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Year Zero: John Kiriakou, The Permanent Government

Year Zero: John Kiriakou, The Permanent Government

Tommy invited John Kiriakou on to usher in the new direction of the podcast. John is a former CIA analyst and counterterrorism expert turned whistleblower. Given his experience in the CIA he has a unique perspective on the intelligence world and how they interact with elected officials and the general population. In this episode John and Tommy discuss how the intelligence agencies interact with elected officials, the role the intelligence agencies play in foreign policy, updates on Assange, and the continuation of the Trump Russia scandal after the release of the Mueller report.

Listen to Year Zero Here

1948 Israeli-Arab War: What REALLY happened? (Political Comedy)

1948 Israeli-Arab War: What REALLY happened? (Political Comedy)

Check out this hilarious new skit on the history of Israeli-Palestinian tensions.  We ended the last episode with the British partitioning the land.  Now let’s take a look at why this British plan failed, and the 1948 war that happened as a result of it.  Who is to blame and what should be done about the Palestinian refugees?  Tune in!

Frontline Documentary “One Day in Gaza” pulled from PBS

Alison Weir, the Director of If Americans Knew reports at Unz Reveiw that PBS stations around the country have pulled a Frontline documentary on the violence in Gaza.

PBS stations around the U.S. were scheduled to show a riveting new Frontline documentary, “One Day in Gaza,” but at the last minute PBS pulled it.

The film is missing important context about the issue, but it includes footage that Americans, as Israel’s top funders, should see – including a young, unarmed teen being shot in her head.

BBC, the coproducer of the film, broadcast it to British viewers. We are posting it below so that Americans can also view it.

Allison’s article provides more context (she states the film does have flaws) to the film which includes the background of Israelis they interview.  One Israeli she describes is an American that migrated to Israel in 1975 and lives in Nirim kibbutz on the border with Gaza.  Allison writes:

“Despite being located in a desert, it has green grass and a swimming pool. A little over a mile away, Gazans are enduring a water crisis that has caused Gazan children to suffer from diarrhea, kidney disease, and impaired IQ.”

But the film cannot do everything, and it does some things extremely well. Overall, it’s not difficult to see why Israel partisans would not wish it broadcast to Americans.

It shows footage that the American public almost never sees. It was this kind of footage that eventually led to Americans ending the Vietnam war.

One of the main take-aways from the film is the extreme ruthlessness of Israeli forces.

You can download the torrent here and here

Veterans Groups and Gold Star Families send letters opposing war with Iran

This letter was coordinated by the American College of National Security and a consortium consisting of retired admirals, generals, ambassadors, and senior government executives committed to strengthening America’s national security by informing the debate, influencing decision-makers, and educating the public.

“A war with Iran, either by choice or miscalculation, would produce dramatic repercussions in an already destabilized Middle East and drag the United States into another armed conflict at immense financial, human, and geopolitical cost.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Nearly two dozen Gold Star families are writing an open letter to Congress, today, urging them to reassert their power to slow the march to war with Iran.  The letter, signed by families who lost loves ones from World War II, all the way up to Iraq and Afghanistan, write Congress that they “are urging you to step up, and make clear that Donald Trump, John Bolton, and other neoconservatives do not have any authorization to wage war with Iran.”

“Many military experts believe a war with Iran would dwarf the casualties we saw in Iraq, and Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of American sons and daughters would be lost, like our own family members.”

Dave Smith interviews me about Iran, mostly.

Dave Smith brings you the latest in politics! On this episode Of Part Of The Problem Dave sits down with guest Scott Horton! Scott and Dave discuss the real problem with Iran, and how disastrous a war with them would be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f4i3aUoPGk

Trump should be impeached for

Bypassing congress and sending more arms to Saudi Arabia and UAE

“The Trump administration on Friday invoked a rarely used provision of American arms control laws to sidestep Congress and authorize billions of dollars in weapons sales to key Middle East allies, raising regional tensions and angering lawmakers who characterized the decision as an abuse of power, according to congressional sources.”

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