Radio War Nerd EP #18—Patrick Cockburn on ISIS & War Reporting

Guest: Patrick Cockburn, author of "The Rise of Islamic State" (Verso Books)

Great hour-long interview with legendary war correspondent Patrick Cockburn on Islamic State and his years reporting from Iraq, Syria and Libya [starts at 48:00 mark]  . . . Before our Cockburn interview, Nerd and Ames yammer about the wide world of wars: Oregon campground war leaves 1 dead, 7 arrested . . . Smug vs Scold—leftist media responses . . . Erdogan's brutal political calculations in waging war on Kurds in SE Turkey . . . Saudi megabucks to Malaysian PM & the spread of Wahhabism . . . Putin's attack on Bolsheviks (vs respect for Stalin) . . . Neocon bum fights—Kagan duo say their terrorists worse than Petraeus' terrorists . . . Chomsky supports bombing ISIS (and the War Nerd feels better about himself) . . . 

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