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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Meaning of the Iraq War
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explore the moral and political lessons of the Iraq War.
Among the topics covered:
Why Americans need to examine the lessons of the Iraq War;
The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the context leading up to the war;
The focus on weapons of mass destruction and intelligence weaknesses while evading the threat of Islamic totalitarianism;
Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is not analogous to America’s war in Iraq;
David Frum’s analysis of the Iraq War in The Atlantic;
John Bolton’s and Bret Stephens’ analysis of the war and the...