Trump's reckless war on Iran is threatening global economic collapse — as the region breaks out into a matrix of conflagrations, Trump seemingly has no way out.
Well, if Trump had the guts to eat some humble pie, maybe he could suddenly discover some decency unhooked from the criminal pathological genocidal zionist white supremacist Israeli state, and make reparations to Iran along with dropping the sanctions against them. Now, that would be a legacy serving La Vida. As long as his ego is ballooning in an activated power complex induced by his early childhood psychological training and and now fueled by the Jewish Nazi -like Steven Miller all doors are closed.
@selina: if it were only #47 + miller ... others, project 2025, heritage foundation, unspeakably arrogant and hateful ppl like mitch mcCONell, lindsey graham among them, have been working for decades to get us to this point: "everything for them. nothing for us." then there's the fossil fuel rake in_dustri€$, among others. permanent zillions filling their bottomless coffers, as their Criminal Earth-Extinguishing Officers CONtinuously succeed in making our decision makers believe: "peace does not pay!"
my EU country's head is a multimillionaire, too. out of his right mind he wants to turn our military into europe's largest. being willfully blind and too young :-) to remember that the country he is now leading already lost not one but two world wars.
Yes, it seems the perfect storm is brewing, don't remember EVER experiencing so many inept politicians (and I am old), but where to hide, where to go ...
The inept politicians you refer to have been bought off, or shall we say, purchased by Zionist big money players the world over. The website trackaipac.com will show you which ones are on the take (the majority of them are, even the "good ones") and how much money they take from AIPAC. These bought off political figures do not like it when questioned about it and from my experience neither do their supporters.
well, elisabeth, i’m old too, i’ve lived my life, so i wont hide.
US territory is probably still the safest place to be when more hell breaks loose.
where i’m based, the US just re-activated old headquarters. so if push comes to shove, i presume i won’t have to suffer long. but before i go i hope to convince a few more young people not to join the army.
german f.lawmaker warmongers, über-foolish as they are, think that, by 2029, putin will have exhausted his firepower, they can take over russia and divide it into small entities to plunder the resources. easy-breezy.
and in case nuclear bombs start flying? the ignorami and the ignoramuses think US planes will come and evacuate them to washington - out of sheer gratitude for all the vassalage. *SIGH!*
Indeed you got me - totally agree (born in Austria lived thru the 'cold war' and the threat of nuclear annihilation by NATO (and as we now know German politicians were OK with this - what a bunch of lunatics!!). Yep living next to a prime target is the best there is - I understand you want to convince young ones, this is an excellent cause, just think everybody too far gone (brainwashed - whatever MSM comment section - especially Austria or Germany - I look - it is hopeless - ignoramus is a very mild description for this!)
Mara - For some of us, we were unable to vote for Kamala because of her support for Israel and the genocide. We did not vote for Trump. We voted for 3rd party. For me? I knew Trump would likely win.I also knew Project 2025 by the radical right wing Trump cult (Heritage Society) would play out under Trump. I knew that with Project 2025 and the very vert\y big money behind it, were Trump to lose, eventually with Ms. windsock Kamala as President, we would end up with another authoritarian, perhaps not Trump but an even more lethal one for our democracy. So pipe as you may that "we" voted for Trump, that is true, and it is also not true - many of us voted no genocide, no Israel first.
Not voting for Genocide Harris was easy - getting Trump is our reward for the Dismal Democratic Party LOTE strategy. We desperately need a third or forth party 🥳 ASAP.
Well you apparently view Ms Kamala as empowered to override the psychopathic criminal Zionist Netanyahu’s erasure of all Palestinians and those in southern Lebanon! I wonder what you see in her track record as CA Attorney General to be such a superwoman?
Of course the war on Iran will continue. Israel is perfectly happy to burn the rest of the world down, as long as Iran is destroyed. Trump is perfectly happy to burn the rest of the world down, as long as The Files are not released.
Week in week out TCHR exposes the truth of the power machine waging wars and toppling economies because they can and will. This bubble is impenetrable, much like a fire storm developing all on its own within massive fire terrorizing hillsides riddled with dry vegetation and beetle kill - the result of a climate chaos mirrored by oligarchs and determined greed-filled power heads orchestrating a movement to make the world in their own image. Their world WILL prosper at the expense of human capital. Everyday I feel it’s too late to change this machine even as if burns it all to the ground.
thank you so much, chris hedges, for inviting alastair crooke regularly. and thanks to mr crooke, for yet another one of your greatly enlightening assessments of the situation in the region! thank you also for pointing to the MEMORY the despicable, unlawful USrael attack on iran has triggered in the country — sparking people’s fighting spirit and showing not just their unfathomably overconfident aggressors, but everyone around the globe: foresight, close to perfect preparation and stubborn steadfastness! can provide the potential to resist, defeat even, boundless hegemonic greed.
