On today’s episode, Vital Interests author and national security extraordinaire Thomas Joscelyn makes his first Remnant appearance. With a healthy supply of Hayek references on hand, Jonah seems determined to outdo the wonkiness of Brian Riedl’s visit earlier this week. Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, China, and the meaning of necrocracy are all discussed peacefully by the pair, until a certain name is mentioned; If you thought Jonah’s contempt for Woodrow Wilson was unparalleled, just wait until you hear the disdain that overtakes Tom at the mere mention of Henry Kissinger.

Show Notes:

- Tom’s journal, Long War

- Vital Interests at The Dispatch

- Just in case you happen to know Siraj Haqqani

- The history of the institutionalized form of al-Qaeda, the AQAP

- Bin Laden’s files

- Tom: “The Flawed Reasoning Behind Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal”

- Jonah: “Biden Citing the Wrong Reasons for Afghanistan Withdrawal”

- The Remnant with Bing West

- Kissinger makes WWI metaphors in regards to China

- Hitchens: “A necrocracy?”

- The Remnant with Oriana Skylar Mastro

- “The Longer Telegram,” by an anonymous official

- Lin Wells’ memo

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