Podcast appearances and mentions of Saddam Hussein

In this episode, we unpack the long road to the Iraq War, from the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran and U.S. support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War, sanctions, weapons inspections, and the Bush administration's false claims about weapons of mass destruction. We dig into how 9/11 reshaped U.S. foreign policy, how figures tied to PNAC pushed for regime change, and how intelligence around WMDs, yellowcake uranium, and Curveball helped sell the 2003 invasion of Iraq. We also cover shock and awe, Abu Ghraib, torture, Halliburton, Blackwater, civilian deaths, veteran trauma, and the trillions of dollars lost in a war that destabilized the region and left behind questions that still have not been answered.

From September 26, 2024: Steve Coll's latest book, “The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq,” seeks to explain why Saddam Hussein would put his regime at risk over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that didn't exist. Saddam ultimately lost his regime, and his life, in part because he saw America as an omniscient puppeteer seeking to dominate the Middle East. The United States put thousands of troops in harm's way in pursuit of a rogue WMD program that turned out to be a fiction. Were these outcomes inevitable?Lawfare Student Contributor Preston Marquis sat down with Coll, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, to explore this question. “The Achilles Trap” is unique in that it relies on Saddam's secret tapes and archives to unpack twists and turns in the U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship dating back to the Cold War. The full review is available on the Lawfare website.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"God, where are You working in aviation that I can participate?" Throughout his life, Steve Russell, CEO and President of Jungle Aviation and Relay Service (better known as JAARS) has asked the Lord what He had in store next. That pattern continued when he earned his pilot's license; he wondered how the Lord would use that new skill to open doors for Kingdom impact. Little did he know God would use it to move him toward leadership in a global missions effort! Long before Russell arrived at JAARS, God was giving him experiences to prepare him for this season of service. Steve will share how the Lord led him from ministry as a youth pastor to the military, including leading a U.S. Army unit involved in the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Later, God moved him into government service, including in the State of Oklahoma and the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, at JAARS, he leads a worldwide mission working to facilitate delivery of God's Word into the hardest-to-reach places in the world.  Steve will also explain JAARS' history and its historic connection to Wycliffe Bible Translators. Hear how you can pray for JAARS' pilots, mechanics, and technicians, and other aspects of the ministry of JAARS. Also check out their podcast, Uncharted.  The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, and Bangladesh, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

Gustavo Fernández con Edgardo Fontanet. - Proyecto Filadelfia. OCT 1943, Filadelfia, EE.UU. Cartas de extraterrestres. Un sospechoso suicidio. - Respondiendo a los oyentes: ¿Dónde se puede estudiar Parapsicología? La primera ley del ocultismo. ¿Cómo se realiza una Psicofonía? ¿Es el Homo Sapiens Sapiens una hibridación? - ¿Fue Hitler el segundo Anticristo? - Crisis en el Golfo Pérsico. La oferta de una medium a Saddam Hussein. - Manochantas y curranderos. Estancia La Aurora (Uruguay). El coma de Astor Piazzolla y la tumba del Padre Pío de Pietrelcina. - Chips en el cerebro para comunicarse con ETs. - Una grabación de la comunicación entre un supuesto ET y una torre de control de aviones en México (ver AFR 465). - ¿Pueden los animales pericibir extrasensorialmente? - ¿Qué hay de cierto en las tiradas de cartas de Tarot? ¿Hay un destino inexorable o hay un absoluto libre albedrío? - ¿Hubo vida en la Antártida en la antigüedad? - ¿Cuándo comienzan los avistamientos de OVNIs en Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Argentina? - Comunicación telefónica con "Juan" sobre rituales Umbanda en el cementerio. El problema de las sectas. - Grupo practicante del método de "Control Mental Silva" censura a Gustavo Fernández. Aclaración: Este episodio se elaboró a partir de diferentes grabaciones de Gustavo Fernández en su programa de radio AM, en LT14 Radio General Urquiza de Paraná (Entre Ríos, Argentina), en algún momento entre agosto de 1988 y junio de 1994. Hemos quitado la música original por cuestiones de derechos de autor. No contiene publicidad. Relacionados: Más texto, audio y video sobre los temas del Misterio en nuestro portal: https://alfilodelarealidad.com/ Utiliza el buscador o busca por categorías y etiquetas. Plataforma de cursos: https://miscursosvirtuales.net * * * Programa de Afiliados * * * iVoox comparte con AFR un pequeño porcentaje si usas uno de estos enlaces: * Disfruta de la experiencia iVoox sin publicidad, con toda la potencia de volumen, sincronización de dispositivos y listas inteligentes ilimitadas: Premium anual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=68e3ae6b7ef213805d8afeeea434a491 Premium mensual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=7b7cf4c4707a5032e0c9cd0040e23919 * La mejor selección de podcasts en exclusiva con iVoox Plus Más de 50.000 episodios exclusivos y nuevos contenidos cada día. ¡Suscríbete y apoya a tus podcasters favoritos! Plus https://www.ivoox.vip/plus?affiliate-code=258b8436556f5fabae31df4e91558f48 Más sobre el mundo del Misterio en alfilodelarealidad.com

PART III AVAILABLE NOW, AD-FREE, ON PATREON!This week we're revisiting one of the wildest and most disturbing cases we've ever covered: the abductions of Jan Broberg. This re-release is part two of our three-part investigative series exploring the disturbing patterns shared between the stories of Sally Horner, Jan Broberg, and the character known as "Lolita" or "Dolly" in the infamous novel Lolita.Make sure to check out last week's episode first, TSFU Ep. 187 - KIDNAPPED: Sally Horner & The Real Story Behind Lolita (Part I), where Ash told the story of Sally Horner, the real child whose 1948 kidnapping would later echo inside Nabokov's controversial novel. In the final installment of this series, we'll put all three stories side by side and expose the shared blueprint of authority, grooming, isolation, social camouflage, narrative control, and public misunderstanding that links them.Originally released in 2022, this episode dives into the case made famous by Netflix's documentary Abducted in Plain Sight. Ash told Cam about how trusted family friend Robert Berchtold groomed not just Jan, but her entire family... before abducting her at ages 12 and 14.The deeper you look, the more unbelievable it gets: secret affairs with both of Jan's parents, manipulation of an entire community, and a predator who managed to convince nearly everyone around him that he should be trusted. Berchtold had been abusing young girls since he was a child himself, and the adults around him repeatedly enabled it.TW: For everything mentioned above... this is an upsetting topic that I found very difficult to research, make sure to take care of yourselves

