2/8/24 Joe Kent on the American Troop Deployed in Iraq and Syria

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Joe Kent returns to the show to talk about the American mission in Iraq and Syria. Before three Americans were killed by a drone on the border of Syria two weeks ago, the troops stationed there were said to be on an anti-ISIS mission. But now US forces are fighting the very Shia militias that Washington has been funding. Kent has a lot of personal experience in the region and a deep knowledge of the factional dynamics at play. He and Scott talk about how ridiculous and dangerous the American deployments are. Discussed on the show: JoeKentForCongress.com Joe Kent is a retired Army Special Forces soldier who is running for Congress in Washington State. Follow him on Twitter @joekent16jan19 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	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
0:19.6	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.6	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:24.8	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.3	foreign policy and all available for you at
0:34.3	Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full
0:38.6	interview archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. he ran for Congress in Washington State, I'm sure it'll work next time, and he made himself famous
0:57.2	as a former Special Forces officer who is now a harsh critic of American Middle East policy and he's been saying a lot of stuff that I think is smart on the Twitter lately so I'm happy to welcome him back to this show. How you doing Joe?
1:11.0	Oh great, thanks for having me back on.
1:13.2	Do I say Joe Kent?
1:14.4	Yeah.
1:16.2	Happy to have you here.
1:17.0	Great to have you here.
1:19.0	I got a chip on my shoulder and that is that even during Iraq War II, especially during Iraq
1:25.0	War II, but ever since then too, they never say who's on whose side. They never
1:29.7	say who's the shirts and who's the skins. It's just America and the people of Iraq versus the terrorists.
1:35.6	They won't even tell you whether they're Sunni or Shia, much less whether they belong
1:39.7	to Sadr's faction or Hakim's faction or whatever the hell or why it should matter and so I find
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