TheAltWorld Ep. 5618 – Gareth Porter on the Self Licking Ice Cream Cone
- Gareth Porter
- Wednesday 27 Oct 21
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Scott is joined once again by Gareth Porter to discuss a piece he wrote at the beginning of the month for Responsible Statecraft.
But before talking about the article, Porter gives a quick update on the developing situation in Lebanon. T
The article Porter wrote talks about the “self licking ice cream cone,” a saying used to describe the self-perpetuating nature of the military-industrial-congressional complex. Porter explains how these perverse incentives kept us embroiled in war for two full decades.
How the ‘self licking ice cream cone,’ prolonged the 20-year war
Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist, historian and author who has covered U.S. wars and interventions in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen and Syria since 2004 and was the 2012 winner of the Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. His most recent book is "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare" (Just World Books, 2014).
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