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Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

1/13/23 Bjorn Handeen on Using Local Politics to End the Wars

Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Scott talks with Bjorn Handeen, a long-time listener who is now the Idaho Republican Party Region 1 Chairman. The two talk about Handeen’s efforts to translate his knowledge of American foreign policy into results by focusing on local politicians. Unlike some of the big names in today’s Congress, politicians on the county and state levels are often totally uninformed about international issues, which can make them relatively open-minded if only you’re able to get in their ear. Handeen says you’ll be surprised how much access you’ll get to local legislators if you just start showing up. They talk about when democratic institutions can be an effective tool in the non-interventionist effort. And they also look back and reflect on Scott’s early interviews.  Discussed on the show: The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson  Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson  Newspapers.com “Korean War at 69: Truman, Treaties, and the Bricker Amendment” (Antiwar.com) Bjorn Handeen is the Idaho Republican Party Region 1 Chairman representing Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone and Benewah Counties. He’s also a longtime listener of the Scott Horton Show. Follow him on Twitter @BjornHandeen This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; 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

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0:00.0

All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.

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I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.

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I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,

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editorial director of anti-war.com.

0:17.6

Author of the book, Pools Arren,

0:19.6

time to end the war in Afghanistan,

0:21.6

and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on

0:24.8

terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on

0:31.3

foreign policy and all available for you at

0:34.3

Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full interview

0:39.1

archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0:45.0

Biorin Handine.

0:50.0

He is a Republican Party official from Idaho doing some great anti-war stuff.

0:55.6

Welcome to the show, how you doing?

0:57.6

Oh, thank you.

0:58.2

It's a great honor.

0:59.2

I've been a listener for a long, long, long time.

1:01.6

Well, great.

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Happy to hear that.

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And I forget now, but the name's familiar from previous times.

1:10.4

I'm not sure if we had email before Facebook friends back in prehistory or whatever. But recently,

1:18.0

you come recommended to me from Dan McKnight from Bringer Troops home.

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