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8/22/25 William Van Wagenen on the CIA’s Covert War to Remake the Middle East
Scott brings William Van Wagenen on to talk about his new book Create Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government. They talk about why Wagenen was first drawn to the topic before digging into the details we know about covert US policy in Syria, Iraq and the region more broadly.
Discussed on the show:
Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA's Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government by William Van Wagenen
Why he was drawn to this topic
“Questions Mount Over Failure to Hit Zarqawi's Camp” (Wall Street Journal)
Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions…
The skinny
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