2/24/23 Chas Freeman: America Needs to Use Diplomacy

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Scott interviewed Chas Freeman about some of the biggest flashpoints that threaten to plunge the world into war. They discuss the war in Ukraine, the growing tension over Taiwan and even touch on the next conflict brewing in the Middle East. Freeman argues that the prospect for war with Russia or China depends on Washington’s willingness to sit down and work out a peaceful resolution. So far, the U.S. government has shown no such interest. Discussed on the show: “Why War Pledges for Ukraine Fell Flat in Munich” (Defense One) Chas W. Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94 and served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Follow him at his website, chasfreeman.net. 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	Hey guys, sorry for the delay on this.
0:02.0	Mr. Freeman had some real bad noise on his line,
0:04.6	and I had to get my guy to find some time and get around to fix it for me.
0:08.5	So anyway, here it is, a great interview of Choss Freeman from the 24th of February. All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:24.8	I'm the Director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:27.2	editorial director of anti-war.com, author of the book,
0:30.9	Pools Arran, Time to End the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already.
0:36.2	Time to end the war on terrorism.
0:38.3	And I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003, almost all on foreign policy and all available for you at
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0:56.2	All right you guys on the line I've got
1:01.3	Choss Freeman the former diplomat and he was the translator right-hand man for
1:07.3	Richard Nixon when he went and made peace with China back when and he's kind of a legend in diplomatic circles he was
1:15.0	almost the chair of the National Intelligence Council under Obama but the
1:19.3	Israel Lobby got him and he's in high demand on the lecture circuit because he knows so
1:25.0	dang much and if I had my way he'd probably be the Secretary of State right now
1:28.4	welcome to show Choss how are you sir? I'm very well thank you but I am very happy not to be Secretary of State. I bet.
1:37.0	Well I got to ask you though what you might do now if you were. I'm just I can't believe that Anthony Blinking seems to just be you know a like seeking a pole on a magnet with that Sergei Lavrov and they just cannot talk to save their lives to save all our lives.
1:57.0	Well, I think the United States has fallen into a very bad pattern and Secretary Lincoln exemplifies it.
2:07.2	We accuse people, we condemn them, we insult them, we rile them up.
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