This week we talk about Khamenei, Trump, and Netanyahu.We also discuss Venezuela, Cuba, and cartels.Recommended Book: Plagues upon the Earth by Kyle HarperTranscriptAli Hosseini Khamenei was an opposition politician in the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution that, in 1979, resulted in the overthrow of the Shah—the country's generally Western government-approved royal leader—and installed the Islamic Republic, an extremely conservative Shia government that took the reins of Iran following the Shah's toppling.Khamenei was Iran's third president, post-Shah, and he was president during the Iran-Iraq War from 1981-1989, during which the Supreme Leader of Iran, the head of the country, Ruhollah Khomeini sought the overthrow of then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Khomeini died the same year the war ended, 1989, and Khamenei was elected to the role of Supreme Leader by the country's Assembly of Experts, which is responsible for determining such roles.The new Supreme Leader Khamenei was reportedly initially concerned that he wasn't suitable for the role, as his predecessor was a Grand Ayatollah of the faith, while he was just a mid-rank cleric, but the constitution of Iran was amended so that higher religious office was no longer required in a Supreme Leader, and in short order Khamenei moved to expound upon Iran's non-military nuclear program, to expand the use and reach of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in-country and throughout the region, and he doubled-down on supporting regional proxies like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Hamas in Gaza, incorporating them into the so-called Axis of Resistance that stands against Western interests in the region—the specifics of which have varied over the decades, but which currently includes the aforementioned Hezbollah and Houthis, alongside smaller groups in neighboring countries, like Shiite militias in Bahrain, and forces that operate in other regional spheres of influence, like North Korea, Venezuela, and at times, portions of the Syrian government.Khamenei also reinforced the Iranian government's power over pretty much every aspect of state function, disempowering political opponents, cracking down on anyone who doesn't toe a very conservative extremist line—women showing their hair in public, for instance, have been black-bagged and sometimes killed while in custody—and thoroughly entangled the functions of state with the Iranian military, consolidating essentially all power under his office, Supreme Leader, while violently cracking down on anyone who opposed his doing whatever he pleased, as was the case with a wave of late-2025, early 2026 protests across the country, during which Iranian government forces massacred civilians, killing somewhere between 3,000 and 35,000 people, depending on whose numbers you believe.What I'd like to talk about today is a new war with Iran, kicked off by attacks on the country from Israel and the United States that led with the killing of Khamenei and a bunch of his higher-up officers, how this conflict is spreading across the region and concerns about that spreading, and what might happen next.—On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched a wave of joint air attacks against Iran, hitting mostly military and government sites across the country. One of the targets was Khamenei's compound, and his presence there, above-ground, which was unusual for him, as he spent most of his time deep underground in difficult-to-hit bunkers, alongside a bunch of government and military higher-ups, may have been the rationale for launching all of these attacks on that day, as the attackers were able to kill him and five other top-level Iranian leaders, who he was meeting with, at the same time.This wave of attacks followed the largest military buildup of US forces in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq back in 2003, and while military and government targets were prioritized, that initial wave also demolished a lot of civilian structures, including schools, hospitals, and the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, leading to a whole lot of civilian casualties and fatalities, as well.In response, Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, and at US bases throughout the region—these bases located in otherwise uninvolved countries, including Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Iranian missiles and drones also hit non-military targets, and in some cases maybe accidentally hit civilian infrastructure, in Azerbaijan, and Oman, alongside a British military base on the island of Cyprus.The Iranian president apologized in early March for his country's lashing out at pretty much everyone, saying that there were miscommunications within the Iranian military, and that Iran wouldn't hit anyone else, including countries with US bases, so long as US attacks didn't originate from those bases.Despite that apology, though, Iranian missiles and drones continued to land in many of those neighboring countries following his remarks, raising questions about communications and control within the now-decapitated Iranian military.This new conflict follows long-simmering tensions between Iran and Israel—the former of which has said it will someday wipe the latter from the face of the Earth, considering its existence an abomination—and long-simmering tensions related to Iran's nuclear program, which the government has continuously said is just for civilian, energy purposes, but which pretty much everyone suspects, with a fair bit of evidence, is, in parallel, also a weapons program.Iran's influence throughout the region has been truncated in recent years, due to a sequence of successes by the Israeli military and intelligence services, which allowed them to hobble or nearly wipe out traditional Iranian proxy forces like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, which have collectively surrounded and menaced Israel for decades.Those menacing forces more or less handled, Israel has become more aggressive in its confrontations with Iran, exchanging large air attacks several times over the past handful of years, and the US under Trump's second term continues to see Iran as the main opposition to their efforts to build a US-aligned counterbalance against Russian and Chinese influence in the Middle East, with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and increasingly entities like Qatar and the UAE playing ball with the West, while Iran and its allies stand firm against the West.Trump has regularly threatened to act in Iran, usually waiting for the Iranian government to do something really bad, like that recent massacre of civilians following those large anti-government protests in late-2025, early 2026, and that to some degree has served as justification for the massing of US military assets in the region, leading up to this attack.Now that the attack has launched, a new war triggered, the question is how big it will get and how long it will last.For the moment, it looks like Iran's government and military is very much on the back foot, a lot of their assets taken out in that initial wave, and they're still scrambling to put someone in charge to replace Khamenei and those other higher-ups who were assassinated at the outset of this war—that'll likely change soon, maybe even before this episode goes live. But whomever takes the reins will have quite the task ahead of them, probably—according to many analysts, at least—aiming to just hold out until the US runs out of ammunition, which is expected to happen within a week or so, at which point Iran can launch surgical attacks, aiming to make this war too expensive, in terms of money and US lives, for the Trump administration to continue investing in, as money and lives are especially expensive in an election year, which 2026 is. So the idea is to grind the US down until it makes more political sense for Trump to just declare victory and leave, rather than allowing this to become a Vietnam or Afghanistan situation for his administration.It's also generally expected that when the US pulls out, Israel probably will too, as they've already made their point, tallied a bunch of victories, and set Iran back in a lot of ways; they could walk away whenever they like and say they won. And Iran would probably be incentivized to, at that point, avoid doing anything that would lead to more punishment, though they would almost certainly immediately begin rebuilding the same exact centralized, militarized infrastructure that was damaged, the only difference being they would have someone else on top, as the Supreme Leader. Relations could be even worse moving forward, but it would probably be at least a few years before Iran could do anything too significant to their regional enemies, which I guess if you're Israel does, in fact, represent a win.But considering the unlikelihood of permanent change in Iran, the big question here, in the minds of many, is what this war, this attack, is even for.For Israel, the main purpose of any attack against Iran is to weaken or destroy an enemy that has made no secret about wanting to weaken and destroy them. For the US, though, and the Trump administration more specifically, the point of all this isn't as clear.Some contend that this is another effort to steal attention and headlines from the increasingly horrifying revelations coming out of the investigation into the Epstein files, which seem to indicate Trump himself was involved in all sorts of horrible, pedophilic sexual assault activities with the late human-trafficker.Some suspect that the apparent victory in grabbing former Venezuelan president Maduro from his own country and whisking him away to the US without suffering any US casualties has emboldened Trump, and that he's going to use the time he's got to take out anyone he doesn't like, and may even specifically target authoritarian leaders who will not be missed—who oppress and kill their own people—because then it's difficult for his political opponents to call him out on these efforts.Most Venezuelans are happy to see Maduro gone, and many Iranians celebrated when Khamenei was assassinated. Trump has publicly stated that he intends to go after Cuba, next, and continues to suggest he wants a war of sorts with Mexican and south and central American cartels, which follows this same pattern of demonstrating a muscular, aggressive, militarized United States doing whatever it wants, even to the point of kidnapping or assassinating foreign leaders, but doing so in a way that is difficult to argue against, because the leaders and other forces being taken out are so horrible, at times to the point of being monstrous, that these acts, as illegal as they are according to internal laws, can still seem very justified, through some lenses.Still others have said they believe this is purely an Israeli op, and the US under Trump is just helping out one of Trump's buddies, Israel's Netanyahu, who wants to keep his country embroiled in war in order to avoid being charged for corruption.The real rationale could be a combination of these and other considerations, but the threat here, regionally, is real, especially if Iran continues to lash out at its neighbors.This part of the world is renowned for its fuel reserves and exports, and every time there's a Middle Eastern conflict, energy prices rise, globally, and other nations that produce such exports, like Russia, benefit financially because they can charge more for their oil and gas for a while—gas prices in the US have already increased by 14% over the past week as a result of the conflict—and those increases also then the raises the price of all sorts of other goods, spiking inflation.Another huge concern here, though, is that this part of the world is highly reliant on the desalination of water just to survive; massive desalination plants, most located along the coast, where they are very exposed to military threats, are at risk if Iran and Saudi Arabia, or Kuwait, or Oman start firing at each other in earnest.About 90% of Kuwait's drinking water comes from these sorts of plants, and about 86% of Oman's and 70% of Saudi Arabia's do, as well.Earlier in this war, a US strike damaged an Iranian desalination plant, and the Iranian foreign minister made a not-so-veiled threat against such plants in neighboring countries, saying the US set the precedent of attacking such infrastructure, not them.Worth noting here, too, is that many desalination plants are attached to power stations, located within the same facility, so attacks on power infrastructure, which are already common in any conflict, could also lead to more damaged desalination plants, all of which could in turn create massive humanitarian crises, as people living in some of the hottest, driest parts of the world find themselves, in the millions, without drinkable water.The potential for a spiraling humanitarian disaster increases with each passing day, then, which would seem to increase the likelihood that someone will stop, declare victory, and move on to the next conflict. But there's always the chance the one or more of the involved forces will clamp down and decide that it's in their best interest to keep things going as long as possible, instead—and in this case, it would likely be Iran playing that role, locking the US and Israel and their allies into a grinding, long-term conflict that no one would actually win.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Resistancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ruhollah_Khomeinihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacreshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khameneihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khameneihttps://www.eurasiareview.com/08032026-strikes-continue-despite-iranian-presidents-apology/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-rejects-settling-iran-war-raises-prospect-killing-all-its-potential-2026-03-08/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/irans-retaliation-began-us-officials-scrambled-arrange-evacuations-2026-03-07/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/mapping-crisis-iran-visual-explainer-2026-03-06/https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-08-2026https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-us-march-8-2026-f0b20dbffaea9351ae1e54183ffe53ffhttps://apnews.com/article/iran-war-desalination-water-oil-middle-east-12b23f2fa26ed5c4a10f80c4077e61cehttps://apnews.com/video/trump-says-us-will-turn-attention-to-cuba-after-war-with-iran-91c3f239c18349fdb409f901c50b7e71https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/08/world/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/us/politics/trump-russia-ukraine-iran-war.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/us/politics/iran-war-first-week.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/08/opinion/iran-war-ayatollah.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war This is a public episode. 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The more things change, the more they stay the same. As the Formula One season kicked off on Sunday, we saw the advent of full hybrid racing at the top level for the first time. A full 50/50 split between internal combustion and electrical power at the pinnacle of motorsport. Quite the change. And then Mercedes ran off into the distance. More of the same (mostly).The world of cars is changing, slowly but definitively. Although the ban on fully petrol and diesel powered cars seems to be the can that will be endlessly kicked down the road, more and more people are turning to hybrid and electric cars with each passing month. It's not always easy to make sense of it all, especially in the luxury world, so naturally I made a few phone calls and got Country Life's car aficionado, Adam Hay-Nicholls, to come on and so some explaining.Subscribe to the Country Life podcast on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to the Country Life podcast on SpotifySubscribe to the Country Life podcast on AudibleWe talked about growing up in the age of internal combustion, and what the transition to electric means for both the consumer and the professional car journalist. We chatted about the upcoming Formula One season, and whether anyone will really notice the difference (the answer is no, but also yes, a bit). And then of course we segued.Why did Adam once meet a sheikh in Dubai who owned Saddam Hussein's watch? Why did Adam once land a helicopter outside of a biker bar in Revelstoke, Canada? And why is he writing a new book on all things Bugatti, which means he must simply go and drive the new £4 million Tourbillon? All essential in a day's work, and you'll have to tune in to find out the answers.Episode creditsHost: James FisherGuest: Adam Hay-NichollsEditor and producer: Toby KeelMusic: JuliusH via Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TEMPO DE REFLETIR 01697 – 8 de março de 2026 Ezequiel 28:15 – Perfeito eras nos teus caminhos, desde o dia em que foste criado até que se achou iniquidade em ti. Uma maçã podre numa caixa estraga todas as outras. Mas quando Deus criou o mundo, tudo era perfeito. Não havia germes nocivos, morte ou lágrimas. Infelizmente, nesse mundo perfeito apareceu uma maçã podre que estragou a criação de Deus. E a pergunta que surge é a seguinte: Se Deus é bom e todo-poderoso, por que não pegou essa maçã e a jogou no lixo, para evitar que ela estragasse as outras? Você não faria isso? Obviamente, estamos falando de Satanás. Deus sabia que se Satanás continuasse vivendo, sua influência perniciosa se espalharia pela terra e resultaria em Hitler, Idi Amin, Stalin, Saddam Hussein e outros tiranos. Resultaria também em males como o câncer, AIDS, depressão, solidão, defeitos congênitos, alcoolismo, dependência de drogas, acidentes, crimes e divórcios. Em resumo: resultaria num mundo cheio de miséria e dor. Foi justo da parte de Deus deixar que toda essa miséria se espalhasse quando poderia ter cortado o mal pela raiz? Vejamos a seguinte ilustração: Uma empresa tinha um diretor que era amado por seus gerentes e funcionários. O seu assistente o ajudava em tudo. Mas então esse assistente começou a espalhar o boato de que o diretor estava fraudando a empresa. Foi um golpe devastador num líder que sempre havia procurado ser honesto e leal. Pior ainda foi o fato de que entre os gerentes e funcionários houve quem acreditasse no boato. O assistente havia preparado o terreno e conquistado simpatizantes. E quando ele fez essa denúncia, muitos acreditaram nele. Alguns até sugeriram que o conselho dos diretores deveria colocá-lo no lugar do diretor. O diretor poderia tê-lo despedido. Mas pensou: “Mesmo os funcionários que confiam em mim podem desconfiar que eu tenha algo a esconder, pois demito quem discorda de mim. E funcionários que não confiam em seu líder, trabalham mal”. Assim, o diretor permitiu que o seu assistente continuasse trabalhando. Mais cedo ou mais tarde a verdade apareceria. E foi o que aconteceu. A empresa passou por um período difícil, todos perceberam que a acusação do assistente era falsa, e ele acabou pedindo demissão. Tal e qual aquele presidente, Deus deu a Satanás tempo para que surgissem os frutos de sua obra. E ao derramar “o sangue do Filho de Deus, desarraigou-se Satanás das simpatias dos seres celestiais” (O Desejado de Todas as Nações, p. 761). No seu devido tempo a maçã podre será, finalmente, jogada fora. Reflita sobre isso no dia de hoje e ore comigo agora: Ajuda-me, Pai, a confiar inteiramente em Ti. Que nunca a semente da dúvida ganhe espaço para crescer em minha mente e coração. Por favor, em nome de Jesus, amém! Saiba como receber as mensagens diárias do Tempo de Refletir: -> No celular, instale o aplicativo MANAH. -> Para ver/ouvir no YouTube, inscreva-se neste Canal: youtube.com/AmiltonMenezes7 -> Tenha os nossos aplicativos em seu celular: https://www.wgospel.com/aplicativos -> Para receber pelo WhatsApp, adicione 41 99893-2056 e mande um recadinho pedindo os áudios. -> Participe do nosso canal no TELEGRAM: TELEGRAM AMILTON MENEZES . -> Participe do nosso canal no WhatsApp: WHATSAPP CHANNEL Amilton Menezes . -> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amiltonmenezes7/ -> Threads: https://www.threads.net/@amiltonmenezes7 -> X (Antigo Twitter): https://x.com/AmiltonMenezes -> Facebook: facebook.com/AmiltonMenezes

Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.[1][2] Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2014.[3][4][5] Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NATAS in 2000 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.Walters began her career at WNBT-TV (NBC's flagship station in New York) in 1953 as writer-producer of a news-and-information program aimed at the juvenile audience, Ask the Camera, hosted by Sandy Becker. She joined the staff of the network's Today show in the early 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women's-interest stories. Her popularity with viewers led to her receiving more airtime, and in 1974 she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a position on an American news program.[6][7][8] During 1976, she continued to be a pioneer for women in broadcasting while becoming the first American female co-anchor of a network evening news program, alongside Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News. Walters was a correspondent, producer and co-host on the ABC news magazine 20/20 from 1979 to 2004. She became known for an annual special aired on ABC, Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People.During her career, Walters interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama.[9][10] She also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, although not when either was president. She also gained acclaim and notoriety for interviewing subjects such as Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Katharine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Monica Lewinsky, Hugo Chávez, Vladimir Putin,[11] Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, Saddam Hussein, and Bashar al-Assad.[12]PICTURE: By Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127447222

As America and Israel's conflict with Iran spills out into the region and beyond, Christiane gets perspective from around the world with a range of guests. U.S. Democratic Senator, Chris Murphy, who sits on the foreign relations committee is up first with a furious response to the roll out of this war and the lack of clear objectives. Then from inside Iran, Christiane hears from human rights activist Mehdi Mahmoudian, who co-write the Oscar-nominated drama 'It Was Just an Accident' and was until recently, a political prisoner of the regime. And with the Gulf region under fire, Christiane speaks to Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal, the country's former director of intelligence. Plus with America's allies increasingly walking a tightrope, Christiane hears from Britain's former spymaster, John Sawers, after President Trump criticised Prime Minister Starmer's initial response. And, with many Americans hearing echoes of Iraq, a lookback at Christiane's reporting from Baghdad just after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Air date: March 7, 2026   Guests:  Senator Chris Murphy Former Saudi Intelligence Chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal  Former MI6 Chief, John Sawers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

En 1990, Saddam Hussein invadió Kuwait y el petróleo duplicó su precio en semanas. Mientras el resto de aerolíneas estadounidenses se desangraba financieramente, un pequeño equipo de cuatro personas en las oficinas de Southwest Airlines en Dallas estaba haciendo algo que casi nadie en la industria entendía: comprar opciones sobre combustible. Contratos financieros que les permitían pagar el queroseno a un precio fijado de antemano, como quien congela la hipoteca justo antes de que suban los tipos. Esa decisión, tomada con más intuición que sofisticación, se convirtió en la mayor ventaja competitiva secreta de la aviación comercial. Durante las tres décadas siguientes, Southwest ahorró más de 3.500 millones de dólares en combustible. Hubo trimestres en los que la diferencia entre dar beneficios y dar pérdidas fue, literalmente, esa cobertura. Mientras sus rivales suplicaban que los rescataran, Southwest compraba aviones. En marzo de 2025, Southwest anunció que abandonaba el programa. Lo consideró caro y poco fiable. Cerró la póliza de seguros más rentable de su historia. Once meses después, Estados Unidos e Israel atacaron Irán. El petróleo se disparó más de un veinte por ciento en cinco días. El estrecho de Ormuz se cerró al tráfico. Y las aerolíneas se enfrentan a un estrangulamiento en el coste del queroseno que no se veía desde los huracanes Katrina y Rita. Solo que esta vez, Southwest ya no tiene escudo. Hay una lección enorme en esta historia. No es sobre petróleo, ni sobre aerolíneas, ni siquiera sobre coberturas financieras. Es sobre algo mucho más profundo: lo que ocurre cuando decides que el seguro ya no merece la pena justo antes de que el incendio llame a tu puerta. Y sobre cómo la misma lógica de abandonar lo que funciona porque "llevamos tiempo sin necesitarlo se está repitiéndo ahora mismo en rincones del mercado que nadie está mirando. De eso va el episodio de esta semana de Actualidad Semanal +D. De quién tenía el seguro puesto y quién lo dejó caducar. De los refugios más inesperados de la bolsa. Y de por qué esta semana puede haber cambiado la forma en que el mercado decide qué merece financiarse y qué no.

Vid det här laget borde jag inte förvånas över hycklerier av detta slag, men jag blir fortfarande förbluffad när jag ser folk som spenderat de senaste fyra åren på att fördöma en stormakts attack mot en suverän nation nu stötta en stormakts attack mot en suverän nation.Rationalisera det hur du vill, det är fortfarande samma brott. Eller var ärlig och erkänn att du inte har principer, utan snarare ett lag.Krig dödar civila, oavsett vem som skickar bomberna och vilken regim de är tänkta att störta. Om du stöttar kriget som verktyg för att uppnå regimskifte betyder det att du accepterar ett stort antal döda civila som inte har något att göra med regimen du vill ha bort. Man måste knäcka några barns skallar för att göra en omelett, antar jag.Jag vet att många har lidit i decennier under regimen i Iran. Flera av mina närmaste vänner är i Sverige just på grund av det lidande som regimen orsakat. Men om man tror att ett anfallskrig kommer att minska lidandet och leda till frihet och demokrati så undrar jag vilken sten man har bott under de senaste decennierna. Precis som folk häromdagen dansade över Ayatolla Khameinis död så dansade irakier, libyer och syrier när Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi och Bashar al-Assad föll. Hur fria och demokratiska är dessa länder idag?Med ovan vill jag inte ta ifrån någon deras glädje över att en förtryckare har fallit, men jag vill i allra högsta grad påpeka hur naivt det är att se avrättningen av en 86-årig spirituell ledare av externa makter som något positivt, om fred och frihet är vad man är ute efter. Man behöver inte vara ett strategiskt geni för att inse att det troligtvis kommer att leda till mer kaos att bomba någon som i princip var påven för hundratals miljoner människor — under ramadan dessutom.Att just kaos är målet för de beslutsfattare som startade kriget råder inga tvivel om. Ta det inte från mig utan från Financial Times reportage med Danny Citrinowicz, Iranexpert och senior forskare på Tel Aviv's Institute for National Security Studies:Summarising the Israeli government's position, Citrinowicz said: “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn't care less about the future… [or] the stability of Iran.Lika naiv som tron att ett anfallskrig ska leda till fred och frihet i Iran, är tron om att samma krig ska leda till en säkrare framtid för Israel. Vi är bara en vecka in i kriget och har redan sett hela regionen brinna, med explosioner i Iran, Israel, Irak, Jordanien, Saudiarabien, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Förenade Arabemiraten, Qatar, Libanon, Cypern och Azerbajdzjan. Hur israeliska makthavare inbillar sig att deras land inte kommer att slukas av den löpeld som sprider sig över regionen är bortom mig.Sist men inte minst har vi USA, vars imperium redan har vippat på randen till kollaps under en längre period och numera drar sina sista spasmiska suckar. Den krympande stormakten är för svag, polariserad och krigstrött för att kunna uppbåda en markinvasion av den skala som hade krävts i ett land som är nästan fyra gånger större än Irak, med en dubbelt så stor population, så istället parkerar man sina hangarskepp på ett tryggt avstånd och bränner slut på sina distansrobotar och bomber innan man lämnar ännu ett fiasko bakom sig och återvänder hem svagare och med ett ännu sämre anseende än tidigare.Inget land i världen, glöm Mellanöstern, kommer någonsin att ta amerikanska löften om beskydd seriöst efter att de med svansen mellan benen lämnat sina militärbaser i Gulfstaterna och låtit missilerna regna över sina så kallade “vänner”.Varför gör världens stormakt något så uppenbart destruktivt?Svaret blir tydligt om man följer pengarna och de senaste decenniernas mönster. Kongressledamot Thomas Massie uttryckte det bäst i augusti 2024:Den vinstdrivande militärindustrin skapar incitament för krig som i Julian Assanges ord inte är menade att vinnas, utan snarare att pågå för evigt. Där du och jag ser död och förödelse, ser vapentillverkarna och det komplexa nätverk som de är en del av enbart dollartecken. Varenda explosion i Mellanöstern, Ukraina och andra länder långt borta från deras trygga hem, representerar nya klirr i kassan för aktieägarna.Om det pågående kriget i Iran skrev journalisten Nancy Youssef:Om jag framstår som mer irriterad och pessimistisk än vanligt så har du uppfattat mitt tonläge helt korrekt. Beslutet att inleda detta katastrofala krig verkar ha tagits helt och hållet baserat på propaganda snarare än fakta. Tusentals människor är redan döda, bland dem många civila, och följderna kommer att vara dramatiska för regionen och hela världen.Och då har vi inte ens berört den rimliga risken för att kärnvapen används om Irans regim inte faller och rusar mot berikning, om en oberäknelig Trump vaknar på dåligt humör eller om israeliska makthavare känner sig inträngda i ett hörn.Våra öden ligger i händerna på en grupp blodtörstiga fanatiker fast i en kukmätartävling, samtidigt som nyttiga idioter i hela världen hejar på när tävlingen uttrycks i krig och förödelse.Jag önskar att jag kunde avsluta denna utläggning på ett mer positivt sätt, men tills vi slutar svälja den propaganda som driver världen mot konflikt så ser jag tyvärr inget ljus i tunneln annat än från ett skenande tåg, lastat med vapen kraftiga nog att sätta stopp för hela det vackra experiment som vi kallar för civilisation. This is a public episode. 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PART II AVAILABLE NOW, AD-FREE, ON PATREON!Ash and Kristen begin a three-part investigative series on the abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner, the real child whose 1948 kidnapping would later echo inside one of the most controversial novels ever written, Lolita.In Part I, Ash breaks down how a convicted sex offender posing as an FBI agent groomed and kidnapped Sally, launching a 21-month ordeal built on authority, manipulation, and fear.Next week, we revisit the grooming and abduction of Jan Broberg. And in the finale, we put all three stories side by side- exposing the shared blueprint of coercive control, isolation, social camouflage, and narrative manipulation that connects them.Because these aren't just separate cases. They're the same pattern... repeated.TW: For everything mentioned above... this is an upsetting topic that I found very difficult to research, make sure to take care of yourselves

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Following President Donald Trump's announcement over the weekend that the United States was launching an offensive in Iran alongside the Israeli military, comparisons to past US interventions in the region began to proliferate. Many Americans asked whether this latest military operation would become another ‘forever war', as the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan came to be called. We talk to Gordon Correra, security analyst for the BBC, about America's complicated history of intervention in the Middle East and surrounding region, and ask what these past conflicts might tell us about possible outcomes for the war in Iran. Producer: Viv Jones, Aron Keller and Xandra Ellin Sound engineer: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: A US soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad in 2003. Credit: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

