Forever War Thread

[Hastur]

Do we have a general thread about the US forever war policy already?

This was unexpected.

In an astonishing turn, George Soros an ... ar’ policy

In one of the most remarkable partnerships in modern American political history, Soros and Charles Koch, the more active of the two brothers, are joining to finance a new foreign-policy think tank in Washington. It will promote an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing. This is a radical notion in Washington, where every major think tank promotes some variant of neocon militarism or liberal interventionism. Soros and Koch are uniting to revive the fading vision of a peaceable United States. The street cred they bring from both ends of the political spectrum — along with the money they are providing — will make this new think tank an off-pitch voice for statesmanship amid a Washington chorus that promotes brinksmanship.

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Since peaceful foreign policy was a founding principle of the United States, it’s appropriate that the name of this think tank harken back to history. It will be called the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, an homage to John Quincy Adams, who in a seminal speech on Independence Day in 1821 declared that the United States “goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” The Quincy Institute will promote a foreign policy based on that live-and-let-live principle.

[Fife]

Good thread Hastur!

This is a good place to put up an interview from last week with Scott Horton about Justin Raimondo, who died from cancer last week: https://libertarianinstitute.org/mance/279/

With the passing of the great Justin Raimondo, Pete invited Scott Horton to come on the show and talk about his legacy as an anti-war activist. Scott talks about how Justin was probably the most important writer of the 2000s and gets into info on the wars many would not have known about had it not been for Justin’s investigative journalism.

[TheReal_ND]

Thomas Goodrich joins Our Interesting Times to discuss his books Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi-Germany 1944-1947 and Summer, 1945, Germany, Japan and the Harvest of Hate.

Thomas Goodrich is a non-academic historian and author. His website is thomasgoodrich.com.

Our Interesting Times: Thomas Goodrich on Hellstorm and Summer, 1945 https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tkel ... 8_32-07_00

This is about how WWII never ended.