What if America’s “unipolar moment” is over—and our foreign policy is now a self-licking ice-cream cone that burns trillions, breeds blowback, and makes us less safe? Scott Horton (https://scotthorton.org/) joins me to lay out a brutally clear case against empire: the military-industrial complex, media capture, Israel/US policy, great-power friction with China, and why the Ukraine war keeps grinding on.Guest: Scott Horton — Director, Libertarian Institute; host of The Scott Horton Show; Editorial Director at Antiwar.com; author of Fool’s Errand, Enough Already, and Provoked.In this episode2003 as the peak of U.S. power—and the slide sinceHow incentives keep the war machine hummingMedia, think tanks, and “defense industrial base” influenceIsrael/US alignment and Middle East escalation risksChina, Taiwan, supply chains & prudence vs. primacyWhy Ukraine drags on—and off-ramps that might still existWhat a sane grand strategy could look like (retrenchment & diplomacy)