Cassie, Mika, and John Scott, by a previous marriage to the Soto Zen roshi Maylie [Marshall] Scott. Before teaching as an English Professor at the University of California, he served for four years as a Canadian diplomat, at UN Assemblies and in Warsaw, Poland.His prose books include The War Conspiracy (1972), The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond (in collaboration, 1976), Crime and Cover-Up: The CIA, the Mafia, and the Dallas-Watergate Connection (1977), The Iran-Contra Connection (in collaboration, 1987),Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America (in collaboration, 1991, 1998), Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993, 1996), Deep Politics Two (1994, 1995, 2006), Drugs Oil and War (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, March 2003), The Road to 9/11 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), and The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War (Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press,(2008), American War Machine (2010), and The American Deep State, 2014.His chief poetry books are the three volumes of his trilogy Seculum: Coming to Jakarta: A Poem About Terror (1989), Listening to the Candle: A Poem on Impulse (1992), and Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000. In addition he has published Crossing Borders: Selected Shorter Poems (1994, published in Canada as Murmur of the Starsi), Mosaic Orpheus (2009), Tilting Point (2012), and Walking on Darkness. In November 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award.An anti-war speaker during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, he was a co-founder of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at UC Berkeley, and of the Coalition on Political Assassinations (COPA).His poetry has dealt with both his experience and his research, the latter of which has centered on U.S. covert operations, their impact on democracy at home and abroad, and their relations to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the global drug traffic. The poet-critic Robert Hass has written (Agni, 31/32, p. 335) that “Coming to Jakarta is the most important political poem to appear in the English language in a very long time.”If you have any comments or questions, I would be glad to hear from you at pdscottweb@hotmail.com.I do believe that international public opinion, when it becomes powerful enough, will become the most effective restraint to the excesses and follies of particular governments.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

Many American soldiers have offered their lives on an altar of duty and love of country. Some of those offerings were consumated in death and their families and communities also paid the price. Many of our soldiers returned home as broken people with unspeakable injuries and their families and communities also paid a price, in decades of suffering and disability. Tonight we are going to offer evidense of treason in high places and we are going to name names of people who have sold themselves to do evil, in the sight of God and men. Let is consider that Americans who are afraid to speak out and demand that justice be done in the face of an evil tyranny are already enslaved and waiting for the cruelty of their vicious masters to overtake them. But a spirit that is inspired by liberty finds the grace to consider and protect the next generation and will resist evil by shining a light in the darkness.

We speak to Dr. Peter Dale Scott on his latest book, “American War Machine.” We discuss the politically correct atmosphere in education, CIA drug trafficking, assassination, deep politics and the drug war in Mexico. About the Guest Peter Dale Scott is a Canadian-born poet, former diplomat, and former English professor at the University of California, […]