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We will delve into the political climate at the time, the aftermath of the attack, and Chorin's thoughts on the current state of affairs in Libya.
In this special episode of the program, we are joined by former US diplomat Ethan Chorin to discuss the events of Benghazi - 10 Years Later.
Chorin was one of a few US diplomats posted to Libya in 2004 and was in Benghazi at the time of the attack on the US mission in 2012. We will delve into the political climate at the time, the aftermath of the attack, and Chorin's thoughts on the current state of affairs in Libya.
Chorin brings a unique perspective to the conversation, having been on the ground in Libya during a crucial time in the country's history. He will provide insight into the events leading up to the attack on the US mission, as well as the response from the US government. We will also discuss the ongoing conflict and instability in Libya, and what the future may hold for the country.
In addition to his diplomatic experience, Chorin is also a political analyst and author (Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink), with a deep understanding of the complex dynamics at play in Libya. Tune in for a fascinating and informative conversation with an insider's perspective on Benghazi.
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Brian Nichols 0:00
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Ethan Chorin 1:18
Thanks for having me.
Brian Nichols 1:19
Absolutely. Thank you for joining us. And thank you for bringing some context here to the show today as we discuss Benghazi 10 years later. But first, do us a favor, introduce yourself here to The Brian Nichols Show audience specifically, your role as it pertains to Benghazi back in 2012.
Ethan Chorin 1:36
Well, I was a diplomat and early in the early 2000s, posted to Libya, when we United States first started re engaging with Colonel Muammar Qaddafi who's a figure that many may remember from the 80s 90s. And before is a very colorful dictator in the Middle East, who most notoriously was involved with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which again, is back in the news to the last couple of days. But maybe we could get to that a little bit later. I say my background is in international affairs, I was trained as an economist and spent much of my career in the Middle East. After leaving that I was on the Foreign Service for about five years and half of that time was was posted to Libya. And after the I then went on to other postings in the region, and left the Foreign Service after I get again about five years and wound up in Dubai working for multinational, on thing, things that are somewhat quite a bit different. And in that context, the Arab Spring erupted the series of uprisings against various Middle East regimes that started in late 2010. And continued on for the for the course of the next few years. And in that context, I was looking I never thought I'd be back to Libya so soon, but I found myself pulled back to the city of Benghazi when the uprising started for started there in February of 2011. And a Libyan American colleague of mine and I decided somewhat on exactly on a lark, but precipitously that we would go back to Benghazi, there was an opportunity for us to try to pull in American medical capacity to technology and know how into into a country that had where the United States have just just intervened to save the city of Benghazi from a unexpected attack by by my Colonel Qaddafi. And in that context, we spent about a year pulling in a number of us teaching hospitals and trying to build build capacity, particularly in terms of management's expertise and technology. And in that context, we, we hold
Brian Nichols 4:23
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Ethan Chorin 4:37
That's a bit of comic relief. So in any case, this is the context in which I was became I was in Benghazi during the attack in 2012 on the anniversary of 911. And so the the environment Leading up to the attack was quite quite the security situation was deteriorating rapidly. And I had a very ominous feeling about about that trip, we were in a situation where we essentially had to present ourselves in Benghazi in order to take care of some final arrangements on a on a contract that was quite important for, say, what we what we had worked for over the course of the previous year and moving forward. And it was a situation in which we felt if if we sort of gave up this window of opportunity, that the chances of restarting it might be slim. I think, actually, Ambassador Stevens, who was one of the four tragically killed in that, in that attack on the US mission mission in Benghazi, faced a similar dilemma, I think he was, and that is something that is is, is not very well known to the general public. I think, Ambassador Stevens was somewhat indirectly criticized in the hearings and the investigations following the attack for perhaps being a bit too adventurous, taking too many too many risks, that he put himself in harm's way and that there wasn't really a significant reason for us. And I, in the book that I'm, I've written about, about sort of reassessing the attack and its context. That's one of the sort of major sort of issues that around which I think the American public didn't really get the full story at the time. But perhaps you can make we can again, get back come back to that a little bit. Yeah. Well,
Brian Nichols 6:41
I wanted to pause really quick there, because I think you just raised a really interesting point. It did have long term implications, when you look at our American political discourse here at home, too. And there was a lot of, I think, of that political polarization that took away from what actually took place, and a lot of stuff that was missed. And I think that is specifically why you haven't you being able to outline this today is so important, because a lot of folks only have that memory of the politicized event, they don't have the breakdown of actually what happened. So I think that's exactly why what we're talking about today is so pertinent when you're talking about this 10 years later.
