Radio War Nerd EP79—Sarin, Syria & Trump's Neocon Debut

What this episode covers

The War Nerd looks at newly-minted Washington DC hero Donald Trump's bombing of Syria and the alleged sarin attack in Idlib . . . We try to construct a more plausible scenario that would make the conventional version of the sarin attack — blaming Syrian government forces — at least plausible, since it makes no rational military sense . . . Then: more massacres in Congo that you won't hear about, and the age-old European bias against sub-Saharan Africans, going back to that overrated hack Joseph Conrad . . . versus the truly gr Also: why an ethnic Uzbek from the Ferghana Valley might wind up a jihadi suicide bomber . . . Finally: Pacino Founding Father impressions . . .

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