The Unravelling 2: Saddam at War

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The Unravelling 2: Saddam at War

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59 minutes

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Oct 12, 2020

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The Cold War and the Islamic revolutions of 1979 raises false hope among US policymakers for Saddam Hussein, whose blood-soaked reign would begin and end in war.

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Oct 12, 2020

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The Unravelling 1: Defining The Enemy: Jocko and Darryl Cooper discuss the "beginnings" of the war on terror. by Jocko Unraveling
60 min listen
The Unravelling 3: A Festering Sore: The traumatic experience of Vietnam shapes the US approach to the Gulf War. The easy victory in Kuwait shapes expectations of the Global War on Terror. by Jocko Unraveling
70 min listen
The Unravelling 7: The Sword of Destruction: Three years onto the Iraq War, the country is in flames and American support for the war is waning. Jocko leads Task Unit Bruiser into Ramadi, the capital of the al Qaeda caliphate, as a part of an effort to engage with local leaders and prove... by Jocko Unraveling
83 min listen
The Unravelling 5: "Do You Guys Have Run-Flats?": Jocko completes his first tour and heads back to the US as Iraq begins to come apart at the sectarian seams. by Jocko Unraveling
65 min listen
The Unravelling 8: What's your Story, pt. 1 by Jocko Unraveling
71 min listen
The Unravelling 12: The Error Box by Jocko Unraveling
76 min listen
The Unravelling 4: War Party: After the fall of Saddam’s regime, US forces struggle to provide security as an insurgency takes shape. Jocko’s first tour is action-packed, but ends as Iraq spirals out of control. by Jocko Unraveling
88 min listen
The Unravelling 13: A People Drowning: Jocko and Darryl discuss the implications of a recent CDC report detailing a dramatic increase in substance abuse and mental health problems. by Jocko Unraveling
60 min listen
The Unravelling 10: Deaths of Despair by Jocko Unraveling
65 min listen
The Unravelling 2: Saddam at War: The Cold War and the Islamic revolutions of 1979 raises false hope among US policymakers for Saddam Hussein, whose blood-soaked reign would begin and end in war. by Jocko Unraveling
59 min listen
The Unravelling 9: What's Your Story, pt. 2 by Jocko Unraveling
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The Unravelling 6: Trying to Win: With many political and military leaders pronouncing the Iraq War a failure, Jocko prepares to lead his SEAL Task Unit into a battle that will change the course of the conflict. by Jocko Unraveling
59 min listen
Unraveling 27: All In Our Heads: What is a liberal democracy without a functional free press? The idea almost seems like a contradiction in terms. The mass media has become both more centralized and more politicized, driving us into closed silos of information and sense-making, and... by Jocko Unraveling
70 min listen
Unraveling 20: WALL-E Nationalism: In this episode, were joined by James Poulos, executive editor of American Mind, a publication of the Claremont Institute, to discuss his article on the recent testimony of Army General Mark Milley regarding the teaching of Critical Race Theory at... by Jocko Unraveling
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The Unraveling 14: A Melting Pot On Boil: For thousands of years, nomadic tribes occupied vast lands beyond the limited reach of pre-modern empires. With the dawn of the modern age, these peoples found themselves locked inside the borders of powerful states whose drive to assimilate subject... by Jocko Unraveling
85 min listen
Unravelling 11: You Say You Want A Revolution by Jocko Unraveling
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The Unraveling 15: The Devil Moves In Crowds: The Puritans had fled the iniquity of Europe to found a godly civilization in the New World, but in 1692 the devil tracked them down. Driven by wild accusations from a small group of young girls, Salem Village tore itself apart in a downward spiral of... by Jocko Unraveling
91 min listen
Unraveling 18: Operation Nemesis: After 30 years of repression and brutality against its Armenian subjects, the Ottoman imperial government used the cover of the First World War to enact a vicious Final Solution to the Armenian question. But despite losing the war, the Ottoman... by Jocko Unraveling
62 min listen
Unraveling 16: Drain the Swamp v1.0: Description: As the Cold War kicked off in the late 1940s, America was rocked by revelations that hundreds of Soviet spies had somehow entrenched themselves in the highest levels of the government. When Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy took the lead... by Jocko Unraveling
95 min listen
Unraveling 17: Blood Red Fields: World War 1, the Russian Civil War, the Red Terror, Holodomor, the Great Terror, World War 2, Chernobyl, state collapse, two revolutions, and another civil war. Few countries have had a tougher 100 years than Ukraine. Recent weeks have seen a buildup... by Jocko Unraveling
63 min listen
Unraveling 19: Lightning Milchamah: The Six Day War: In June 1967, Israeli aircraft, armor, and soldiers launched a massive surprise attack against the Egyptian forces of General Gamal Abdul Nasser, and changed the face of the entire Middle East. When the firing died down, the 19-year-old State of... by Jocko Unraveling
95 min listen
Unraveling 21: I Guess We're Done Here: With the longest war in American history officially set to wrap up next month, Jocko and Darryl take stock of mistakes made, missed opportunities, lessons learned, and where things stand. by Jocko Unraveling
70 min listen
Unraveling 22: 1917: "There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen." -V.I. Lenin This is the first of a series of discussions about critical years in the 20th century. As the First World War entered its 4th year, the mighty German army... by Jocko Unraveling
75 min listen
Unraveling 33: Repaid in Full: For most of history, and in much of the world today, there were no effective police, courts, prisons, or states. People and groups protected themselves according to the law of honor immortalized as the epitaph of the Roman consul Lucius Sulla: No... by Jocko Unraveling
74 min listen
Unraveling 23: Unmitigated Disaster: Jocko & Darryl discuss the humiliating and catastrophic final days of the US war in Afghanistan. This episode is dedicated to the heroic efforts of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines & civilians who put their bodies on the line to help our... by Jocko Unraveling
117 min listen
Unraveling 26: Absolute War: Description: The French Revolution ended the era of limited warfare, and ushered in the era of peoples' war. The Napoleonic Wars shocked Europe's great powers into a century of relatively few direct military confrontations, but those that occurred -... by Jocko Unraveling
100 min listen
Unraveling 25: Discipline & Punish: In episode #22, we discussed the pivotal year 1917, when the United States and the Soviet Union began their entry onto the stage of global power politics, and the tide decisively turned in the First World War. In this episode, we continue our journey... by Jocko Unraveling
55 min listen
Unraveling 34: Ukraine SITREP: The war between Russia and Ukraine has slowed to a grinding pace. The lightning strikes attempted by Russia in the early days of fighting were blunted by a determined Ukrainian defense, and Russia consolidated & refocused its forces to battle the... by Jocko Unraveling
60 min listen
Unraveling 32: Enough Already w/Scott Horton: Jocko and Darryl welcome special guest Scott Horton. Scott is the director of the Libertarian Institute, and the senior editor of . He's also an author of books such as Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and Enough Already: Time... by Jocko Unraveling
182 min listen
Unraveling 24: Dark Secret Place: Jocko and Darryl welcome Bryan Suits, host of The Dark Secret Place podcast, to discuss Chinese propaganda films, military tech, and global strategy. Bryan is a veteran of both Iraq Wars, the Bosnia peacekeeping mission, and patrolled the streets of... by Jocko Unraveling
85 min listen

