Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East
Eli Lake, host of The Re-Education and national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center, joins the show to talk about 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Show Notes
Eli Lake, host of The Re-Education and national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center, joins the show to talk about 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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• 02:04 Introduction
• 02:43 From Philly To The Middle East
• 05:14 9/11
• 07:49 The World Before
• 09:20 No More Nation Building
• 12:03 Neo-Cons Or Not
• 18:09 Liberal Internationalists
• 22:05 Early Mistakes
• 29:08 Baking In Problems
• 32:46 The Bonn Conference
• 37:04 Capable Of Being Free
• 41:04 Toppling Sadam - Right or Wrong?
• 45:47 WMDs And Insurgency
• 53:25 New Strategies
• 56:51 The Surge
• 59:01 The Loss Of Choice