Blowback is a history podcast focusing on US foreign policy from a leftist perspective. It’s named after a CIA term for the unintended consequences of its actions. So far they’ve talked about the Iraq war, the Cuban revolution, the Korean war and US support for the mujahideen in Afghanistan. He’s joking about how there will probably be a future season about Ukraine at some point.
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Blowback is a history podcast focusing on US foreign policy from a leftist perspective. It’s named after a CIA term for the unintended consequences of its actions. So far they’ve talked about the Iraq war, the Cuban revolution, the Korean war and US support for the mujahideen in Afghanistan. He’s joking about how there will probably be a future season about Ukraine at some point.
This is your daily reminder that the American empire “like(s) blowback” because “when you create another problem, you create another opportunity, and when you solve that opportunity with another problem, you keep the hamster wheel going”… Episode 10, Season 1, 1:01:22
Chaos leads to all sorts of opportunities, peace and stability are much harder to exploit to further your own goals
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