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Unraveling 31: Out of The Frying Pan: The Second World War saw all sides engage in unrestrained violence. When the war ended, the US-led Western alliance was suddenly confronted with an aggressive, powerful, and paranoid Soviet Union - a country that had already murdered tens of millions... by Jocko Unraveling
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Unraveling 32: Enough Already w/Scott Horton: Jocko and Darryl welcome special guest Scott Horton. Scott is the director of the Libertarian Institute, and the senior editor of . He's also an author of books such as Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and Enough Already: Time... by Jocko Unraveling
182 min listen
Unraveling 30: Hyenas Attack: Darryl and Jocko discuss free speech, media responsibility, information warfare, and the recent attacks on Joe Rogan. by Jocko Unraveling
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Unraveling 29: No Exit?: Foundational to both American and Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War was the view that direct confrontation between the nuclear-armed superpowers must be avoided. We managed to avoid war with the Soviet Union, but today Vladimir Putin's... by Jocko Unraveling
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Unraveling 28: Bad Intelligence: Former Director of Central Intelligence Mike Pompeo once crowed about his time with the CIA, "We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses." Intelligence work and clandestine operations always toe the line dividing legal from illegal,... by Jocko Unraveling
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Unraveling 27: All In Our Heads: What is a liberal democracy without a functional free press? The idea almost seems like a contradiction in terms. The mass media has become both more centralized and more politicized, driving us into closed silos of information and sense-making, and... by Jocko Unraveling
70 min listen
Unraveling 26: Absolute War: Description: The French Revolution ended the era of limited warfare, and ushered in the era of peoples' war. The Napoleonic Wars shocked Europe's great powers into a century of relatively few direct military confrontations, but those that occurred -... by Jocko Unraveling
100 min listen
Unraveling 25: Discipline & Punish: In episode #22, we discussed the pivotal year 1917, when the United States and the Soviet Union began their entry onto the stage of global power politics, and the tide decisively turned in the First World War. In this episode, we continue our journey... by Jocko Unraveling
55 min listen
Unraveling 24: Dark Secret Place: Jocko and Darryl welcome Bryan Suits, host of The Dark Secret Place podcast, to discuss Chinese propaganda films, military tech, and global strategy. Bryan is a veteran of both Iraq Wars, the Bosnia peacekeeping mission, and patrolled the streets of... by Jocko Unraveling
85 min listen
Unraveling 23: Unmitigated Disaster: Jocko & Darryl discuss the humiliating and catastrophic final days of the US war in Afghanistan. This episode is dedicated to the heroic efforts of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines & civilians who put their bodies on the line to help our... by Jocko Unraveling
117 min listen
Unraveling 22: 1917: "There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen." -V.I. Lenin This is the first of a series of discussions about critical years in the 20th century. As the First World War entered its 4th year, the mighty German army... by Jocko Unraveling
75 min listen
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70 min listen
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79 min listen
Unraveling 19: Lightning Milchamah: The Six Day War: In June 1967, Israeli aircraft, armor, and soldiers launched a massive surprise attack against the Egyptian forces of General Gamal Abdul Nasser, and changed the face of the entire Middle East. When the firing died down, the 19-year-old State of... by Jocko Unraveling
95 min listen
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The Unravelling 2: Saddam at War

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Titles in the series (40)

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