{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/614b3d962ce769001272d215?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The \"Milley's Crossing\" Edition","description":"<p>This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by special guest <em>Lawfare</em> executive editor (and first-time podcaster) Natalie Orpett! They sat down to discuss:</p><ul><li>The AUKUS Awkwardness: Why does a new&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/21/five-things-i-think-i-think-about-aukus/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-U.K.-Australia agreement</a>&nbsp;over&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/aa5c9fd5-891b-4680-b3c7-5a55d03f673c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">submarines</a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-france-aukus-nuclear-submarines-australia-britain-ambassador-indo-pacific-11632166702\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">France</a>&nbsp;(and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/18/aukus-australia-united-states-submarines-china-really-means/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">China</a>) up in arms?</li><li>Not Like on J6: What does the \"Justice for J6 Rally\"&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/09/18/cops-and-journalists-vastly-outnumbered-the-attendees-at-saturdays-far-right-rally-in-dc/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">flop</a>&nbsp;tell us about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/extremism-j6-capitol-media-researchers/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">state of right-wing extremism</a>&nbsp;here in the United States and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://shtpost.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-september-18?utm_source=optout\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how the media covers it</a>?</li><li>Milley's Crossing: Did the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/mark-milley-woodward-trump-crisis-bb8a80b1-3e3a-492b-934a-99825cc6ef7f.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">step out of line</a>&nbsp;in trying to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">assuage Chinese concerns</a>&nbsp;over President Trump's intentions?</li></ul><p>For Object Lessons, Alan shared his Midwest pride in his wife's&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/ARozenshtein/status/1439064518857043970\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">(vegetarian) hot dish</a>&nbsp;(recipe&nbsp;<a href=\"https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020916-tater-tot-casserole\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>). Quinta celebrated the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/09/21/dc-dave-thomas-circle-wendys/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tearing down</a>&nbsp;of the monument to inefficiency at the center of D.C.'s&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-a-wendys-doing-there-the-story-of-washingtons-weirdest-traffic-circle/2017/12/25/461f7fea-dea4-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_33\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Thomas Circle</a>. Scott shared a scandalous discovery he recently made at a family wedding. And Natalie urged listeners to both visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/us/politics/national-mall-covid-deaths.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">touching monument</a>&nbsp;to Americans who died as a result of the COVID pandemic on the National Mall and celebrated the French language's special way with outrage, as embodied in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French national anthem</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Be sure to visit our show page at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lawfareblog.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.lawfareblog.com</a>&nbsp;and to follow us on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RatlSecurity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@RatlSecurity</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>And Rational Security listeners can now get a committed ad-free feed by becoming a <em>Lawfare</em> material supporter at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/lawfare\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.patreon.com/lawfare</a>!</p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}