Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East

Eli Lake, host of The Re-Education and national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center, joins the show to talk about 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.  ▪️ Times  • 02:04 Introduction • 02:43 From Philly To The Middle East • 05:14 9/11 • 07:49 The World Before  • 09:20 No More Nation Building • 12:03 Neo-Cons Or Not • 18:09 Liberal Internationalists  • 22:05 Early Mistakes • 29:08 Baking In Problems  • 32:46 The Bonn Conference     • 37:04 Capable Of Being Free • 41:04 Toppling Sadam - Right or Wrong?     • 45:47 WMDs And Insurgency • 53:25 New Strategies     • 56:51 The Surge  • 59:01 The Loss Of Choice