8/5/22 Laurie Calhoun on Zawahri’s Alleged Assassination and the Fanaticism of the Military Industrial Complex

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🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Scott talks with Libertarian Institute Senior Fellow Laurie Calhoun. They begin with a discussion of last week's announcement that a CIA drone strike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in Kabul Afghanistan. Calhoun explains why she remains skeptical of the CIA’s claims absent any proof. They then get into the article she published at the Libertarian Institute which examines the fanatical mindset behind war hawks and others who depend on killing for their livelihoods. Discussed on the show: Site Intelligence Group “The MIC Cult” (The Libertarian Institute) “A MAD Heist” (The Libertarian Institute) Scott’s debate with Bill Kristol Scott’s debate with Cathy Young Defend the Guard Laurie Calhoun is a Senior Fellow at the Libertarian Institute and the author of 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: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. 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.
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 interview
0:39.1	archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. your fellow at the Libertarian Institute and she's the author of the incredible book
0:54.0	We Kill Because We Can, from soldiering to assassination in the drone age
1:00.0	and also war and delusion a critical examination and on like that and she's got this great one at the Institute this week.
1:09.4	It's on the front page right now the MIC cult.
1:13.0	Welcome to the show, Lori, how you doing?
1:15.0	Very well, thanks. How are you?
1:16.0	I'm doing great.
1:17.0	Happy to have you on.
1:18.0	Hey, great peace here, but before we talk about it,
1:21.0	let's talk a little bit about drone striking
1:23.6	Simon Al-Zawahiri maybe.
1:26.6	They say he was hanging out at Surajadine,
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