Ethan Chorin 7:25
Yes, well, I think there are, there are two spheres. I mean, the may approach it this way, the there's something that I sort of call the Benghazi paradox, which is the the attack and and the scandal that followed, generated an enormous amount of noise in the United States, political recruit recriminations, much of it around, you know, who was responsible, whether it was the right the left was the left, covering something up was the right being, essentially using the attack as a, as a means to discredit and disabled the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. All of that stuff basically, just absorbed an enormous amount of media attention. And I think it's fair to say that the Benghazi scandal was one of the most sort of talked about events in modern, I'm not may not have been modern in American political history, in just in terms of the sheer number of words, and the sheer number of broadcasts dedicated to the to, to looking at this, the evolution of this of this, this issue. But we really don't today, 10 years later, we really have no idea. What about sort of the the origins of the attack? The I mean, we haven't we mainly the origins of the attack, we have some idea of what of what happened during the, during the attack itself. But we also have very little idea of how this this impacted American domestic politics and, and also for foreign foreign policy. So in the book, I go into more detail about the sort of the long the long backstory to how did we How did that attack occur? And it's really overwhelmed up in this long history of the original 911 The attack on Washington in New York that killed you know, upwards of 3000 people and sparked the the Iraq War. I mean, that that's that event, and its precursors, mainly the, the Afghan American support for the Afghan mujahideen in in the late 70s and early 80s. All of these events are connected. And within that, that whole story, there emerges a group of Libyan radical fighters who again traveled to Afghanistan in the late 80s. mainly as a means of acquiring the expertise and technical knowledge to overthrow Colonel Qaddafi back home and Libya. And they wind up becoming sort of protagonists in a in a process of, of trying to. Well, they become they become major political actors and military actors within Libya. And that story is rather complicated, but it touches on the the process of extraordinary rendition where the United States track down and delivered back to several countries following 911 radicals who they suspected of being connected to Osama bin Laden, etc. And then following that there was a sort of a flippin policy where we at least partially tried to see if we could rehabilitate, rehabilitate, rehabilitate some of these, these individuals, and and sort of fold them into a process of reforming of reform. Such as we went on with, with with Moammar Qaddafi, after after the US agreement with him in 2003. I don't know if it's, I'm
Brian Nichols 11:15
no, this is helpful. And I guess that goes to my my next question. And that is in your kind of doing a nice way of lining us up is the domino effect, right of the things that happen in the past, impacting the things in the future and where we are today, fast forward 10 years, I would like to see if you have maybe some of the things from a foreign perspective, like a foreign policy perspective that we're still feeling the echoes of from that domino falling back in 2012.
Ethan Chorin 11:44
Well, I mean, there's another way of sort of paraphrasing this with respect to Well, first, there's the domestic issue, I think that the Benghazi attack created a was sort of the kindling for a an American polarized political polarization, that went beyond anything that one could really expect, to come out of, you know, on the surface of it to come out of a, an attack on a remote United States Post, even given the fact that US ambassador and three other diplomats were killed, the vets that event, as I explained in the book, there are several features of the attack itself that lent itself to being politicized. And a lot of it had to do with it with with its connections with the original 911, the fact that it occurred on the the anniversary of 911, the fact that that it was a, you know, that we had, obviously a death, but first death of US ambassador since since the 70s. But also all of the other political issues that came along with 911. And the emphasis on protecting the American homeland and security and identity issues. And very significantly, the fact that the attack occurred in the last lap before the 2012 election. So immediately, there's this context for the politicization. And in addition to that, you also have the fact that social media was evolving at this point, very, very, in ways that weren't really quite fully understood by the political community, and even the media. So you had I think I spoke interviewed with a number of social media, sort of experts trend followers at the time that that argue that had been Ghazi occurred, you know, a few months before or some other time than right then the sort of silo effect of scandal, the fact that it became such a lightning rod for pushing people to the extremes might not have been so, so pronounced. But getting back into your questions about about effects, I think that directly from that, you know, I think the Benghazi scandal morphed in from the question of who was responsible and whether there was a, a so called cover up of facts related to the attack into things like Hillary Clinton's emails, if you remember, that was an issue around whether Clinton the fact that that Secretary of State Clinton used a private server for her work emails. This is really unfortunate.
Brian Nichols 14:35
It's a okay, we've had worse things.