In this episode of The Chris Abraham Show, Chris revisits an argument he first made more than two decades ago—an argument about American foreign policy, intervention, and the strange persistence of what John Quincy Adams once warned against: going abroad in search of monsters to destroy.The conversation begins with the latest escalation in the Middle East. Following a massive U.S. and Israeli strike campaign against Iran that targeted military infrastructure and senior leadership, the region once again finds itself at the edge of a wider war. Markets convulse, shipping lanes tighten, and the familiar arguments begin circulating: nuclear threats, rogue regimes, regional stability, and the hope that removing a dangerous government might somehow produce a safer political order.Chris has heard this argument before.In February of 2005, in the shadow of the Iraq invasion and the still-unfolding war in Afghanistan, he wrote a piece responding to a major debate inside American foreign policy circles. On one side were thinkers arguing that spreading democracy abroad would ultimately make the world safer. On the other were critics warning that intervention itself often creates the enemies it claims to fight.That debate never really ended. It simply moved from one country to another.In this episode Chris revisits that earlier essay and asks a simple but uncomfortable question: why do so many efforts to reshape other societies collapse once the outside power leaves?To explain the pattern, he introduces a metaphor that runs through the entire discussion: the pot on the stove.As long as heat is applied—troops, money, advisors, sanctions, intelligence networks, and political pressure—political systems can appear stable. But the moment the flame is reduced, societies tend to revert to their own deeper structures. The boiling stops. The underlying equilibrium returns.Afghanistan becomes the clearest example. Over two centuries three powerful empires—the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States—entered Afghanistan believing they could impose order or reshape the country's political system. Each eventually left, and each time the country returned to the same underlying networks of tribal, regional, and factional power.The labels changed—from mujahideen to Taliban—but the structure remained.The episode also explores what Chris calls the “strongman paradox.” In several Middle Eastern and North African states, authoritarian rulers like Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Bashar al-Assad held together fragile political systems through centralized control. When those regimes collapsed or were removed, the countries did not automatically transform into liberal democracies. In many cases they fractured into militias, rival governments, and competing factions.This leads to a deeper philosophical question about sovereignty and political development. Can democracy be exported the way a country exports technology or institutions? Or do stable political systems emerge slowly from a society's own culture, history, and internal balance of power?Chris argues that modern American foreign policy often treats political systems as if they were installable software—something that can be dropped into a society once the “wrong” leadership has been removed. History repeatedly suggests that the reality is more complicated.The episode also includes a personal confession. Chris explains why he voted for Donald Trump three times—not because of personality or party loyalty, but because of one specific promise: no new foreign wars. That promise, he argues, represented a rare break from the bipartisan consensus that has dominated American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War.Whether that promise still holds is part of the broader question.

Sons Of Liberty Radio with Bradlee Dean More War Crimes Testimonies The Racket of Modern Warfare: Unmasking the Military-Industrial Complex Radio Transcript AnalysisMarch 04, 2026 Sons of Liberty: More War Crimes Testimonies An examination of the military-industrial complex, unconstitutional warfare, and the human cost of regime change. Core Perspectives "I was a racketeer for capitalism... I suspect I was just part of the racket all the time."— Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler 1 The 7-Country Memo Gen. Wesley Clark's revelation of a Pentagon plan to "take out" 7 countries in 5 years post-9/11. 2 Incentivized Atrocities Soldier John Michael Turner testifies to being congratulated for killing civilians and offered "4-day passes" for stabbings. 3 Constitutional Erosion Critique of sanctuary city mayors and federal overreach as "tyranny where the law ends." Contextual Data Global Military Footprint 737 Bases Across 142+ Countries Key Figures Cited: Dwight Eisenhower Smedley Butler Wesley Clark John Michael Turner John Adams Theological Framework: The show argues that the "American people need to repent" and that the Constitution is only adequate for a "moral and religious people." #AntiWar #Constitutionalism #Liberty Speaker: Bradley Dean | 60 Min Broadcast This broadcast of Sons of Liberty examines the systemic corruption within the U.S. government, ranging from the defiance of federal law in sanctuary cities to the orchestration of unconstitutional foreign wars. Through historical warnings and veteran testimonies, the program challenges the prevailing narratives of the military-industrial complex and calls for a return to biblical and constitutional foundations. Domestic Lawlessness and the Sanctuary City Conflict The program opens with a critique of big-city mayors who have vowed to defy federal law regarding sanctuary cities. Citing John Locke's principle that "wherever the law ends, tyranny begins," the host argues that these leaders are effectively harboring illegal aliens and misusing tax money without delegated authority from the people. Specifically, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is accused of using "totalitarian methods" to undermine public safety by refusing to cooperate with executive orders, despite claims that such defiance protects immigrant communities. The discussion extends to the broader impact of migration, citing significant crime increases and welfare dependency rates in Europe and the United States. The host posits that the compromise of the modern Church has allowed "politics without God" to flourish, leading to a society that no longer adheres to the Christian ethics upon which the nation was founded. The Military-Industrial "Racket" "I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and for the bankers... I was a racketeer for capitalism." — Major General Smedley Butler (1940) The Evolution of the Military-Industrial Complex Central to the broadcast is the warning issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower regarding the "military-industrial complex." Newly uncovered documents suggest that Eisenhower's famous farewell address was a deeply personal attempt to alert the American people to the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the armaments industry. The host contrasts this historical caution with modern administrations, which he characterizes as "draft dodgers" taking dictates from international banking interests and Zionist influences. He argues that the narrative of "righteous war" has been lost, as the military has evolved into a tool for commercial gain rather than national defense. Orchestrated Conflicts and the "Seven Countries" Memo General Wesley Clark's testimony serves as a pivotal piece of evidence for the program's claim that wars are premeditated. Clark recounts a memo from the Secretary of Defense's office shortly after 9/11, which outlined a plan to "take out seven countries in five years," starting with Iraq and ending with Iran. The host highlights that these decisions were made without any proven connection between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda, suggesting that the U.S. military is being used as a "hammer" looking for "nails" to justify its existence and generate profit. This orchestrated violence is further illustrated by the "frivolous" reaction of George W. Bush to the lack of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. The host notes that while the administration mocked the public with "half-smirks," the human cost was devastating, resulting in the deaths of over 4,000 U.S. soldiers and approximately one million Iraqis. The Post-9/11 Targeted Nations As revealed by General Wesley Clark regarding the Pentagon's 5-year plan: 1. Iraq2. Syria3. Lebanon4. Libya5. Somalia6. Sudan7. Iran Testimonies of War Crimes and Moral Accountability The program concludes with a harrowing testimony from John Michael Turner, an Iraq War veteran who renounced his medals. Turner describes killing innocent civilians and being "congratulated" by high-ranking military brass for his first kill. He details an environment where soldiers were incentivized with "four-day passes" for stabbing Iraqis to death. The host uses these accounts to argue that the American people are accomplices to these crimes by tolerating corruption in the halls of government. He calls for national repentance, asserting that the "appalling silence of the good people" is the greatest tragedy of the current era. Key Data Military Presence: 737 military bases in over 142 countries. Iraq War Toll: 4,343 U.S. soldiers lost; 1 million innocent Iraqis killed. Financial Gain: $34.5 billion made from the Iraq conflict. Global Crime Stats: 450% more crimes by Muslim migrants in Denmark; 77% of rapes in Sweden committed by a 2% minority. U.S. Welfare: 91.4% of Muslim refugees on food stamps; 68.3% on cash welfare. To-Do / Next Steps Citizens must stop being "entertained" by congressional hearings and demand actual accountability for treasonous acts. Individuals in the military must uphold their oath to the Constitution and refuse unconstitutional orders. Americans are urged to repent for tolerating the "theft of billions" and the murder of innocents in foreign lands. Support the ministry's efforts to expose corruption by becoming a "Son or Daughter of Liberty." Schedule community events with Bradley Dean to spread the message of liberty and biblical truth. Conclusion The broadcast serves as a stark reminder that the survival of the American Republic depends on a moral and religious people. By exposing the "racket" of war and the lawlessness of domestic leaders, the program seeks to awaken a "knowledgeable citizenry" capable of guarding against the disastrous rise of misplaced power.

Today we had the honor of welcoming three powerhouse guests from Lazard for an engaging discussion at the intersection of geopolitics, global security, and energy markets. Joining us were Admiral Bill McRaven, Retired Four-Star Admiral in the U.S. Navy and Senior Advisor at Lazard, Theodore Bunzel, Head of Lazard Geopolitical Advisory, and George Bilicic, Vice Chairman and Global Head of Power, Energy and Infrastructure. Bill is a Professor of National Security at the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and previously served as Chancellor of the University of Texas System. During his military career, he commanded special operations forces at every level and led U.S. Special Operations Command. He oversaw the missions to capture both Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. He joined Lazard as a Senior Advisor in 2021. Teddy has spent his career at the intersection of international political and economic affairs and financial services. He joined Lazard from BlackRock and also serves as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy. George Bilicic previously led Lazard's Midwest Advisory Business and has over 20 years of experience at Lazard in the investment banking business. His prior roles include senior positions at Cravath, Merrill Lynch, KKR, and Sempra Energy. Our conversation began with Bill's insights into the situation in Iran and the broader Middle East, including what we are learning four days in, the difference between a more “surgical” campaign and a broader strike strategy, and the ways Tehran may try to expand the conflict and prolong it. Bill shares his assessment of the military operation so far, why Iran's missile and drone response was expected, what surprised him tactically, how decentralizing command and control complicates targeting, and why regime change is far more complex than simply removing leadership. We explore the risks around the Strait of Hormuz, the realities of stockpiles and logistics, the strain of sustained deployments, and what seamless U.S.-Israel military coordination signals to China and Russia as they assess this new geopolitical map. George outlines what this volatility is doing in boardrooms around the world, from capital allocation and cost of capital to supply chain realignment, tariff sensitivity, and the growing premium on reliable 24/7 power. Teddy explains how Lazard integrates real-time geopolitical analysis into client strategy, why regulatory decision-making is becoming more discretionary, how European leaders are grappling with structural energy vulnerability and higher costs, how allies and European boardrooms are reassessing U.S. reliability, and why “trusted supply” is becoming central to LNG contracting and long-term energy security. We end by looking at the uncertain path forward, including the limits of prediction, the sustainability of current operations, and how geopolitics is increasingly embedded in corporate decision-making. Thank you to Bill, Teddy, and George for the insightful and timely discussion. Mike Bradley started off by noting that this week's macro conversation has been dominated by U.S. military strikes against Iran and the potential short- and intermediate-term market fallout. In rates, the 10-year Treasury yield moved up to 4.06% (up 12 bps), while some perceived safe havens like gold and silver were ironically lower on the week. In crude, WTI spiked Tuesday to roughly $78/bbl before pulling back to around $74/bbl, amid reports that the Strait of Hormuz was effectively shut—halting approximately 15 mmbpd of oil shipments. Oil retraced from intraday highs as markets focused on President Trump proposing financial security and military escorts for tankers in and out of the Gulf, rather than an SPR release. Refined products moved sharply higher, with wholesale diesel, gasoline, and heating oil up roughly 20% this week. Globally, Qatari LNG was shut down for the first time in 30+ years, help

