4th Generation Warfare and The Christian Right with James Scaminaci III

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Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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James Scaminaci III is an expert on 4th generation warfare. He has a Ph.D. from Stanford University in political sociology and is a retired US Navy Reserve intelligence officer. He was a senior civilian military intelligence analyst responsible for the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. Following the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, from outside and inside the former Yugoslavia, James learned a great deal about how political and religious ideologies interact and combine into ethno-nationalist projects that delegitimize left-wing governing philosophies (that often end in genocide). His expertise on 4th generation warfare has wide-reaching implications for today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Steven Hassan, and I'm absolutely honored to have as a guest today James
0:11.0	Scamini III, who I've actually credit for teaching me about fourth generation warfare
0:20.6	when I was researching the cult of Trump
0:23.5	book. And I've been reading his writings. James, you are a former naval intelligence official.
0:33.7	You got a doctorate in political sociology from Stanford, and it was really revelatory for me to
0:42.9	understand William Lind and his connection with Paul Weirich or the Christian Right, and the whole
0:53.4	idea of fourth generation warfare, I can
0:56.3	attempt to explain it, but you're the expert. And I wanted to have you on today to talk about
1:02.4	fourth generation psychological warfare. The last time we did an interview, you correctly diagnosed
1:10.6	January 6th as a military style
1:15.7	who attempt with a lot of distraction, but there was an actual military aspect to that, and
1:22.4	you were spot on.
1:24.4	And then I'd like you to talk about cryptocurrency and its connection with the right wing and its attempts to undermine our government.
1:33.3	And freedom everywhere. James, thank you so much. Tell us what you think we need to know.
1:42.3	Well, thank you for having me back on the show, Steve.
1:46.1	And congratulations, I guess, on your newly minted Ph.D., right?
1:50.1	Yeah, 2020, December. I got it.
1:53.3	So congratulations on that.
1:55.2	I mean, that's a big milestone.
1:56.7	It's a big validation, if you will, of your work.
2:01.2	Thank you.
2:02.6	So, yeah, you know, fourth generation warfare is a deliberate strategy of the Christian right.
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