Ethan Chorin 14:39
So, so so we have, you know, essentially by the time the election came around, you have the Benghazi attack morphed into other other scandals which which sort of detracted from the fact that where that where the momentum first started, so, you know, it's interesting when I interviewed senior Obama administration officials many years later, and ask them what was the you know, how did they rate the impact of Benghazi on American? On the 2016, election four years later, they rated very high. And that's there's there's a sort of a retroactive sense that, in fact, Benghazi was a major, if not, in fact, the major force behind the election of Donald Trump. And that's goes to, again, the sort of the polarization the the, the fact that the email scandal or pseudo scandal, depending on your point of view, came out of the Benghazi attack and the investigation into it, though, quote, the FBI, James Comey director, statements, that that seemed to suggest that that Clinton was under you know, was going to be a if she were elected would be under a criminal investigation, with relation to the emails, the fact that the Russian cyber attacks themselves employed a variety of means and and Attack, attack, material that that could that was used as feedstock for their, for their internet campaigns. All of these things played a role in in, in the election. And I think, because we were so distracted, and because as a country, we were pushed each of us each side, the left and the right to our own political narratives around Benghazi, we it's almost like the scandal sort of ate itself up and left, no, left no trace. So we were left with this idea that, in fact, none of that really happened or never network didn't really matter. There were other things that were more pressing, we sort of moved on into this ever accelerating hunger for new new material, new scandals, that sort of almost like, you know, the men in black, you know, things where you you erase people's memory. And we haven't since since, you know, that then thrust us into the whole period of the trumpet. presidency, and, and, you know, the pace of American politics and, and, and the emotionality that has just increased. So you have so you have that, that sort of effect we're all obsessed with, we're certainly the the mainstream media has been obsessed for the last several, several months, if not years, with, with, with personality of Trump and whether you know, and views of him on both sides, right. But we we've we've sort of forgotten what's come before. And then with respect to foreign policy, you had in the in the wake of, of the Benghazi attack, a, a, what has been described by again, many, many senior officials, with whom I've interviewed for the book, this this sense of a profound risk aversion that nobody wanted to the sort of the whole climate of the Arab Spring and whether the United States was going to intervene more deeply in places like Syria, what it was going to do about Yemen, where the where another sort of significant rebellion was was was underway. Increasingly, with the support of Iran, all of these things, and then you know, what was going on with Russia, there was just this sense, overall sense that that now more than ever, the United States was just not willing, and the Obama administration was not willing to take significant risks on behalf of and Libya became Benghazi became sort of a symbol of the fact that the one place where we did intervene, Libya, was had turned out to be not produce the the positive results that we that we hoped for. So we would and and Washington as a whole was afraid that if if actions were taken on the ground abroad, that these would would, and that things didn't go well, that this would this would result in yet another series of committees that would call witnesses to testify and just generate more of this sort of the spectacle that the Benghazi attack did. So I think that had a huge impact on just sort of the United States General posture towards the Middle East as a whole. And, and indirectly, our major adversaries who were looking at the Middle East as a, as a playing field in which any retreat from the on the part of the United States could be an opportunity to put their their foot forward at our expense. So you had, you know, that matter applies to Russia first and first and foremost, perhaps and China, and certainly a number of extreme extremist groups that, say use the Benghazi attack as As a signal to come in and force. And in fact, you know, one of the first casualties of this was that Libya and eastern Libya failed to, to allies of al Qaeda and and later the Islamic State, which probably would not have happened or at least not have it happen so swiftly had had the Benghazi attack not occurred.
Brian Nichols 20:20
Well, Ethan, we are unfortunately already hard pressed for time, which means the audience knows it's time for our final thoughts. And I'll go ahead and kick things off here. And that is, folks Tis the season to be merry. And with that being said, yeah, actually, today is the last day today is the last day that you can go ahead and get things ordered. Over at the shop, Brian Nichols show.com forward slash shop if you want to guarantee it will be in time for Christmas. So again, if you want go ahead and get that awesome gift for the Liberty lover, that freedom fanatic in your life, we have t shirts, backpacks, yard signs and more head the Brian Nichols show.com forward slash shop and use code TBNS at checkout. Again, today is the last day so we're airing here, Monday, the 12. If you want to see those gifts guaranteed at your doorstep to give to your loved ones for the holidays, make sure you go ahead and get things ordered by the end of the day today. That's my final thoughts. Ethan, what do you have for us?
Ethan Chorin 21:23
Well, if you're if you haven't started, reach capacity with your your gifts. My book is called Benghazi, the new history of the fiasco that pushed America and its and its world to the brink.
Brian Nichols 21:38
And the book itself is not burnt. That's just the cover.
Ethan Chorin 21:41
Yes, the grind graphic artists had had a bit of a go with that. Yeah, I think the major the major takeaway here is that Benghazi really hasn't been done justice, not in the sense of who, who was who was responsible, necessarily but but its its general context, I think the Americans have a sense that they that it was a massive waste of time that it really doesn't merit any any additional scrutiny. But there it's full of lessons for, for, for how America is both losing power in the modern era and ways in which you can prevent such a political blowout in the future.
