S5E4 - Still Toking with Pete Turner (U.S Army Counterintelligence)

Episode Notes S5E4 -- Join us as we dive into the mind of U.S Army Counterintelligence specialist Pete Turner. He'll take us on his journeys from Afghanistan to Iraq and beyond. Pete Turner has spent several years as a counterintelligence specialist for the U.S. Army traveling to many countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, Germany, and Iraq. He is now using his extensive knowledge and experience in geopolitics, tactical-espionage, and U.S. travel to provide compelling evidence outside the typical media landscapes which brings us to his current project, a nonprofit organization called International Institute for Nonproliferation Studies (IINPS). NEWS FLASH You can now purchase Toking with the Dead full novel here https://a.co/d/7uypgZo https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../toking.../1143414656... You can see all your past favorite episodes now streaming on https://redcoraluniverse.com/ OR Show your support by purchasing FB stars. Send stars to the stars fb.com/stars Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TokingwiththeDead?tn=-]C-R https://www.instagram.com/stilltokingwith/?hl=en https://twitter.com/thetoking?lang=en https://pinecast.com/feed/still-toking-with Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhL5FyW_j4 Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUai58ua6o Buy awesome Merchandise! https://www.stilltoking.com/toking-with-the-dead-train https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with Sponsorship Opportunities https://www.stilltoking.com/become-a-sponsor or email us at [email protected] [email protected] ————————————— Follow our guest https://www.youtube.com/c/peteaturner https://twitter.com/PeteExecutive https://americanwarriorradio.com/.../break-it-down-show.../ ———————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 https://thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Dead Dork Radio https://live365.com/station/Dead-Dork-Radio-a68071 MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: ABOUT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES (IINPS) “Frankly,” say Mr Turner, “I was tired of seeing people getting killed while we floundered from top to bottom.” The inception of the IINPS aimed to tackle issues identified in US foreign policy, particularly the challenge of connecting day-to-day operations with strategic objectives. Diverging from conventional institutions, the IINPS distinguishes itself as a multidisciplinary organization grounded in practical experience rather than theoretical academia. It brings together a diverse range of seasoned professionals who have firsthand knowledge of the recurring and foreseeable failures of US initiatives abroad. This underscores the notion that the United States, due to its incapacity, inadvertently fosters instability. Paradoxically, despite contributing to this instability, the US often rejects this outcome as implausible. Policymakers and planners dismiss this harsh reality, unwilling to acknowledge their failures, as accepting such a notion seems inconceivable to them. Founder Pete Turner expressed his motivation, stating, "I initiated this venture out of frustration with the recurring, avoidable mistakes in our approach. My goal is to break the cycle of history repeating itself. Top priority of the organization is to improve the accuracy and priorities of foreign policy because we pick things that are irrelevant, costing time, money and effort, resulting in unnecessary deaths which could have been avoided.