Sons Of Liberty Radio with Bradlee Dean What The Soldiers Are Saying About War That The Warmongers Do Not Want You To Hear Unmasking the War Racket: From Founding Principles to the Military-Industrial Complex Radio Transcript SummaryMarch 03, 2026 Sons of Liberty: What Soldiers Say About War An exposé on the Military-Industrial Complex, unconstitutional wars, and the "War is a Racket" reality. Systemic Growth & Cost $179k Per Hour Flight Cost 3,000% Reg. Increase (1900+) Federal Budget (1832) $11 Million Federal Budget (2011) $4+ Trillion Current National Debt $38 Trillion Global Military Bases 737 in 142 Countries Core Perspectives "War is a racket. It is the only one in which profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." — Smedley Butler (Highest Decorated Marine) 1 Constitutional Betrayal: Politicians wage wars without Congressional approval, overriding the "enumerated laws." 2 The Soldier's Regret: Testimony from "Steve" highlights guilt over civilian casualties and serving as "muscle for big business." 3 The Eisenhower Warning: Recognition of the "Military-Industrial Complex" as a misplaced power overriding the people. Then (Washington Era) Led from the front, minimal security, 350 federal employees, debt-free mindset. Now (Modern Era) Crowned king status, millions of employees, $4T+ budget, draft-dodging leaders. Keywords:#Constitution #AntiWar #SmedleyButler #Liberty Est. Reading Time: 8 mins This broadcast contrasts the self-sacrificing leadership of George Washington with the modern expansion of the "crowned" presidency and the military-industrial complex. Through veteran testimonies and historical warnings, it argues that modern unconstitutional wars serve corporate interests rather than national defense. It calls for a return to biblical morality and constitutional education to preserve the American republic. Detailed Summary The Erosion of Leadership and the Rise of the Administrative State The program opens by contrasting George Washington's providential protection and personal sacrifice during the Revolutionary War with the modern presidency's exorbitant costs and isolation from the citizenry. While Washington led from the front with minimal resources, modern presidents are described as "wearing the crown" rather than "bearing the cross," supported by a massive security apparatus and a federal budget that has ballooned from 11 million (1832) to over 4 trillion (2011). This growth in government scope—from 350 civilian employees in 1789 to millions today—is presented as a direct threat to individual liberty, as increased centralized control inevitably leads to a decrease in personal responsibility. The host cites Thomas Jefferson's warning to "tie the government down with the chains of the Constitution" to prevent it from becoming a legalized version of the criminals it is meant to suppress. The Scale of Expansion: Then vs. Now Federal Employees (1789) 350 Federal Employees (Today) Millions Regulatory Growth: The number of laws and regulations governing the average citizen has increased by an estimated 3,000% since 1900. War as a Corporate Racket Central to the discussion is the critique of interventionist foreign policy, framed by General Smedley Butler's famous assertion that "war is a racket." The host highlights how military force has historically been used as "high-class muscle" for Wall Street and international banking interests, citing interventions in Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua to protect oil, fruit, and sugar interests. The broadcast argues that modern "warmongers" in Washington often dodge personal service while sending the children of the working class to fight unconstitutional wars. This is further supported by Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, which warned of the "unwarranted influence" of the military-industrial complex—a warning the host believes has been fully realized in the current era of perpetual conflict and a $38 trillion national debt. The Soldier's Regret and Moral Accountability A significant portion of the broadcast features "Steve," a veteran who expresses deep regret over his service, questioning the legitimacy of wars that violate the Constitution. Steve discusses the moral burden of being part of a system that "bombs elementary schools" and installs foreign dictators (like Noriega or Saddam Hussein) only to later remove them at the cost of American blood and treasure. The dialogue emphasizes that "rights are a two-way street" and that the U.S. cannot claim a right to safety while violating the rights of other nations. The host concludes that the American public must move beyond blind partisan loyalty and educate themselves on the Constitution and biblical repentance to stop the cycle of "legalized" violence and economic destruction. Global Military Footprint The U.S. currently maintains a vast international presence that the broadcast argues is unconstitutional and economically unsustainable: 737 Military bases worldwide. Presence in 142 different countries. Pentagon budget approaching $1.5 Trillion. "War is the only racket in which profits are reckoned in dollars and losses in lives." — Smedley Butler Key Data Air Force One Cost: $179,750 per hour for fuel, maintenance, and sundries alone. Federal Budget Growth: From 11 million (1832) to over 4 trillion (2011). National Debt: Currently cited at $38 trillion. Military Presence: 737 bases in 142 countries. War Frequency: The U.S. has been at war for 93% of its 250-year history. To-Do / Next Steps Read War is a Racket (approx. 70 pages) by Smedley Butler to understand the internal mechanics of military intervention. Study the historical background of the Constitution to prevent its subversion by illegitimate government forms. Examine Acts 12:22 and Luke 12:58 to understand the biblical necessity of repentance and aligning with God's will. Research the "military-industrial complex" warning in Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address. Educate yourself on the difference between the Constitution and common law to recognize political propaganda. Conclusion The document serves as a stern warning against the "bastardized form of illegitimate government" that arises when the Constitution is separated from its moral and historical roots. It posits that true national security and liberty can only be restored through individual education, a refusal to fund unconstitutional warfare, and a return to the "laws of God" upon which the nation was founded.

Are conservatives being inconsistent on Iran? Tara breaks down the viral Matt Walsh comments, the documented assassination plots against President Trump, Biden-era funding decisions, and why this moment didn't come out of nowhere.

Hawk breaks down the full arc of US-Iran relations, from the cordial diplomatic ties of the 1720s all the way to the current war that Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly admitted was triggered by Israel. Starting with Persia's constitutional revolution, American economic advisors in the 1920s, and the cordial relations that held through World War II, the story takes a sharp turn in 1953 when the CIA and British intelligence MI6 orchestrated a coup overthrowing Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh, who had nationalized the country's oil industry. The US then reinstalled the Shah of Iran and helped build his brutal secret police force SAVAK, and in a stunning irony, it was President Dwight D. Eisenhower who launched Iran's nuclear program and provided the country's first nuclear reactor and enriched uranium in 1967. The 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, the 444-day hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, Reagan's support for Saddam Hussein, Hezbollah, the Iran-Contra affair, the JCPOA under Obama, Trump pulling out of the nuclear deal, and the killing of General Qassem Soleimani all connect in a straight line to the current US-Iran war. Marco Rubio told congressional leaders that the US entered the war preemptively because Israel was going to attack Iran, and Iran would have retaliated against American forces. Rubio's admission drew reaction from Congressman Joaquin Castro and even conservative commentator Matt Walsh, who called it the worst possible thing Rubio could have said. Six US service members are dead. Hawk also shares a personal story about Sean Penn, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, and a surreal afternoon in San Francisco tied directly to Iran's 2005 presidential election. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

Is it possible to survive trauma, burnout, and relentless transitions, and emerge more grounded, more powerful, and more truly yourself? Internal leadership coach and nervous system strategist Erika Latta offers her own life as proof. Her story is a non-linear path: from growing up in a Texas trailer with a father who was a Vietnam veteran and a heroin addict, to enlisting in the Air Force at 17 for survival, narrowly escaping a terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia, and burning out twice in corporate sales. Hear her most recent, beautiful transition: becoming a mom at 52—and using all of these experiences to build her coaching practice, Inner Edge.In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Intro(01:38) Becoming a mom at 52(02:34) Growing up in Texas(06:58) Erika's mom enlisted in the military at 34 with two kids and a six-month-old(13:00) Leaving home at 17, and joining the Air Force to survive(14:49) The trauma she carried into adulthood — and what she wants every mother to know about open dialogue with their kids(23:22) What basic training actually looks like(23:33) Episode sponsor: Erika Latta(32:04) Being stationed in Saudi Arabia, and protecting the no-fly zone from Saddam Hussein(38:47) The Colonel Dick moment(42:18) Moving to Canada(45:18) Fertility struggles, miscarriage, and how the universe brought their daughter into their lives(51:47) Becoming a new mom and getting laid off in the same season, and why it turned out to be the biggest blessing(57:41) How to lead under pressure without performing(1:02:37) Energy management over time management: the reframe that changes everything for high-performing working moms(1:04:21) How to set boundaries at work without sounding scripted(1:09:46)  Where to find Erika LattaKEY TAKEAWAYYour transitions and lived experiences that almost broke you, are exactly what qualifies you to lead differently. Erika Latta's own “Inner Edge” is lived experience, and not only surviving, but thriving. The most powerful thing that high-performing women can do is learn to lead from regulation and clarity.About Erika LattaErika Latta is an internal leadership coach and nervous system strategist who works with high-performing women — Directors, VPs, executives, and founders — who are thriving on the outside but quietly running on empty on the inside. A burnout survivor herself, Erika has led in some of the most demanding, male-dominated environments out there — the U.S. Air Force, the chemical industry, and corporate sales — so she knows firsthand what it costs to lead through performance rather than presence.Certified in Conscious Connected Breathwork and grounded in nervous system science, Erika helps women stop white-knuckling their careers and start leading from regulation, clarity, and grounded authority — especially during the big transitions: role shifts, rising visibility, and the quiet realization that you've outgrown your current chapter. Her work isn't therapy or leadership theory — it's the internal leadership system most high-achieving women were never given, and desperately needed.Connect with Erika LattaWebsite | https://erikalatta.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/breathewitherika/ | https://www.instagram.com/ritual.urban.retreat/ Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikalatta About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.Connect with AndreaWebsite | ⁠https://www.andreabarr.com/⁠  Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast Listen to All Figured Out

Weichert analyzes the 1979 hostage crisis, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran, and the negative legacy of the Carter Doctrine regarding permanent American involvement in the region. 2.

As one of the world's most respected journalists, CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and exclusively from the Baghdad courtroom at the trial of Saddam Hussein, where the former dictator was eventually sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Her fearless reporting from conflict zones has taken her to places including the Balkans, Syria, Sudan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela and beyond. Throughout her career she has sought to challenge world leaders, expose war crimes and help viewers understand the consequences of war and peace. In February 2026 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to help us make sense of the World in 2026. Alongside journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah, Amanpour addressed some of the key questions of our time. Will Donald Trump name a successor or try to seek a third term as U.S. President? Could wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan escalate beyond their borders and cause global unrest? And what should journalism look like in a world of increasingly sophisticated AI and unregulated social media? --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As one of the world's most respected journalists, CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and exclusively from the Baghdad courtroom at the trial of Saddam Hussein, where the former dictator was eventually sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Her fearless reporting from conflict zones has taken her to places including the Balkans, Syria, Sudan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela and beyond. Throughout her career she has sought to challenge world leaders, expose war crimes and help viewers understand the consequences of war and peace. In February 2026 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to help us make sense of the World in 2026. Alongside journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah, Amanpour addressed some of the key questions of our time. Will Donald Trump name a successor or try to seek a third term as U.S. President? Could wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan escalate beyond their borders and cause global unrest? And what should journalism look like in a world of increasingly sophisticated AI and unregulated social media? --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark hasn't been slow in criticising our government's response to the attacks on Iran. She's not just criticising it - she's slamming it. Saying that it's “a disgrace” for not condemning Israel and the United States and, instead, criticising Iran's “indiscriminate” retaliatory attacks. Helen Clark says the Government knows full well that Israel and the US are breaking international law with these strikes and the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister should be saying so. She says the Government knows that negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear capability were underway and we should be ripping into Israel and the US for what they started on Saturday. But here's where I'm at. When I hear about people in Iran cheering and celebrating the demise of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who am I to criticise what's happened? Who am I to tell these people: “Oh no no, stop celebrating, it's not right what's happened. Israel and the US aren't playing by the rules.” Who am I to say that to those people? And who is Helen Clark to say that? This is the problem you get with people on the left side of the political spectrum, who seem to be incapable of seeing the bigger picture. Has Helen Clark and the opposition MPs lining up to criticise the Government forgotten about the death sentences handed out to some of the people involved in the recent mass protests? They want things done to the letter every time. But what if this brings a better life for the people of Iran? It's a big if. Because who knows whether this will be the end of the current regime running Iran or not? Regime change is easy to talk about but very difficult to do. Because it's not just the regime, it's who fills the vacuum afterwards. As we saw in Iraq. Yes, they got rid of Saddam Hussein, but then they got rid of the Iraqi army as well and that's when it really hit the fan with other extremists and terror groups all wanting a piece of the action. So, who knows how this is going to end up in the long term? But, when all is said and done, for me this is about the people of Iran. Which is why you're not going to hear me piling into our government the way Helen Clark is. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ash and Kristen continue their dive into the wildly controversial world of Graham Hancock and his hotly debated speculations!In part two, the gals dig into Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse era- breaking down his theory that a catastrophic comet wiped out an advanced civilization at the end of the last Ice Age, whose survivors may have spread knowledge of agriculture, astronomy, and architecture across the world. They explore mysterious Indonesian mountaintop ruins, buried structures, global mythology connections, archaeological pushback, debate-stage drama, and Hancock's ventures into altered consciousness, psychedelics, and the eternal question: suppressed truth, misunderstood evidence… or just a really fascinating speculative rabbit hole?STUFF TO CHEER YOU UP:Ash's list of "Comfort Shows" (and where to watch them for freeeee)Ash learned a dance and actually filmed it... aka Ash dancing alone in …her yard aka "How Ash Likes to Party" Behind the scenes of Ash struggling to make a simple dance video ft. her SPARKLY BOOTS!PODS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED:It Could Happen Here- It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future.Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay - Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay dissect the biggest topics in Black culture, politics, and sports. Two times per week, they will wade into the most important and timely conversations, frequently inviting guests on the podcast and occasionally debating each other.Pod Save the World - A weekly podcast that breaks down international news and foreign policy developments, but doesn't feel like homework.This F*cking Guy - Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco, co-hosts of the podcast Hysteria, do a deep dive into the lives of some of the worst b*tches in the game - and let you know everything there is to know about their horrible, corrupt, and dishonest pasts.Behind the Bastards - There's a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater's insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein's side career as a trashy romance novelist.Gaslit Nation - Gaslit Nation provides a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa, an expert on authoritarian states who warned America about Russia and election hacking before the 2016 election.The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart and The Daily Show News Team cover today's biggest headlines. The “Ears Edition” of The Daily Show features full episodes, extended content, exclusive interviews, and more.If you'd like to support my escape to Indonesia, check out the GOFUNDME :)Follow us on Instagram, where Ash is actually starting to post again!We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!Audio editing by Tina Lukic.

Picking up where we left off in Part One, we now deep dive into the sectarian violence that unfolded in Iraq and layout a timeline on how they attempted to implement democratic processes as well as Saddam Hussein's trial. We also look at the collapse of the America's central justification for the war: no weapons of mass destruction found. We then jump into Bush's re-election and changing public opinion internationally. Big Small Talk Instagram Sarah-Jane's Instagram Hannah's Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode host Iain Ballantyne talks to guest Steve Kershaw, a former Royal Navy submarine officer, about his amazing career under the sea and his work today helping to bring about the UK'S ‘Hybrid Navy' transformation.Iain kicks off by asking Steve to explain what led him to choose a naval career in the mid-1980s and why it was the engineering side of the Senior Service that appealed most.After talking about his time undergoing Initial Sea Training and being ‘streamed' to the Submarine Service as an engineer, Steve relates how for a short period he returned to the Surface Fleet. He spent time in HMS London, including a foray to Berlin as the infamous Wall dividing East and West came down in late 1989.Steve served in several Royal Navy nuclear-powered hunter killer submarines (SSNs) of the Trafalgar Class, including during the 1991 Gulf War. That boat spent 13 weeks dived in the Mediterranean watching Libya to ensure it did not come into the conflict on the side of Saddam Hussein.Steve also went to sea in the Upholder Class diesel-electric submarine HMS Unicorn for a marathon voyage from the UK to the Indian Ocean and Gulf and back. He reveals to Iain how he found the ‘dirty boat' world aboard Unicorn to be somewhat different to the nukes.While away the UK Government decided to take the four (fairly new) Upholders out of commission, which was a blow. Steve reveals the impact that had on Unicorn's crew. A deployment involving Steve, which hit the headlines for the wrong reasons was that of HMS Tireless as part of Naval Task Group 2000, and which saw a circumnavigation of the world cancelled. The SSN was ‘trapped' in Gibraltar for a year due to serious technical problems and Steve returned home rather than going around the world.Among other things Iain and Steve discuss is his time with Naval Sea Trials Party 30 (NSTP 30) and its work to ensure RN submarine sensors remained on the cutting edge during a continuing contest under the sea.Steve and Iain also discuss how the ‘Hybrid Navy' aims to provide a solution to giving the British fleet of today and tomorrow more mass and presence at sea as part of the new Atlantic Bastion concept.*For more on navies and their activities worldwide, get the magazine! Web site http://bit.ly/wifrmag Also, follow it on X @WarshipsIFR Facebook @WarshipsIFR and Warships IFR TV on YouTube @warshipsifrtv3668 • Steve Kershaw served 21 years in the UK submarine service and has spent the rest of his career consulting in Defence and Security. He has been at PwC for over 15 years and a partner for 11 of them. His primary role is to lead consulting teams working in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). He is also PwC's Global Security and Defence Sector leader, helping individual territories and multi-national accounts such as NATO to develop and utilise the best that PwC has to offer. He specialises in improving military programmes and procurements and also enterprise-wide transformation.•Iain Ballantyne is the founding and current Editor of ‘Warships IFR' magazine (first published in 1998) along with its ‘Guide to the Royal Navy' (since 2003) and ‘Guide to the US Navy' (since 2018). Iain is also author of the books ‘Hunter Killers' (Orion) and ‘The Deadly Trade' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), both about submarine warfare, plus ‘Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' and ‘Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom' (both published by Canelo). In 2017 Iain was awarded a Fellowship by the British Maritime Foundation, which promotes awareness of the United Kingdom's dependence on the sea and seafarers. Visit his web site Bismarckbattle.com and follow him on X @IBallantyn

PART II ALREADY OUT ON PATREON! IT'S AD-FREE, AND THERE'S A TON OF OTHER GREAT PATREON PERKS, JOIN US THERE!Ash and Kristen begin their dive into the wildly controversial world of Graham Hancock and his hotly debated speculations. Along the way, they take approximately 700 Wikipedia detours through Gnosticism, Catharism, esoteric secret-knowledge clubs, and so much conspiracy-adjacent archaeology, religious relic lore, and Ice Age brain-melt timelines that Ash has to stop Kristen every 2-3 minutes to define something. So naturally, we had to make this a two-parter!In part one, the gals talk about Hancock's journey from respected journalist to alternative archaeologist who digs into controversial theories about lost ancient civilizations and literally everything else throughout time and space. They dig into his greatest hits: the Ark of the Covenant, the Knights Templar, pyramids/Sphinx “they're older than you think” chaos, the Face on Mars, and that whole “is this an ancient warning or just Virgin Mary on toast?” dilemma.STUFF TO CHEER YOU UP:Ash's list of "Comfort Shows" (and where to watch them for freeeee)Ash learned a dance and actually filmed it... aka Ash dancing alone in …her yard aka "How Ash Likes to Party" Behind the scenes of Ash struggling to make a simple dance video ft. her SPARKLY BOOTS!PODS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED:It Could Happen Here- It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future.Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay - Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay dissect the biggest topics in Black culture, politics, and sports. Two times per week, they will wade into the most important and timely conversations, frequently inviting guests on the podcast and occasionally debating each other.Pod Save the World - A weekly podcast that breaks down international news and foreign policy developments, but doesn't feel like homework.This F*cking Guy - Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco, co-hosts of the podcast Hysteria, do a deep dive into the lives of some of the worst b*tches in the game - and let you know everything there is to know about their horrible, corrupt, and dishonest pasts.Behind the Bastards - There's a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater's insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein's side career as a trashy romance novelist.Gaslit Nation - Gaslit Nation provides a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa, an expert on authoritarian states who warned America about Russia and election hacking before the 2016 election.The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart and The Daily Show News Team cover today's biggest headlines. The “Ears Edition” of The Daily Show features full episodes, extended content, exclusive interviews, and more.If you'd like to support my escape to Indonesia, check out the GOFUNDME :)Follow us on Instagram, where Ash is actually starting to post again!We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue.

Former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon joins the boys to talk about going from being a two-sport athlete in college to a SuperBowl winner with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, whether or not he could've made it to the Majors as an outfielder, landing on the legendary Frank Jobe's operating table, visiting the White House (twice!) and how he ended up in Iraq for the execution of Saddam Hussein. This week's podcast was brought to you by  Teambrown Apparel, Old Fort Baseball Co and Patrick's Custom Painting.