Brian Nichols 22:22
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Ethan Chorin 22:42
Well, I have a I have a an author website, Ethan shorten author.com. And I take, I have a newsletter and I take questions from people that I try to answer every at the end of every month. And there's some giveaways along with that as well. I'd love to hear from people
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Author - Former Diplomat
From 2004-2006, Ethan Chorin was one of a handful of US diplomats posted to Libya in the wake of rapprochement with Colonel Gaddafi. Six years later, he was in Benghazi (planning to meet the next day with Ambassador Chris Stevens) when the U.S. mission came under attack—an event that still reverberates through American domestic politics and foreign policy in disturbing and unexpected ways, as Chorin explains in his new book BENGHAZI! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink.
Despite hundreds of hours of Congressional hearings, a deep dive into Hillary Clinton’s personal email, and the trial of two suspects (ultimately acquitted), there are many unanswered questions about what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. Until now.
To tell this story, Chorin draws on his own bone-chilling experience during the Benghazi attack, his expertise as a former diplomat and scholar of Libyan history, and new interviews with Libyan insiders, eyewitnesses, and various senior Obama officials, including Hillary Clinton. Democrats and Republicans agree on little when it comes to Benghazi, but both sides are likely to find themselves feeling vindicated by some of Chorin’s revelations and conclusions, while strongly contesting others.
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The data, facts, and realities of COVID were far away from what the media and public health institutions were presenting to the world at the advent of the pandemic. And while the controlling narrative was that of lockdowns and fear …
Persuasion is a crucial skill for anyone in business—whether you're convincing your boss to give you a raise or trying to close a client on the phone. But it's not as easy as it sounds. In fact, some people spend …
Small Businesses Matter: One Owner's Inspiring Journey of Resistance and Persistence
The Good, the Bad, and the Generous: @MrBeast Under Fire
Learn how to effectively explain libertarianism to your friends and family by using sales and marketing strategies on this episode of The Brian Nichols Show
Discover the Secrets of Making Compelling Arguments and Persuading Others with VA Delegate Nick Freitas
Want to sell more? Then try saying less. Sounds counterintuitive, I know. But it’s true. In fact, many of the most successful consumer brands and political organizations in the world do just that—and it works for them. So, how can …
This week, we're going to explore this question and more as I take you through the old tale of why you should never argue with a donkey, no matter what color it claims its grass is. And how does this …
Unveiling the TRUTH behind the COVID mask delusion
House on Fire: @mattjbatt's Cautionary Tale for America's Dark Future
@AP4Liberty & @SteffiP4Liberty Unveiling the Making of 'Calvin the Coolest President
Big Changes & Exciting News - The Brian Nichols Show's Revamp!
Emily, who forced her kids to mask while hiking OUTSIDE now says we need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were "in the dark about COVID". Today, I outline why my answer to her …
On today's episode, I'm over on Chis Goyzueta's podcast, "Making it with Chris G", where I'm helping explain how sales strategies can help musicians and artists take their craft to the next level.
Harnessing the trigger events that turn prospects into customers.
How can giving someone the opportunity to be wrong help us win more deals?
Giving business owners and entrepreneurs the Austrian economic tools, intelligence, and community to win in today's marketplace.
There is a whole separate economy emerging for the people that are just tired of the wokeness. And they just want a break.
How the "JUST DO BUSINESS" approach is the pathway for ending the generational poverty of black communities across the country, by proving that the Free Enterprise System works for everyone.
@KDCodyTN Returns to discuss how Trump's pandemic handling could make or break his 2024 prospects
Plus, why do so many folks seem to hate salemen?
Freedom makes sense because not freedom is not only nature... freedom is science!
How can telling better stories help #SellLiberty? Matt Kibbe returns to the program to show how storytelling is a crucial tool in the toolbelt in helping illustrate our ideas and our solutions to a market of non-libertarians who are looking …
Selling is half the battle... helping people buy is where we win!
How can using expert insights help you become your prospect's go-to trusted advisor?
How do the top sales pros get to where they are? Hard work? DNA? A little of both?
Serving Your Clients By Being Uniquely You & By Bringing The Human Touch
How can dreaming big and focusing on bettering the individual help us build phenomenal teams?
Talking about difficult topics doesn't have to be as bad as we think.
Healthcare access should not be limited to the wealthy, the insured, or the geographically well located. Healing is for everyone.
Using Cryptocurrency to Help Heal the World
The Denver Broncos are officially up for sale, and a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are planning on putting their hat in the ring!
