#478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex
August 24, 2025 · 10 h 35 min
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Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a staunch critic of U.S. military interventionism.
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OUTLINE:
() – Introduction
() – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
() – From the Cold War to the War on Terror
() – Iraq War 1
() – Bin Laden
() – Afghanistan War
() – Iraq War 2
() – Military Industrial Complex
() – Scott’s life story
() – Iraq War 2 (continued)
() – Syria
() – Iraq War 3
() – Somalia
() – Iran
() – Israel-Palestine
() – Cold War 2.0
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