In this episode of New Ideal, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss how the failure of American post-9/11 policy led to the October 7 attacks.
Among the topics covered:
How the failed American response to 9/11 paved the way for October 7;
How religion and altruism undermined the response to Islamic totalitarianism;
How the West lies to itself about the nature of Hamas;
Why there are no voices articulating a positive strategy for the Middle East;
The need to rethink the philosophic principles guiding American foreign policy.
Recommended in this podcast are Ghate and Journo's book Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong After 9/11 and Journo's Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism.
The podcast premiered on September 11, 2024.
