Never Let a War Go to Waste

About this episode

This episode explores the connections between Iraq, Iran, and World War I within the framework of fossil fascism.

Lots of people are talking about the similarities between Iraq and Iran, but in this episode we place the two in the context of another war—World War I—and the historical arc of fossil fascism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• war
• fossil fuels
• historical context
• Iraq
• Iran
• World War I
• fossil fascism

Keywords

• Iraq
• Iran
• World War I
• fossil fuels
• fossil fascism
• war history
• geopolitics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iraq, Iran

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