“I fear the country I love is becoming like the country I left.”
How can changing your outlook help your mental health AND your career prospects!?
The fastest way to revenue growth is not finding new business - it's upselling to your existing customer base!
On today's episode of The Brian Nichols Show, I'm joined by Hannah Cox and Brad Polumbo to discuss Elon Musk potentially buying Twitter, and why the elites have been reacting like it's "the end of the world". "I just I …
On today's episode of The Brian Nichols Show, I'm joined by Morgan Bonwell (Founder, Right Strategies) to discuss the importance of building a storybrand to help candidates and campaigns effectively meet their constituents wh...
Why adland has stopped selling and started saving the world.
Tolerance isn't blind acceptance. Nor is it tacit acceptance.
Returning to The Brian Nichols Show today is Dr. Patrick Moore (Author, "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom") to discuss how most of the scare stories in the media today are based on things that are invisible, li...
The conversation towards abortion/Roe v. Wade has always been a heated discussion... but does it have to be that way?
After 4 and 1/2 years, we've hit an incredible milestone at The Brian Nichols Show. Not only have we hit the top 1.5% of podcasts globally , but we have just reached our 500th episode! Today, I'm sharing 5 of …
Inflation has been felt at the grocery store, at the gas pump, at the car dealership, traveling.... okay, pretty much everywhere. And yes, that means that the home building industry has been hit just as hard. How hard has it …
When people are best friends with other people, they usually stay at a company.
Discover Joshua Toms' journey from socialist to a Libertarian City Council candidate, as he shares insights on wealth disparity, social issues, and the impact of local politics in Lebanon, Ohio,
@rkmcshane discuss the path to victory for top GOP & DNC candidates, shedding light on campaign strategies, key issues, and the challenges faced in the ever-evolving political landscape.
CEO Brian Fitzpatrick of @GetInQredible discusses how his company is using blockchain and third-party verification to ensure safe, quality CBD products in the cannabis industry.
Discover the key to success in leadership with trust expert Darryl Stickel on the importance of trust in organizations and society
@NickHudsonCT unmasks the TRUTH behind the COVID-19 pandemic and its political connections in this episode of The Brian Nichols Show
Are we winning hearts and minds, winning elections, or both? On today's episode, I'm joined by Kenny Cody and Jeremy Todd to talk about Blake Masters recently receiving the endorsement of Libertarian US Senate candidate, Marc Victor, and the implications …
On today's episode, I'm joined once again by Kyle Sefcik, Unaffiliated Write-In for Governor of Maryland!
On today's episode, we're going back to January 2021, when I joined Matt Kibbe on his program, Kibbe on Liberty.
Today, I'll also be sharing some of my own personal call scripts that have worked for me and will give you some tips on how to create a great script that will help you in your day-to-day sales activities.
Do you ever feel like your government is making decisions without really knowing what it's doing? On today's episode, Rodgir and I discuss the danger of "do something" politics and how this type of thinking can lead to bad policy …
When a madman with a rifle started shooting at an Indiana mall this past weekend, a good guy with a gun stopped him—and saved countless lives.
On today's episode, I'm joined by Lt. Col Waldo Waldman to talk about leading with courage, building trusting partnerships, and reaching new heights in business.
In today's episode, I'm walking through 4 speeches/ads from 4 past presidents and outlining why they worked and what we can learn from them.
Bruce is running on a platform of privacy, decentralization, and digital freedom. In this episode, we talk about his campaign and how the principles behind those ideas can change our world.
GetHedge makes it simple to get paid in crypto by automatically converting your pay into Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum.
Facts don't care about your feelings? I mean, sure, facts don't care about your feelings, but feelings sell. And that's where we're losing the battle. It's the battle on actually appealing to people's feelings, and appealing to people's emotions
Speaking the truth in love means considering the other person's interests and doing it out of helping the other person. But sometimes you need to say something that they're not necessarily going to like.
Brian Nichols: "Why why is it so hard to close business? Because we make it harder than it actually has to be." Check out today's special solo episode where we dig into how to adapt with the changes, plus helping …
How can selling different help you win more business?
Mass hysteria and weaponized hypochondria have no place in healthcare.
Eric Brakey and Brian Nichols break down the top stories of 2021!
"The only way to cut through the clutter is to have a message that is going to resonate with the prospect and what's going on in their world, right at that very moment."
Stop overthinking the sales process... remember that you're selling change!
"The word freedom is very important, because it's not discussed freely and openly and courageously in academia."
Asking great questions. It is both a science AND an art.
How to grow your business and build your audience using the secret formula that elects presidents.
