I am sorry to be taking you on this dark journey, but I strongly feel this is an important story that everyone should know. Over the years, I've tackled some heavy topics. This is definitely one of the heaviest. This episode covers some of the things that happened in El Salvador in the 1980s, in particular the story of the massacre at El Mozote, and how policies formulated by the White House supported death squads unleashing hell on civilians. As much as humanly possible, I'll try to let the facts speak for themselves and not inject too much of my own commentary. I'll pose here again the question that I asked in my previous episode… I'd like you to picture some of the most awful human beings you could possibly imagine… genocidal maniacs, torturers, child rapists. Got the picture? Ok. Now I'd like you to imagine if you can conceive of any circumstances in which not only you wouldn't do everything in your power to stop them, but you would actually support them. Can you think of any scenario that would warrant you supporting people like that? Can you picture yourself fighting hard to make sure they have millions of dollars and supplies to carry out their activities? Keep your answer in mind as you listen to this episode.
[RERUN] EPISODE 66: Sex in Ancient Rome
EPISODE 104: The Saint and the Death Squads
[RERUN] EPISODE 65: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 3): A River of Death
[RERUN] EPISODE 64: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2): Jesus’ Chinese Younger Brother
[RERUN] EPISODE 63: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 1): Drug Dealers and Visionaries
EPISODE 103: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 2)
EPISODE 102: The Lone Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi (Part 1)
EPISODE 101: The History Behind Killers of the Flower Moon
[RERUN] EPISODE 62: Plagues, Mystery and Dancing
[RERUN] EPISODE 61: Raiders in the Night
EPISODE 100: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 2)
EPISODE 99: Thug Life: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 1)
[RERUN] EPISODE 60: Fear and Loathing in Mongolia (Part 2)
[RERUN] EPISODE 59: Fear and Loathing in Mongolia (Part 1)
EPISODE 98: Machine Gun Blues
[RERUN] EPISODE 58 Sitting Bull: Wounded Knee (Part 5)
[RERUN] EPISODE 57 Sitting Bull: Compulsory Civilization with a Side of Murder (Part 4)
[RERUN] EPISODE 56 Sitting Bull: Compulsory Civilization with a Side of Murder (Part 3)
[RERUN] EPISODE 55 Sitting Bull (Part 2)
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