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Podcast: Sott Radio Network
Episode: Behind the Headlines: What's the real cause of war? Ask Tony Blair
Description: As far back as the historical record goes, human existence on planet earth has been shaped and arguably defined by war. On the most significant level, i.e. the experience of those most directly and painfully affected by it, war is nothing more than the wanton slaughter of large numbers of human beings, the majority of them civilians, for no good reason. Aldous Huxley pointed out the absurdity of war when he said: "The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are...