10/22/21 William Hartung on the Existential Threat of the Nuclear Weapons Lobby

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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William Hartung returns to the show for a quick episode about a press release he published at the Institute for Public Accuracy. Hartung describes the current setup of America’s ICBMs. The missiles are spread across the country, sitting on hair-trigger alert. It’s a setup that many experts admit is dangerous, and unnecessary. Yet any effort to roll back the program has been blocked by the Senators who’s states benefit the most from the presence of silos, as well as the companies that build them. Hartung explains what’s at stake if the status quo is allowed to continue. Discussed on the show: “How the ICBM Lobby is Threatening Armageddon” (Institute for Public Accuracy) “To Avoid Armageddon, Don’t Modernize Missiles—Eliminate Them” (The Nation) “Inside the ICBM Lobby: Special Interests Or the National Interest?” (Arms Control Association) William Hartung is director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. Find him on Twitter @WilliamHartung. 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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0:46.0	All right you guys, introducing William Hartung,
0:49.1	director of the Arms and Security Program
0:51.4	at the Center for International Policy and author of Inside the I.
0:55.0	The ICBM Lobby.
0:57.0	And this is a press release,
1:00.0	it's a very informative one,
1:02.0	at the Institute for Public Accuracy.
1:05.0	That's Accuracy.org.
1:07.4	How the ICBM lobby is threatening Armageddon.
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