EP72: Four Questions You Should Ask About Military Interventions - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Imagine YOU are a top-ranked radio talk show host. Much of your listening audience is gung-ho about getting the U.S. involved in yet another war (Ukraine). What would you do? Gary Nolan knew from experience that he could bring Perry Willis on the air to talk about the history of U.S. wars, their causes, their costs, and their consequences. Long-time followers of the Zero Aggression Project know that Perry has written several stunning articles reviewing the history and outcomes of U.S. wars. They're collected at a special website called WarTruth.org (link below). In the space of one hour Perry covered nearly every major U.S. foreign war from 1812 right up to our current meddling in Ukraine. He asked and answered four questions about each war. This episode is your chance to hear this interview, originally conducted August 28, 2023. We (Bill and Jim) consider this episode to be timely as we approach Veteran's Day, which was once called Armistice Day. Politicians too often use Veteran's Day to glorify war, whereas Armistice Day sought to remind people of the worst and most pointless war politicians ever caused. Timeline 0:00 Intro 0:44 Jim introduces this episode 2:18 The Gary Nolan Show 3:35 The four questions 4:02 War of 1812 3:46 Mexican-American War 9:39 Philippine-American War 13:17 Teddy Roosevelt Nov 28, 1905 16:07 World War I 22:19 If not WW1, what would've happened? 24:48 The causes of Hitler's rise 26:33 How Japan becomes U.S. enemy 28:06 Atrocity myths 29:54 U.S. politicians create the Soviet Union 32:06 Soviets invited to garrison North Korea 34:37 Babies out of incubators and Osama Bin Laden 36:18 Do billions to Ukraine make sense? 36:53 What about Taiwan? 37:42 From Munich Myth to Domino Theory 38:55 Outro and Gracepoint Show Notes WarTruth.org - https://wartruth.org/ Bill's essay "The True Cost of Freedom" - https://musimorphic.com/the-true-cost-of-freedom-veterans-day-2023/ Show Notes WarTruth.org - https://wartruth.org/ Bill's essay "The True Cost of Freedom" - https://musimorphic.com/the-true-cost-of-freedom-veterans-day-2023/ Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: serjo.de.lua.music@gmail.com Be grace-full to each other.