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Trapped in the War on Terrorism: Conversation Ian Lustick, Bess W. Heyman Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, May 1, 2006, by Harry Kreisler

See a webcast of this interview:
Lustick

See also the 2002 Lustick
interview: Coming to Terms
with Israel

Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today is Ian Lustick who is the Bess M. Heyman Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. book coverHis new book is entitled Trapped in the War On Terror. Ian has been a consultant to every administration since President Carter either at the mid level of the bureaucracy or even as high as the Office of the President.
  • The Phantom War ... trillions of dollars spent ... pre-9/11 hawks for Iraq war ... post-9/11 turning of the tide ... the juggernaut of the War on Terror ... framing the questions determines the answers ... hijacking the Madisonian system of government ... "red-teaming" exercises produce hopeless scenarios ... the real accomplishment of al Qaeda