"Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy. He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex.

He recently wrote the piece "A Pentagon Rising: Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?" for TomDispatch, which states: "The person currently rumored to be the frontrunner ... is General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis, a 44-year Marine and former head of the U.S. Central Command who left the military in 2013 amid disagreements with the Obama administration over how many troops to deploy in Iraq and how hard a line to take on Iran. According to a Washington Post profile of Mattis, he 'consistently pushed the military to punish Iran and its allies, including calling for more covert actions to capture and kill Iranian operatives and interdictions of Iranian warships.' ..."

Guest: William Hartung

Host: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Producer: Olivia Richardson

Executive Producer: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Image by: Drew Coffman, https://flic.kr/p/9gJ6LX

Music:

Antony Raijekov - By the Coast (2004)

Manuele Atzei - Crezima

Lessazo - Doute