Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex | Lex Fridman Podcast #478

Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a staunch critic of U.S. military interventionism.
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Scott’s X: https://x.com/scotthortonshow
Scott Horton Show: https://youtube.com/@scotthortonshow
Provoked Show: https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show
Scott’s Substack: https://scotthortonshow.com/
Scott’s Website: https://scotthorton.org/
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Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/
Antiwar.com: https://antiwar.com/

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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – Introduction
0:45 – From the Cold War to the War on Terror
53:43 – Iraq War 1
1:21:48 – Bin Laden
2:21:09 – Afghanistan War
2:36:05 – Iraq War 2
3:02:30 – Military Industrial Complex
3:41:56 – Scott’s life story
4:11:45 – Iraq War 2 (continued)
5:03:14 – Syria
5:56:32 – Iraq War 3
6:08:59 – Somalia
6:14:26 – Iran
7:04:12 – Israel-Palestine
8:53:49 – Cold War 2.0

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