Crime, War, and the Use of Force

Episode #238

This week, Bill and Phil reflect on the deployment of the National Guard to blue cities across the country and then explore the difference between war and crime as it relates to Trump’s campaign against Venezuela.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland” by Patrick Svitek, Leo Sands, Praveena Somasundaram, and Emily Davies in The Washington Post

• “Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors” by J. David Goodman in The New York Times

• “What’s wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade” by John Yoo in The Washington Post

• “Is Trump's war on drug cartels legal?” on NPR

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