The "Empty Chair" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Shane goes on vacation, abandoning the gang to its fate. Brookings scholar Dan Byman steps in and brings a National Counterterrorism Center Calendar, which sparks a discussion of how to categorize terrorist acts that take place within warfare. Ben talks about a recent U.S. court decision that found the war in Afghanistan isn't really over—no matter what the president says. And Tamara talks about the president's Iran speech. In our Object Lessons segment, Dan shows off a large Yemeni dagger. Tamara brings a picture of Egypt's General Sisi sailing down the new Suez canal. And Ben brings an online course we all should sign up to take.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to rational security. I'm Shane Harris, but I am not here with you this week.
0:32.0	I'm away on vacation and in my absence. Shane Harris, but I am not here with you this week.
0:32.9	I'm away on vacation, and in my absence,
0:35.2	my good friends Ben Wittis and Tamara Kaufman
0:37.3	Wittis are holding down the fort at the podcast.
0:40.4	Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
0:43.0	Hello and welcome to Rational Security,
0:46.0	the Empty Chair Edition.
0:48.0	Despite our misery at Chain's absence,
0:51.0	we must go on.
0:52.0	I'm Tamara Koffman Wittis, playing host for the day, and
0:55.6	joined today, as always by my colleague Ben Wittis.
1:00.0	Hey, hi. Do you miss Shane? I miss Shane so much. He's often main where it's cool and we're
1:08.3	sweltering here and you know as much as it is fun for you to be guest hosting, I miss Shane.
1:16.0	Yeah, come back Shane.
1:18.0	Come back, Shane, I know you don't like me guest hosting, and that's okay, I'm not sure I like it either.
1:22.0	And we're also joined
1:23.2	today by our Brookings colleague Daniel Blackman hello Dan. Hello I'm pleased and
1:29.0	actually a little surprise to be on this. We're not surprised. We've been trying to get you on the
1:33.3	podcast for a long time. Glad you could join us. So today as always we have three
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