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Time to end the war in afghanistan by scott horton, 2017, libertarian institute scott horton has spent much of the past two odd decades giving a voice to the most ardent antiwar activists and minds. Time to end the war in afghanistan kindle edition by. Time to end the war in afghanistan, managing director of the libertarian institute, host of antiwar radio for pacifica radios kpfk 90. In fool s errand, scott horton masterfully explains the tragedy of americas longest war and makes the case for immediate withdrawal. Scott horton on the endless war in afghanistan youtube. Time to end the war in afghanistan by scott horton. Horton conducts interviews with journalists, politicians, pundits, lawyers. Time to end the war in afghanistan, showed me how much i didnt know and thats quite a bit. Fools errand author scott horton delivers the book on.
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Scott horton biography, age, family, wife, height, book, youtube. Indeed, if there were a university course on what went wrong with afghanistan. Scott horton has spent much of the past two odd decades giving a voice to the most ardent antiwar activists and minds. Our guest scott horton just released an important new book fools errand. Time to end the war in afghanistan came out a year ago today. Jun 08, 2018 as a combat veteran of the war in afghanistan, i give scott hortons book, fools errand, a wholehearted and fullthroated endorsement. Yemen, somalia, iraq, syria once the us gets involved it becomes just another government program that can never be cancelled. Fools errand time to end the war in afghanistan epub. Scott horton on the endless war in afghanistan mises institute. No end in sight and no one even knows what victory looks like. Fools errand is a hidden history of americas forgotten war, laid bare in damning detail. Fool s errand by scott horton forces the reader to take a hard look at americans war in afghanistan, and why it has essentially been a failure from the start. I did some traveling late last week and had the opportunity to finish scott horton s book fool s errand.
In chapter one scott gives a brief overview of the horrid foreign policy decisions that led us to 911 and the modern wars in the middle east. Time to end the war in afghanistan is now out in kindle format the book has been endorsed by daniel ellsberg, ron paul, patrick cockburn, eric margolis, anand gopal, daniel davis, matt hoh, lawrence wilkerson, gareth porter, stephen m. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fools errand. He hosts antiwar radio for pacifica radio s kpfk 90. In fool s errand, scott horton masterfully explains the tragedy of america s longest war and makes the case for immediate withdrawal.
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