7/11/24 Laurie Calhoun on Anthony Blinken and All the Terrible People Running American Foreign Policy

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Scott is joined by Libertarian Institute Senior Fellow Laurie Calhoun to talk about Anthony Blinken. Using the recent transfer of F-16s to Ukraine as a jumping-off point, the two discuss Blinken’s terrible tenure as Secretary of State and reflect on the lunacy of the officials in charge of American foreign policy. Discussed on the show: “Parody of a Statesman: Antony Blinken, Secretary of War” (Libertarian Institute) Cheney in 1994 on Iraq “New Information Shows CIA Contractors Colluded with the Biden Campaign to Discredit Hunter Biden Laptop Story” (House Intelligence Committee) Laurie Calhoun is a Senior Fellow at the Libertarian Institute and the author of Questioning the COVID Company Line, We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age, War and Delusion: A Critical Examination, You Can Leave, and Philosophy Unmasked: A Skeptic’s Critique. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: 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
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0:38.6	interview archive is also available at YouTube.com slash Scott Horton's show.
0:45.0	Aren't you guys on the line?
0:47.0	I got Lori Calhoun.
0:48.0	Where in the world is Lori Calhoun.
0:50.0	That's the game we play over at the Institute,
0:52.0	where she's senior fellow,
0:53.6	and where she wrote this great book,
0:55.0	questioning the COVID company line, which is actually a compilation of her great
0:58.7	essays that she wrote for the Institute in real time during all that craziness, critical thinking in
1:03.9	hysterical times and what she does is she travels the whole world pretty
1:08.9	sure she's been to every country Britain has ever invaded.
1:13.4	And where are you now, Lori, hi, welcome the show.
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