10/22/21 Gareth Porter on the Self Licking Ice Cream Cone

Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews · Oct 28, 2021 · 27m

Scott is joined once again by Gareth Porter to discuss a piece he wrote at the beginning of the month for Responsible Statecraft. But before talking about the article, Porter gives a quick update on the developing situation in Lebanon. The article Porter wrote talks about the “self licking ice cream cone,” a saying used to describe the self-perpetuating nature of the military-industrial-congressional complex. Porter explains how these perverse incentives kept us embroiled in war for two full decades.

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“How the ‘self licking ice cream cone,’ prolonged the 20-year war”…