DC Film Series: War and the Rogue Presidency with Ivan Eland

Ivan Eland, defense analyst and author of books such as Recarving Rushmore and War and the Rogue Presidency, sits down with David Gornoski to discuss the history of America’s warhawk policies from both the Democratic and Republican parties. The two look particularly at the practice of starting wars from false flags and the myth of retribution. Did the US know that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor? Whose side are we on in Syria? How does war relate to the ancient religious practice of human sacrifice?