10/23/26 Bill Buppert on Iran, Ukraine and Modern Militarism
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Scott interviews Bill Buppert about Iran, the defense industry, the geopolitical delusions of the West, how evolving weapons technology will shape the next few decades and more.
Discussed on the show:
The OKCBOMB Files
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited by Sheldon Richman
“The Royal Navy Submarine Force is No More” by Bill Buppert (Libertarian Institute Blog)
Bill Buppert is the Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute and host of Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast. He served in the military for nearly a quarter century and was a combat tourist in a number of neo-imperialist shit-pits planet-wide. He can be found on Twitter at @wbuppert and reached via email at [email protected].
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