True. Dealing with that is next, along with enforcing the law about foreign interference in American governance, outlawing AIPAC and starting a Third Party. People want a democracy or just to claim they have one?
I don't believe we will have that much time left George. Climate change is making the planet more unlivable with every passing day. Our gooses are cooked. We are experiencing our own extinction right now.
Perhaps mice are smarter than humans, after all, they lack the enormous ego and brains we humans possess. This planet will survive human folly.
The current mass extinction is different than previous ones, this one, is self-inflicted. Our hubris blinds us, this all but assures we are likely to continue on the present path.
Perhaps nuclear war will take us first, as we've allowed the most mad, filthy rich, powerful and arrogant among us, to steer the ship; I prefer a more natural end - a giant meteor shower.
Currently, in the US, Europe and beyond, there seems to exist a childlike pretense that if we simply make believe the growing fascism isn't taking place, that, if we pretend hard enough, everything will turn out fine - then, we can all live happily ever after.
I will not dissuade your optimism George, but, I do wish you the very best in these very crazy daze.
It seems that every time I comment i start with a variation of "the sociopathic Israeli regime only knows destruction and murder"
When Mr. Crooke said something about Trump's advisors finding the right moment to tell Trump about the best way to get out of this quagmire, a moment when he might be more receptive, never before it became so clear that this POTUS has the mental development of a toddler.
Duh ... once again Hedges mails it in as he regales us the the obvious ...
The man who preached direct confrontation to fascism and tyranny for 20 years, actually waited 3 years before interviewing Whitney Webb. ... WHY? ... although WW's book "One Nation Under Blackmail" was published in OCT 2022, Hedges did not feel it was wise to interview her until 2025, and then again last week ... why did he wait so damn long?
And last week St Chris interviewed Abby Martin for the first time since the lockdowns. Why? ... he did appear with her on a panel discussion in 2022, but why did he feel she was not worthy of his time until now?
And he's still not had a word to say about SECTION 219 of the 2027 NDAA
Not the same guy since the lockdowns ...
BACKGROUND
In 2022 Hedges actually said "the constitution remains a sacred document" AFTER he refused to stand with us against the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports.
1) But first, here's proof that COVID “vaccines” actually killed people …
Not a word here from Hedges about the illegal and unconstitutional nature of the mandates, passports and the jab ... after preaching direct confrontation to tyranny for the past 20 years, watch him dance and listen to him equivocate before sheepishly blowing it off: “… that was just a decision that I made” ... yup NBD, right Chris?
The explosive FDA FOIA release revealed that Phizer's Vx trial data documented 1,223 deaths and 25,000 medically verified injuries to trial participants in the first 90 days of their trial period.
This proved the Vx was not "safe and effective", but only 30 days later on the K&K podcast, he brazenly took sides when he knew better …
EP 54, Hedges said: "I don't think we can stop the pandemic and mutations until everyone gets vaccinated” without saying a word about the revelations of the FDA FOIA release – not a word!
Krystal, Kyle & Friends, EP 54
1:08:46 mark
krystalkyleandfriends.s…
So stop praising this guy, he doesn't give a hoot about us ...
I would like to commend two books written by Robert O’Connell a while, back: of O Arms and Men and Ride of the Second Horseman, in which he makes an argument similar to Mr. Crooke’s that war is actually obsolete in accomplishing anything. My words. I find the evidence O’Connell puts forward compelling. This is in reference to a recent program of yours for which I thank you. Pepe Bach.
Well, if Trump had the guts to eat some humble pie, maybe he could suddenly discover some decency unhooked from the criminal pathological genocidal zionist white supremacist Israeli state, and make reparations to Iran along with dropping the sanctions against them. Now, that would be a legacy serving La Vida. As long as his ego is ballooning in an activated power complex induced by his early childhood psychological training and and now fueled by the Jewish Nazi -like Steven Miller all doors are closed.
1. Moral arguments are wasted on sociopaths.
2. Israel has The Files, and Lord knows what other juicy tidbits.
That's what I keep saying. And all those GCC princes are in there too
@selina: if it were only #47 + miller ... others, project 2025, heritage foundation, unspeakably arrogant and hateful ppl like mitch mcCONell, lindsey graham among them, have been working for decades to get us to this point: "everything for them. nothing for us." then there's the fossil fuel rake in_dustri€$, among others. permanent zillions filling their bottomless coffers, as their Criminal Earth-Extinguishing Officers CONtinuously succeed in making our decision makers believe: "peace does not pay!"
my EU country's head is a multimillionaire, too. out of his right mind he wants to turn our military into europe's largest. being willfully blind and too young :-) to remember that the country he is now leading already lost not one but two world wars.
