Bro History

The term “military-industrial-complex” has become this catchall phrase to describe the shady relationship between, defense contractors, the Pentagon and politicians. Christian Sorensen joins us today to explain the anatomy of this triangle and reveals just how much profiteering takes place.Christian Sorensen is a novelist, military analyst, and independent journalist mainly focused on war profiteering within the military-industrial complex. An Air Force veteran, he is the author of the recently published book, Understanding the War Industry. Christian is also a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of independent veteran military and national security experts.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #171 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethiopia is on the cusp of a devastating civil war. While the world has been obsessing over the U.S election, the Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, (TPLF), which is the group that controls the Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia.A conflict in Ethiopia would be a complete nightmare. Ethiopia is the 12th largest country in the world with a population of 110 million people. The war could start a massive refuges crises and destabilize the Horn of Africa.Today we discuss how Ethiopia’s political system of “Ethnic Federalism” created this ticking time bomb.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2020 election has turned into a full blown sh*t-show. Today we discuss the major themes of the election and speculate on the future of the country.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #169 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign policy typically plays a meager role during presidential elections, however, last we checked the US has the most dominant military in world history — which it freely deploys across the globe. Today we dive deeper into Trump and Biden’s foreign policy record.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #168 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the FBI, the greatest terror threat we face is posed by lone actors radicalized online by left-wing and/or right-wing extremists. On the far-left you have groups such as Antifa, which is a decentralized network of militants that oppose what they believe are fascist. On the far-right you have a much broader bucket which lumps in white supremacists, anti-government extremists, and incels (yes incels are included as right wing for some reason). Today we discuss the threat level of these groups.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistorySources Usedhttps://www.csis.org/analysis/escalating-terrorism-problem-united-stateshttps://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/worldwide-threats-to-the-homeland-091720Episode #166 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The “October Surprise” is a phrase within the American political lexicon, referring to some last-minute unlikely event that has the potential to change the course of a presidential election. Today we review “October Surprise” cases that never earned a place in mainstream American history. In 1968, the Nixon campaign allegedly sabotaged Lyndon B. Johnson’s diplomatic efforts to pull out of Vietnam. During the 1980 election, the Reagan campaign allegedly colluded with Iran to delay the release of US hostages in Iran in order to thwart Jimmy Carter. Both cases are egregious and today we discuss their validity.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #164 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss the events and deceptions that led to one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in US history.Episode #163 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A disturbing aspect of 911 is that warnings signs were dismissed. Today we discuss the intelligence that was ignored prior to the September 11 attacks.This episode is a direct follow up to our previous episode “Rise of Al-Qaeda”.http://peterlance.com/TRIPLECROSSTIMELINE2009.pdfEpisode #162 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been nineteen years since the Islamist terrorist syndicate, Al-Qaeda, flew planes into the WTC and Pentagon.Today we provide a timeline starting with Al-Qaeda’s origins through covert funding in the Soviet-Afghan war, to their failed plot in 1993 to bomb the Twin Towers knocking them into each other.http://peterlance.com/TRIPLECROSSTIMELINE2009.pdfEpisode #161 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The war in Syria remains the deadliest conflict in the 21st century. In addition, it’s incredibly difficult to understand due to widespread propaganda networks promulgated by both sides of the war.Today we start with the basics – How was Syria created? Who are the Assads? What were the circumstances that turned Syria into a ticking time bomb?Episode #160 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices