War Clouds Over Iran
On The Time of Monsters: Amir Handjani on Trump’s new threats.
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War Clouds Over Iran w/ Amir Handjani | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is sending over what he calls “a massive Armada” to Iran with the
promises to do a reprise of his quick attack on Venezuela that ended with the
kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro. Trump claims that “like with
Venezuela, it is, ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission.” But will a
war with Iran really be so simple? To look at the prospects for war and the
larger politics driving the conflict, I spoke with Amir Handjani of The Quincy
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Donald Trump is sending over what he calls “a massive armada” to Iran, promising to repeat the kind of quick attack that ended with the kidnapping of President Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela. Trump claims that, “like with Venezuela, [the US] is ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission.” But will a war with Iran really be so simple? To look at the prospects for war and the larger politics driving the conflict, I spoke with Amir Handjani of The Quincy Institute.
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Gaza and Elite Accountability w/ Connor Echols / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Many of Joe Biden’s closest advisors are now well-ensconced in the sinecures reserved for the elite, working at think tanks, academia, and major media outlets. Normally, they could expect to have future jobs when the Democrats retake the White House. But this cozy situation is being disrupted by ongoing reporting showing the extent of their complicity in the Gaza genocide and other US crimes in the Middle East. I spoke about this with Connor Echols, managing editor of Responsible Statecraft, who wrote an excellent article on the efforts to hold these officials accountable.
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