• IronNet and the Fading US Empire, AoT#436

  • Oct 7 2024
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Podcast

IronNet and the Fading US Empire, AoT#436

  • Summary

  • National security elites wish we were still living during the War on Terror years, but the glory days are gone for the US. Procuring government contracts to simply become wealthy is not good enough anymore. Meanwhile, those claiming to speak truth to power are simply recycling old tropes that no longer apply.

    Topics include: prophets, IronNet, national security, cybersecurity, NSA, stock prices, C5 Capital, Russia, Keith Alexander, War on Terror, post war US history, foreign policy, wars of aggression, Pienaar, Russian oligarchs, making money for its own sake, corruption, imperial power, false pretexts for wars, 9/11 terror attacks, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bush administration, torture, Truth Movement, loss of civil liberties, unitary executive, Neocons, USA had privileged position, no global challengers, revolving door between public service and private industry, MIC, F35, ED 209, transitional period, Great Powers Competition, BRICS, dominant minority, Post Truth Movement, worn out tropes, funding for Ukraine vs past wars, Silicon Valley vying for more MIC influence, Global Propaganda Matrix, billionaires, falls from grace, double headed eagle, glorious past of various nations

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