Min 5: TRES ADIOSES (4 estrellas) En “Tres adioses”, la cineasta Isabel Coixet ofrece un drama íntimo e introspectivo —protagonizado por Alba Rohrwacher y Elio Germano— que se adentra en el dolor y la transformación personal tras la ruptura de pareja y el choque con la fragilidad de la vida. Adaptación de la novela póstuma de Michela Murgia, el film sigue a Marta y Antonio después de una separación aparentemente trivial que desencadena en ella una profunda crisis emocional y física, y en él una creciente nostalgia y remordimiento. Rodada entre España e Italia como coproducción italo-española, Coixet equilibra con sensibilidad los temas del desamor, la enfermedad y la aceptación, proponiendo una narración que mira la tristeza de frente sin excesos melodramáticos. Min 19: LA FIERA (3 estrellas) En La fiera, el cineasta Salvador Calvo —conocido por títulos como Adú y 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas— construye un drama visceral y evocador sobre la pasión por los deportes de riesgo y la camaradería, situado en el mundo del salto BASE con traje de alas; la película sigue a Carlos (Carlos Cuevas), Darío (Miguel Bernardeau) y Armando (Miguel Ángel Silvestre), tres amigos que descubren en esta disciplina extrema la sensación más pura de volar y al mismo tiempo la fragilidad de la vida, abordando sin concesiones sus miedos, adrenalina, dilemas personales y el peso de la amistad frente al vértigo de lo desconocido. Basada en hechos reales y rodada entre espectaculares escenarios de España y Suiza, Calvo equilibra secuencias de espectacularidad física con una reflexión más honda sobre el precio emocional de enfrentarse a los propios límites. Min 24: PRIMATE (3 estrellas) En Primate, el realizador Johannes Roberts —reconocido por su trabajo en el cine de terror contemporáneo— propone un thriller de horror visceral y directo que transfiere al espectador al terreno del miedo primitivo: protagonizada por Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander y Troy Kotsur, la historia arranca cuando Lucy regresa a la casa familiar con su chimpancé “Ben”, adoptado desde pequeño, sólo para que un accidente haga que el animal contraiga rabia y se convierta en una amenaza implacable contra ella y su grupo de amigos, transformando lo que parecía una reunión veraniega en un escenario claustrofóbico de supervivencia sangrienta. Min 29: LA TARTA DEL PRESIDENTE (4 estrellas) En La tarta del presidente, el cineasta Hasan Hadi traza con sensibilidad y dureza la odisea de Lamia (interpretada por Baneen Ahmad Nayyef) y su amigo Saeed en el Irak de los años 90 bajo la férrea dictadura de Saddam Hussein, obligados por el régimen a preparar un pastel de cumpleaños para el presidente en medio de sanciones económicas, escasez de alimentos y miedo omnipresente; lo que comienza como una tarea escolar imposible —en la que la niña debe buscar huevos, azúcar y otros ingredientes en un contexto de pobreza y represión— se convierte en una metáfora poderosa y poética sobre la supervivencia, la inocencia infantil y la deshumanización de un pueblo atrapado. Min 36: LA PELÍCULA DE TU VIDA, CON EVA JAKUBOVSKA Esta semana, la protagonista de esta sección es Eva Jakubovska Pérez, actriz, directora, guionista y productora de cine y televisión de origen polaco y nacionalidad española, afincada en Toledo desde hace más de un lustro y con una carrera internacional en producciones europeas y americanas. Formada académicamente entre la Universidad de Varsovia, la Universidad de Vigo y con un máster en Central de Cine en Madrid, ha trabajado tanto frente a cámara como detrás de ella, participando en películas, series de TV, web series y teatro. Es conocida por sus papeles en títulos como La Sirvienta (donde protagoniza el papel de Lera), Capitán Carver y la serie Serramoura, entre otras producciones. En 2024 fue candidata a los Premios Goya en la categoría de Mejor Actriz Protagonista por su papel en La Sirvienta. Eva nos sorprende explicando por qué una película de 2016 poco conocida, como 'Blue Jay' (Alexandre Lehmann) es la peli de su vida. Min 42: ESPECIAL BSO "EN BUSCA DE LA FELICIDAD" 20 ANIVERSARIO Con motivo del 20º aniversario de En busca de la felicidad, dedicamos este episodio a recorrer la película de Gabriele Muccino a través de su banda sonora, una partitura de Andrea Guerra que convirtió la perseverancia, la fragilidad y la esperanza en emoción pura. Analizamos cómo la música dialoga con el rostro y el silencio de Will Smith, cómo subraya el vínculo paterno-filial sin empujar al sentimentalismo y de qué manera temas como Where Is My Shoe o Possibly construyen un relato sonoro que acompaña —y a veces sostiene— el viaje de su protagonista. Un paseo por una de esas bandas sonoras que no buscan lucirse, sino quedarse contigo, y que dos décadas después siguen resonando como una lección íntima sobre resistir, confiar y seguir adelante cuando todo parece perdido.

Die neunjährige Lamia soll dem irakischen Diktator Saddam Hussein zu seinem 50.Geburtstag einen Kuchen backen, während ihre Familie selbst kaum etwas zu essen hat. „Ein Kuchen für den Präsidenten“ ist ein bittersüßes Drama, für das Drehbuchautor und Regisseur Hasan Hadi beim Filmfestival in Cannes den Publikumspreis und den Preis für das beste Debüt erhielt.

durée : 00:13:06 - L'invité d'un jour dans le monde - Récompensé d'une Caméra d'or et prix du public de la Quinzaine des cinéastes à Cannes, le film plonge le spectateur dans l'Irak des années Saddam Hussein avec l'histoire de Lamia, une enfant scolarisée obligée par son professeur de confectionner le gâteau du dictateur. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:37:19 - Le 18/20 · Un jour dans le monde - C'est un récit à hauteur d'enfants dans les années Saddam Hussein entre dictature et bombardements. Le gâteau, objet central de l'histoire, doit être cuisiné par un enfant tiré au sort pour l'anniversaire du Président. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:37:19 - Le 18/20 · Un jour dans le monde - C'est un récit à hauteur d'enfants dans les années Saddam Hussein entre dictature et bombardements. Le gâteau, objet central de l'histoire, doit être cuisiné par un enfant tiré au sort pour l'anniversaire du Président. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

This episode takes us on a journey to an album that was nearly 15 years in the making, through a repressive regime and a war. This edition of TNT will focus on Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda, and their 2015 self-released heavy-hitting album, “Gilgamesh.” Often credited as being the first metal band from Iraq, Acrassicauda thrived as a band despite government censorship, death threats, and forced relocation. Vice magazine provides a telling preview of the album, noting that the conditions in Baghdad after the American invasion resulted in the band's music becoming "even more hate-filled and intense and fucked than ever before." Turn this one up loud and strap in.

Caleb reviews Bad Medicine for Dr. Drugs, Aaron tries to explain Mekton Zeta mecha construction rules, I use a plot from the master fantasy plot generator and we talk about Bob Ross on Twitch.tv. Oh and there’s some discussion of Dragon #136 and Grimtooth’s Traps! If you enjoyed this episode and want more, there are over 10 years of bonus podcast episodes waiting for you on the RPPR Patreon! In our most recent episode, we looked at a d20 modern scenario that statted out Saddam Hussein. I’ve also started a newsletter with scenario writeups, cool links and more. In other RPPR news, I posted an interview with Gareth Hanrahan about his book on Moria for The One Ring RPG on our Youtube channel.

The first of a two-part conversation in which David talks to Helen Thompson about how to understand the extraordinary and unlikely power of the United States, from its origins to its current incarnation. How strange would it once have seemed to live in a world dominated by a state from the Western hemisphere? When did the US overcome its natural disadvantages to achieve superpower potential? What does the rest of the world get wrong about how American power actually operates? And what might come next? A reminder that the second part of David's conversation with Glen Rangwala about the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein is available now on PPF+. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ today https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Next Time: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2 – Trump and the Future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Safe Haven, which has just opened at London's Arcola theatre, tells the true story of what happened in spring 2001, when two million Kurds fleeing Saddam Hussein's forces found themselves in the freezing mountains, and two Whitehall diplomats decided to intervene. Hannah chats to two of the play's stars, Lisa Zahra and Beth Burrows, to find out more. * Safe Haven is on until February 7. More information and tickets here: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/safe-haven/ * You can support Standard Issue here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the final episode in this series David talks to historian and political scientist Glen Rangwala about the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006. What plans did the Americans have for Saddam before the Iraq war began? How was it decided what to charge him with once he had been captured? Did his trial exacerbate rather than overcome the sectarian divisions tearing Iraq apart? Was justice served? Part 2 of this conversation, in which David and Glen discuss the circumstances of Saddam's execution and the legacy of his fate for the politics of Iraq and the wider world, is available tomorrow on PPF+. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Next time: Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson – The Weirdness of American Power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

L'histoire paraît si incroyable qu'on la croirait inventée. Pourtant, elle est bien réelle : le dirigeant qui a fait écrire un Coran avec son propre sang est Saddam Hussein, président de l'Irak pendant plus de vingt ans. Et ce “Coran de sang” est devenu l'un des objets les plus controversés de l'histoire récente du pays.Tout commence dans les années 1990. Saddam Hussein, affaibli politiquement après la guerre du Golfe, cherche à renforcer son image. Il lance alors ce qu'il appelle une campagne de “retour à la foi”, un virage religieux censé le présenter comme un chef pieux, protecteur de l'islam, alors même que son régime était jusque-là surtout nationaliste et autoritaire. C'est dans ce contexte qu'il imagine une opération spectaculaire, à la frontière de la propagande et du sacrilège : faire écrire un Coran avec son propre sang.Selon les récits les plus souvent rapportés, Saddam Hussein aurait fait prélever, pendant plusieurs années, de grandes quantités de son sang — certains parlent d'environ 24 litres au total. Le sang aurait ensuite été transformé en encre par un calligraphe, chargé de copier intégralement le texte sacré, à la main, page après page, vers la fin des années 1990.Pourquoi faire cela ? Saddam Hussein présente l'acte comme un vœu religieux : une offrande à Dieu, réalisée “par reconnaissance” après avoir survécu à des menaces. Mais pour de nombreux Irakiens, et pour des autorités religieuses, l'affaire est immédiatement jugée troublante. Car dans l'islam, le sang est généralement considéré comme impur : utiliser un fluide corporel pour écrire le Coran apparaît donc non seulement comme une excentricité, mais comme une transgression.Le manuscrit achevé est exposé dans une mosquée monumentale de Bagdad, construite sous Saddam : la mosquée Oum al-Ma'arik, souvent appelée “mosquée de la Mère de toutes les batailles”. Là, le Coran de sang devient un symbole : aux yeux du régime, il doit représenter la dévotion du chef ; pour ses opposants, il illustre plutôt le culte de la personnalité poussé à l'extrême.Après la chute de Saddam en 2003, le manuscrit devient un véritable casse-tête : faut-il le conserver comme pièce historique, ou le détruire comme objet blasphématoire ? Pendant des années, des débats agitent l'Irak, car détruire un Coran est lui-même un acte problématique, même si sa forme choque.Résultat : ce livre reste un paradoxe. Un Coran… écrit par le sang d'un dictateur. Un objet sacré pour certains, scandaleux pour d'autres — mais dans tous les cas, un témoignage fascinant de la façon dont le pouvoir peut chercher à se rendre éternel, même à travers le religieux. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Am 17.1.1991 beginnen die USA und Alliierte mit Luftangriffen auf den Irak, um das von Saddam Hussein annektierte Kuwait zu befreien. Die Weltöffentlichkeit ist erstmals live dabei. Von Wolfgang Meyer.

