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Mar 2022
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Unraveling 32: Enough Already w/Scott Ho...

Jocko Willink and Darryl Cooper
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Jocko and Darryl welcome special guest Scott Horton. Scott is the director of the Libertarian Institute, and the senior editor of antiwar.com. He's also an author of books such as Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terror.

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