darryl li and aziz rana join us now. rana, lay out your argument in this major piece that you have written for dissent that has gotten so much response. >> thank you for having me on the show. it is great to be here. the argument, is that if you just think of the long history of the natiol secured establishment policies throughout the entire post-cold war period, it is one of repeated failure. these are terrible words of choice in the middle east, along with instructive neoliberal policies -- destructive neoliberal policies that are promoted mass economic commiseration along large sectors of the world. yet every time there is a new international crisis, it is as if that passage is wiped clean and instead left critics of the national security establishment to find themselves on the defensive. i try to work through why that is the case in the argument, is it has to do with certain tendencies in the way which left voices articulate position to the national security framework. it also has to do with the fact the left needs c