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Wonder why women were allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia? Because it was getting expensive for familes to hire drivers for them. This is a crashcourse on the history and modern politics of Saudia Arabia. We discuss the founding of the modern Saudi state, economic challenges, womens rights, and their disataser in Yemen.
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Major Danny Sjursen comes on the show to talk about errors in U.S foreign policy in the Greater Middle East. Major Danny Sjursen is a US Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He writes regularly for tomdispatch.com and he’s the author of Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge.
Follow him on Twitter @SkepticalVet.
Danny’s Podcast: https://www.fortressonahill.com
Danny’s Memoirs: Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge.
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Come and sit Uncle Kalashnikova's lap and learn the fascinating history of the worlds most famous rifle. Even after seven decades, the AK-47 and remains the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their reliability and low production cost. They are available in pretty much every geographic region. They are so easy to handle that even a child can use it if they can handle the recoil.
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