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Radio War Nerd EP 358 — Syria War Update, feat. Joshua Landis

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I Think It Was a Big Split Between Elites and Ordinary People's Opinion

I think it was a big split between elite opinion yes and ordinary people's opinion ordinary people because they have this vague jingoism like you know most people in most countries do. As far as real concern about leaving Afghanistan I think it was around zero yeah no but anyway there were some great lines in their meeting  and saline basically had this anecdote about an old professor at the Sorbonne who said everything he wrote his entire career is pure hokom pure fun The only thing that matters to every civilization is the last war you won and the next war you will win, says Joshua Landis.

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