1/4/24 Matthew Hoh on the Lessons of Obama’s Afghanistan Betrayal

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Matthew Hoh joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week. They discussed Hoh’s experience waking up to the true nature of war while serving in the military. And they talk about his attempt to get Obama and the Democrats to end the wars in the Middle East just as they had promised to. Discussed on the show: The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam A Bright Shining Lie by David Halberstam Matthew Hoh is associate director at the Eisenhower Media Network and formerly worked for the U.S. State Department. Hoh received the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling in 2010. Subscribe to his Substack and follow him on Twitter @MatthewPHoh 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

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0:00.0	For Pacifica Radio, January the 4th, 2024.
0:05.0	I'm Scott Horton.
0:08.0	This is anti-war radio. All right, shall welcome the show.
0:12.6	It is anti-war radio. All right, shall welcome the show.
0:23.1	It is anti-war radio.
0:24.6	I'm your host, Scott Horton.
0:26.4	I'm editorial director at anti-war.com,
0:29.4	an author of the book Enough Already.
0:31.4	Time to End the War on Terrorism. You can find my full interview archive
0:35.5	almost, and I mean almost, 6,000 of them now, going back to 2003 at Scott Horton.org and at YouTube.
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0:46.4	video sites and things.
0:48.0	And you can follow me on Twitter if you dare at Scott Horton show.
0:51.6	All right, I'm very happy to welcome this week's guest genuine American hero, Matthew Ho.
1:00.5	He was a Marine in Iraq War II where he won medals for saving guys lives.
1:07.0	Then he went to work for the U.S. State Department where he quit in disgust very publicly in the summer of 2009 and said Barack Obama do not
1:21.2	double down on this war in Afghanistan. It ain't gonna work. Don't do it. Here's all
1:28.0	the cover you need to not do it. And then what happened was the ambassador I can bury who had been the general in charge
1:36.2	he backed up Matthew Ho and he said you know what this guy is right don't do it
1:40.4	Barack Obama hide behind behind me, buddy.
1:43.1	I used to be the general in charge of this war.
1:45.6	And you know what Barack Obama did?
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