Yes, it seems the perfect storm is brewing, don't remember EVER experiencing so many inept politicians (and I am old), but where to hide, where to go ...
The inept politicians you refer to have been bought off, or shall we say, purchased by Zionist big money players the world over. The website trackaipac.com will show you which ones are on the take (the majority of them are, even the "good ones") and how much money they take from AIPAC. These bought off political figures do not like it when questioned about it and from my experience neither do their supporters.
well, elisabeth, i’m old too, i’ve lived my life, so i wont hide.
US territory is probably still the safest place to be when more hell breaks loose.
where i’m based, the US just re-activated old headquarters. so if push comes to shove, i presume i won’t have to suffer long. but before i go i hope to convince a few more young people not to join the army.
german f.lawmaker warmongers, über-foolish as they are, think that, by 2029, putin will have exhausted his firepower, they can take over russia and divide it into small entities to plunder the resources. easy-breezy.
and in case nuclear bombs start flying? the ignorami and the ignoramuses think US planes will come and evacuate them to washington - out of sheer gratitude for all the vassalage. *SIGH!*
Indeed you got me - totally agree (born in Austria lived thru the 'cold war' and the threat of nuclear annihilation by NATO (and as we now know German politicians were OK with this - what a bunch of lunatics!!). Yep living next to a prime target is the best there is - I understand you want to convince young ones, this is an excellent cause, just think everybody too far gone (brainwashed - whatever MSM comment section - especially Austria or Germany - I look - it is hopeless - ignoramus is a very mild description for this!)
I keep trying to point out when I get the opportunity, that the US voted this administration in. Twice.
Mara - For some of us, we were unable to vote for Kamala because of her support for Israel and the genocide. We did not vote for Trump. We voted for 3rd party. For me? I knew Trump would likely win.I also knew Project 2025 by the radical right wing Trump cult (Heritage Society) would play out under Trump. I knew that with Project 2025 and the very vert\y big money behind it, were Trump to lose, eventually with Ms. windsock Kamala as President, we would end up with another authoritarian, perhaps not Trump but an even more lethal one for our democracy. So pipe as you may that "we" voted for Trump, that is true, and it is also not true - many of us voted no genocide, no Israel first.
Not voting for Genocide Harris was easy - getting Trump is our reward for the Dismal Democratic Party LOTE strategy. We desperately need a third or forth party 🥳 ASAP.
I hear you. And yet, here we are. Minus all the people who have been martyred.
Well you apparently view Ms Kamala as empowered to override the psychopathic criminal Zionist Netanyahu’s erasure of all Palestinians and those in southern Lebanon! I wonder what you see in her track record as CA Attorney General to be such a superwoman?
Complicity is more than enough.
Huh?
Another great, albeit unsettling interview. Beyond hubris perhaps, the late imperium parallel with ancient Rome is striking.
Of course the war on Iran will continue. Israel is perfectly happy to burn the rest of the world down, as long as Iran is destroyed. Trump is perfectly happy to burn the rest of the world down, as long as The Files are not released.
Week in week out TCHR exposes the truth of the power machine waging wars and toppling economies because they can and will. This bubble is impenetrable, much like a fire storm developing all on its own within massive fire terrorizing hillsides riddled with dry vegetation and beetle kill - the result of a climate chaos mirrored by oligarchs and determined greed-filled power heads orchestrating a movement to make the world in their own image. Their world WILL prosper at the expense of human capital. Everyday I feel it’s too late to change this machine even as if burns it all to the ground.
thank you so much, chris hedges, for inviting alastair crooke regularly. and thanks to mr crooke, for yet another one of your greatly enlightening assessments of the situation in the region! thank you also for pointing to the MEMORY the despicable, unlawful USrael attack on iran has triggered in the country — sparking people’s fighting spirit and showing not just their unfathomably overconfident aggressors, but everyone around the globe: foresight, close to perfect preparation and stubborn steadfastness! can provide the potential to resist, defeat even, boundless hegemonic greed.
"and a backbone here, and a backbone there ..."
The way out is to vote every treasonous MAGAT and anyone taking AIPAC money out. Otherwise a revolution ?
Team D is just as in the tank for Israel.
True. Dealing with that is next, along with enforcing the law about foreign interference in American governance, outlawing AIPAC and starting a Third Party. People want a democracy or just to claim they have one?
Nobody of influence and authority would tolerate a democracy.
