Ethnic Interest Groups Fuel the American Warfare State

Ryan and Zachary look at how interest groups representing Ukrainians, Iraqis, Israelis, and others have often lobbied for US intervention in foreign wars that in no way benefit the American population overall.

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Additional Resources

“Get the US Out of the Middle East” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/WES_14_A

“The Liberty Movement’s Pro-War Fifth Column” by Ted Galen Carpenter: Mises.org/WES_14_B

George Washington’s Farewell Address: Mises.org/WES_14_C

“America Has No Duty to Rule the World” by Daniel Bessner: Mises.org/WES_14_D

Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy by Stephen Wertheim: Mises.org/WES_14_E

“The Left Is Now Telling Us (Ukrainian) Nazis Aren’t So Bad After All” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/WES_14_F

“Armed Neutrality Is the Only Moral Foreign Policy” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/WES_14_G