10/7/22 William Astore: There’s Something Rotten in the US Military

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Scott talks with William Astore about an article he penned recently in TomDispatch about the inner rot plaguing today’s U.S. military. Astore, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, has observed an existential flaw that threatens the military from within — lies are rewarded while truthtellers are punished. In this interview, he and Scott take a step back and examine how this sprawling government bureaucracy has hijacked the noble instinct to protect one's community and used it to wage unjust wars of choice. Discussed on the show: “Integrity Optional” (TomDispatch) We Meant Well by Peter Van Buren The Fog of War William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and history professor. He is a contributing writer at Antiwar.com and TomDispatch.com. Read all of his work at his website, BracingViews.com. 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; and Thc Hemp Spot. 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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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
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0:46.4	All right you guys, introducing William Astore,
0:49.6	regular writer over there at Tom Dispatch.com, which means we rerun everything he writes there
0:57.0	at anti-war.com as well. He's a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force and Professor of History and Senior Fellow at the Eisenhower
1:07.1	Media Network and his personal blog is called the Bracing Views.
1:11.9	That's at Bracing Views.
1:14.0	Welcome back to the show. How are you doing, Bill?
1:17.0	Hi Scott, I'm doing great.
1:19.0	Thanks for having me on again.
1:20.0	Yeah, it's great to talk to you again. It's been a while.
1:22.0	I really like this article and unfortunately now I clicked off the paragraph I wanted to, I had highlighted, but I know what it said. It was, well the article is called Integrity optional,
1:34.7	lies and dishonored plague America's war machine. And maybe this isn't exactly the jumping
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