10/22/21 Gareth Porter on the Self Licking Ice Cream Cone

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Scott is joined once again by Gareth Porter to discuss a piece he wrote at the beginning of the month for Responsible Statecraft. But before talking about the article, Porter gives a quick update on the developing situation in Lebanon. The article Porter wrote talks about the “self licking ice cream cone,” a saying used to describe the self-perpetuating nature of the military-industrial-congressional complex. Porter explains how these perverse incentives kept us embroiled in war for two full decades. Discussed on the show: “How the ‘self licking ice cream cone,’ prolonged the 20-year war” (Responsible Statecraft) “This Air Force commando called in 688,000 pounds of bombs in one battle” (Task & Purpose) Joe Kent on Fox News Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state. He is the author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare and, with John Kiriakou, The CIA Insider’s Guide to the Iran Crisis. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Dröm; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.0	Yeah, it's recorded, not live, unfortunately, but uh,
0:59.0	depending on how good you do, you might become the Sunday KPFK show here.
1:03.4	Although we're getting started a little bit late.
1:05.4	I don't think it's going to be long enough
1:06.6	because I've got to go at the top of the hour, so.
1:09.4	But it'll be a hell of a podcast.
1:11.6	Everyone's going to hear it, which is good because they love this stuff.
1:17.4	That's why everybody listens to my show, because they get to listen to me, talk to you.
1:21.7	My first question is, are you back now from Beirut?
1:25.0	Yes, yes, I spent two weeks there with my wife's family and visiting my wife's family and not not doing too much else.
1:37.0	All right now I get it that you're not doing journalism there but also there's a lot going
1:41.5	on in Lebanon right now and I know that you could help to explain it a lot better than a lot of people
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