Tensions are boiling over in Minneapolis following another shooting involving an ICE agent. As Homeland Security pushes back against intensifying protests, Minnesota is suing the federal government to halt the deployment of immigration agents. With President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, FOX News Sunday's Shannon Bream joins us to analyze the legal battle and the national trend of states distancing themselves from federal immigration enforcement. It's been 35 years since the U.S. and its allies launched Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait. Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Vincent Boles joins us to break down why the coalition was so dominant, how the conflict changed modern warfare, and the lingering debate: Was it a mistake to leave Saddam Hussein in power? Plus, commentary by New York Post and FOX News columnist, Karol Markowicz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THE HOSTAGE CRISIS, THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, AND THE CARTER DOCTRINE Colleague Brandon Weichert. Focusing on the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, this segment explores the American hostage crisis and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War initiated by Saddam Hussein in 1980. Hussein attacked to exploit Iran's post-revolutionary chaos and seize the Shatt al-Arab waterway, fearing the spread of radical Islamism. Weichert explains the Carter Doctrine, which committed the US to military intervention to protect Persian Gulf interests, a policy expanded by the "Reagan Corollary." The discussion notes that neither the American public nor the administration fully grasped the deep-seated grievances fueling the Iranian revolution. SHADOW WAR BY BRANDON WEICHERT NUMBER 21917 BAGHDAD

SHIFTS IN US POLICY AND THE RISE OF THE SHIA CRESCENT Colleague Brandon Weichert. This section tracks US policy shifts from Clinton's diplomatic attempts to the unintended consequences of the 2003 Iraq War. Weichert argues that removing Saddam Hussein eliminated a check on Iranian power, allowing Tehran to establish a "Shia Crescent" of influence stretching to Lebanon. The conversation covers the deep Sunni-Shia hostility and Iran'sstrategic co-opting of the Palestinian cause to weaken Israel. It also critiques the Obama administration's JCPOA, describing it as a failed attempt to equalize regional power between Iran and Israel, and traces Iran's nuclear ambitions back to Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" program. SHADOW WAR BY BRANDON WEICHERT NUMBER 31897 DAMASCUS

The new year has only just begun, and already we have seen an event with massive significance for the world of energy. The US operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro opens a new era for a country that holds – according to some definitions – the world's largest oil reserves.So far there has been little impact on oil markets. But what are the implications going to be for energy in the months and years to come? To discuss how this volatile situation might evolve, host Ed Crooks is joined by regular guest Amy Myers Jaffe, Director of NYU's Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab, and an expert on oil earlier in her career. History never repeats itself, the saying goes, but sometimes it rhymes. Amy draws a parallel between Venezuela today, and Iraq after the US-led invasion and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. There are some similarities in the position of the two oil-rich countries, which were both dragged down by mismanagement and sanctions. But Amy argues that Venezuela's oil system is in far worse shape, with looted equipment, chronic power and fuel shortages, and damage that may not be reversible.Melissa Lott, another Energy Gang regular, also joins the show, and raises the question of what regime change in Venezuela might mean for the energy transition. Melissa is a partner at Microsoft, but appearing on the show in her usual role as an independent commentator and energy expert. Then it's on to the other places, people and technologies that are likely to make a big impact on energy this year. Ed is watching the Gulf Coast buildout of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants. It is a boom so big that Wood Mackenzie expects US LNG exports to roughly double from 2023 levels by around 2030, with more growth beyond.The gang assesses the likely consequences of surging LNG supplies: downward pressure on global gas prices, and potential financial strain for exporters. There is also the possibility that a peace deal in Ukraine could make the oversupply even worse, by allowing more Russian gas to flow west into European markets. Next up, it's people to watch in 2026. Melissa names the US energy secretary Chris Wright, and Ed picks new FERC chairman Laura Swett. As the US power grid, and its energy system more generally, face mounting challenges because of the growth in data centers needed for AI, effective policy and regulation will be critical. Amy chooses China's President Xi Jinping: the country's next five-year plan could reshape the global competition for energy dominance.On technologies to watch, battery storage is a hot topic. Melissa and Ed discuss the supply chains needed to meet growing demand, and innovative products such as Form Energy's iron-air batteries, which are being deployed in a first-ever commercial project that will be fully operational this year. Amy's choice is humanoid robots. They're expensive and still imperfect, but are they going to rule the future? They are already being trialled for repetitive factory tasks. Amy says her Roomba can't cope with a spilt bowl of cereal. But will new flexible AI-guided robots be able to do the job properly?Follow the show so you don't miss an episode this year – it's going to be a busy one.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a stunning U.S. military operation carried out in the early hours of Saturday, January 3rd, American forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. As of Saturday afternoon Eastern Time, the two were en route to New York, where they are expected to face criminal charges tied to a U.S. indictment issued roughly five years ago. The operation follows months of escalating confrontation between Washington and Caracas. The Trump administration had already carried out military strikes on vessels accused of drug smuggling and seized oil tankers off Venezuela's coast. Hours after Maduro's capture, President Trump declared that the United States would now "run Venezuela," offering few details—but repeatedly emphasizing that the U.S. would soon control the country's vast oil reserves. To help us understand what just happened and what may come next, I'm joined from Bogotá, Colombia by Elizabeth Dickinson, deputy director for Latin America at the International Crisis Group. We discuss what is known so far about the operation, the risks facing Venezuela in the days ahead, and why this moment bears uncomfortable similarities to the U.S. overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the occupation of Iraq more than two decades ago. Support Global Dispatches with your paid subscription! https://www.globaldispatches.org/   

This clip breaks down the rhetorical shift behind U.S. policy toward Venezuela — and why language matters more than missiles. We examine how Washington reframed Venezuela from a collapsing petro-state into a “narco-terrorist threat”, unlocking expanded legal war powers. The centerpiece of that shift? A $50 million bounty on President Nicolás Maduro — a reward larger than those once placed on Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. We unpack how: Criminal language quietly turned into security doctrine “Narco-terrorism” became a legal workaround for extraterritorial force Low-level smugglers are treated like enemy combatants Terror labels disappear when geopolitical utility changes (see Ahmed al-Sharaa) This isn't about defending Maduro — it's about exposing how labels expand power, and why those tools are nearly impossible to put back once normalized. This is Part 2 of our Venezuela series. Part 1 covers the U.S. naval escalation in the Caribbean. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – From Drug War to “Narco-Terror State” 01:55 – The $50 Million Bounty Explained 05:00 – Maduro vs. Bin Laden: The Price Tag Problem 07:30 – Terrorists… Until They're Useful 11:30 – What “Narco-Terrorism” Actually Means 15:00 – Who's Really Being Killed? #Venezuela #NarcoTerrorism #USForeignPolicy #Maduro #DrugWar #Geopolitics #BroHistory #LatinAmerica #Sanctions #WarPowers Links to our other stuff on the interwebs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BroHistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brohistory.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #343 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Battlefield to Boardroom: A Global Legacy of Courage, Compassion & Leadership This week, the Team Never Quit Podcast welcomes a truly extraordinary guest: Dr. Sudip Bose — emergency physician, Iraq War veteran, entrepreneur, medical innovator, and one of the world's most dynamic voices at the intersection of medicine, military leadership, and business. Few leaders embody resilience and global perspective the way Dr. Bose does. His story spans continents, combat zones, emergency rooms, and corporate boardrooms—all shaped by deep heritage and a lifelong commitment to service. A Legacy Rooted in Courage and Heritage Born in the United States to parents who emigrated from Kolkata, Dr. Bose carries a powerful cultural heritage. Fluent in Bengali and proud of his lineage, he is a descendant of: ·         Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, legendary freedom fighter ·         Jagadish Chandra Bose, pioneering scientist ·         Satyendra Nath Bose, the physicist behind the concept of bosons Their spirit of bravery, intellectual curiosity, and innovation lives on in Dr. Bose's own journey. Leadership Forged in War Dr. Bose's leadership was tested early—on the front lines of Iraq as a U.S. Army physician under the most intense combat conditions. He earned the Bronze Star Medal for his service and was entrusted with treating Saddam Hussein after his capture. More than the accolades, the battlefield taught him the principles that guide his life: ·         Stay calm when others panic ·         Find clarity in chaos ·         Turn adversity into opportunity ·         Let heritage and values anchor global impact These lessons follow him into every trauma bay, boardroom, and keynote stage he steps into today. From the ER to the Global Stage After returning from combat, Dr. Bose transitioned into civilian life—continuing his work as an emergency physician while expanding his influence across medicine, media, innovation, and policy. His roles include: ·         Executive Producer of Desert Doc, the Telly Award–winning Amazon Prime docuseries revealing the realities of emergency medicine ·         Founder of The Battle Continues, a nonprofit supporting injured combat veterans ·         EMS Medical Director for the largest geographic hospital coverage area in the U.S.—19 counties and 38,000 square miles ·         Advisory Board Member for DrB.ai, a global digital health platform increasing access to affordable care ·         Trusted Advisor to the U.S. Congress on healthcare policy ·         Keynote Speaker for Fortune 500 companies and major financial institutions Across everything he does, Dr. Bose bridges healthcare, military discipline, and business strategy—helping leaders thrive in high-stakes environments. This is a masterclass in courage, clarity, service, and global leadership—told by a man who has lived it on every front line imaginable. In this episode you will hear: • [My sister] She's a CEO but sometimes she's the CEO of my chaos. (7:46) • I basically started med school at 21; I got my MD at 25. (8:59) • I remember sitting with my dad and asking him: “What can I do where I don't have to study?” (10:58) • Things that are just tragic and sad; they shape you later. You don't realize it at the time. (11:47) • I think if they had an award in high school for least likely to go in the military, I might have gotten that award. Guess what? In Junior high – 6th grade – I weighed 49 pounds. I was tiny. I didn't hit 5' tall until my sophomore year of high school. (12:33) • I'm in the books as the Illinois state champion in wrestling, because nobody could match my weight division. (13:11) • You don't realize how your world can change in a moment, and what seems like irrelevant work or homework or assignments later in life might save your life. (16:32) • In Iraq, I find myself cooped up in this ambulance. An armored 5-7-7 track medical vehicle with metal wheels, jostling to the next section of Bagdad or Fallujah and then the vehicle comes to a screeching halt, the back door opens and you hop out like a frog jumping out of a blender. And you find yourself on the front lines of the battlefield. (21:33) • There are the mental challenges of losing people you know. (22:52) • You love [life] saves where you can have them unite with their family. (27:11) • Within hours of getting there, there were two soldiers that came in and I had to pronounce dead. You just realize, wow, you are in it now. (31:19) • You cant take care of everyone, but by training my medics, I multiplied myself. (34:02) • [Marcus] You scored the number 1 in the nation on your medical exam board; You scored at the top of the Army physical fitness test; A Bronze Star; Recognized by CNN as a CNN hero; You're one of the leading physicians in the world; [You served] The longest combat tour since WWII; You treated Saddam Hussein. (52:26) • I evaluated [Saddam Hussein] shortly after his capture. (56:10) • You have to put your feelings, emotions, everything side, so you can focus. (57:45) • Somebody told me I might be the only person who has ben face to face with Saddam Hussein and shaken hands with George W. Bush. (58:38) • The people who gave their lives, their vision, their limb, made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Those people wrote the blank check, up to and including the cost of my life. That's what keeps me motivated. 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