Agreed. Today we have a pretend democracy = pretend harder!
It’ll take 2 generations plus?
I don't believe we will have that much time left George. Climate change is making the planet more unlivable with every passing day. Our gooses are cooked. We are experiencing our own extinction right now.
John I am less pessimistic but the planet has had several mass extinctions so it is likely to happen again without our assistance.
I’m as concerned about nuclear catastrophe. Would mice invent mousetraps?
Perhaps mice are smarter than humans, after all, they lack the enormous ego and brains we humans possess. This planet will survive human folly.
The current mass extinction is different than previous ones, this one, is self-inflicted. Our hubris blinds us, this all but assures we are likely to continue on the present path.
Perhaps nuclear war will take us first, as we've allowed the most mad, filthy rich, powerful and arrogant among us, to steer the ship; I prefer a more natural end - a giant meteor shower.
Currently, in the US, Europe and beyond, there seems to exist a childlike pretense that if we simply make believe the growing fascism isn't taking place, that, if we pretend hard enough, everything will turn out fine - then, we can all live happily ever after.
I will not dissuade your optimism George, but, I do wish you the very best in these very crazy daze.
Please explain what the "TCHR" designation is?
The Chris Hedges Report.
It seems that every time I comment i start with a variation of "the sociopathic Israeli regime only knows destruction and murder"
When Mr. Crooke said something about Trump's advisors finding the right moment to tell Trump about the best way to get out of this quagmire, a moment when he might be more receptive, never before it became so clear that this POTUS has the mental development of a toddler.
And centrist, corporate, clueless Dems still think Harris is viable for 2028!! What's that definition of insanity?
As a companion to this podcast I highly recommend listening to Isa Blumi here: https://turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-36-the-battle-for-south-arabia
Not a pretty picture but perhaps something to learn from for our own futures.
HEADLINE: "Why the Iran War Won’t End Soon"
Duh ... once again Hedges mails it in as he regales us the the obvious ...
The man who preached direct confrontation to fascism and tyranny for 20 years, actually waited 3 years before interviewing Whitney Webb. ... WHY? ... although WW's book "One Nation Under Blackmail" was published in OCT 2022, Hedges did not feel it was wise to interview her until 2025, and then again last week ... why did he wait so damn long?
And last week St Chris interviewed Abby Martin for the first time since the lockdowns. Why? ... he did appear with her on a panel discussion in 2022, but why did he feel she was not worthy of his time until now?
And he's still not had a word to say about SECTION 219 of the 2027 NDAA
Not the same guy since the lockdowns ...
BACKGROUND
In 2022 Hedges actually said "the constitution remains a sacred document" AFTER he refused to stand with us against the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports.
1) But first, here's proof that COVID “vaccines” actually killed people …
medicine.news/2023-12-1…
And recently:
medicine.news/2026-03-2…
2) Jimmy Dore interview, August 21, 2021 …
Not a word here from Hedges about the illegal and unconstitutional nature of the mandates, passports and the jab ... after preaching direct confrontation to tyranny for the past 20 years, watch him dance and listen to him equivocate before sheepishly blowing it off: “… that was just a decision that I made” ... yup NBD, right Chris?
Go to the 8:12 mark
youtube.com/watch?v=Nus…
3) Useful Idiots interview, September 21, 2021 …
“It’s a hard question I guess, do you force people to get the vaccine”
No Chris, it's not a hard question - not at all ...
Go to the 1:53 mark
youtube.com/watch?v=y7Z…
4) DEC 2, 2021 FDA FOIA release ...
The explosive FDA FOIA release revealed that Phizer's Vx trial data documented 1,223 deaths and 25,000 medically verified injuries to trial participants in the first 90 days of their trial period.
medicine.news/2021-12-1…
5) Krystal, Kyle & Friends interview ...
This proved the Vx was not "safe and effective", but only 30 days later on the K&K podcast, he brazenly took sides when he knew better …
EP 54, Hedges said: "I don't think we can stop the pandemic and mutations until everyone gets vaccinated” without saying a word about the revelations of the FDA FOIA release – not a word!
Krystal, Kyle & Friends, EP 54
1:08:46 mark
krystalkyleandfriends.s…
So stop praising this guy, he doesn't give a hoot about us ...
Mr. Hedges:
I would like to commend two books written by Robert O’Connell a while, back: of O Arms and Men and Ride of the Second Horseman, in which he makes an argument similar to Mr. Crooke’s that war is actually obsolete in accomplishing anything. My words. I find the evidence O’Connell puts forward compelling. This is in reference to a recent program of yours for which I thank you. Pepe Bach.