Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Master Sgt. Wes Bryant Pentagon Whistleblower and Former Branch Chief of the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. He discusses Pete Hegseth shutting down the department he worked for and the ‘revelling in death and destruction’ as civilians are killed and injured in Iran, the US’ bombing of civilian infrastructure and Trump’s threats to destroy the entire Iranian civilisation, the dramatic departure from targeting assessment protocol under the second Trump Administration, the extreme Christian nationalism and Zionism behind Pete Hegseth’s and Donald Trump’s support to the hilt of Israel, the Pentagon’s conduct during the Gaza genocide under the Biden Administration, the allegation that the civilian protection centre was a PR cover for US war crimes, Israel’s dropping of landmines in Iran, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Victor Gao, President of the Center for China and Globalisation. He discusses the rumours of China providing satellite data and weaponry to Iran as it fights the US and Israel, China’s support for Iran and why it hasn’t provided weaponry, China’s role in mediating between the US and Iran, Donald Trump’s coming state visit to China amid the war crimes committed by his administration, the possibility of a US-China war and the possible catastrophic consequences, why 2026 marks the beginning of the end of Pax Americana, China’s gradual reduction of its holdings of US Treasury Bonds, why oil will be increasingly traded in Chinese Yuan, his advice for Iran and the Gulf States, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Daniel Levy, former Israeli Peace Negotiator at the Oslo & Taba Talks. He discusses the threats of Israel’s Defence Minister Katz threatening to kill the rest of the Khamenei family, the Greater Israel Plan for regional hegemony not just territorial expansion, Israel’s horrifying end goal in Iran, Israel’s deliberate plan to drag the Gulf States into the battlefield of the war on Iran, the next target after Iran for Israel being Türkiye and the plan for total hegemony over the region, Israel being in a ‘use it or lose it’ mentality with its alliance with the USA, how Israeli impunity over Gaza fuelled Israel into dragging Donald Trump into a war on Iran, whether Israel will use nuclear weapons to create its hegemony, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Undercover: The Israel-Palestine Conflict
(00:01:21) - Israel's plan to destroy Iran
(00:06:45) - Mike Huckabee on Israel's Plans to Reshape the Middle East
(00:10:43) - Israel's Rise to Territorial Expansion
(00:14:35) - President of the US Middle East Project Discusses Israel's Greater Israel
(00:23:16) - Israel's Wars of Aggression

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Webb, Former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr and US Marine Corps veteran. He discusses how the Trump Administration’s war on Iran has harmed the US’ reputation around the world, his disgust at assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei by Israel to drag the US further into the war on Iran, the long-standing desire for a war on Iran secured through Israel lobby donations, the systemic breakdown of the US’ political system shown by the war on Iran, US foreign policy clearly reflecting Israel’s interests rather than the interests of the American people, the coming changing of the guard in the Democratic and Republican Party to replace pro-war politicians, how the war on Iran harms US allies and the threat to the position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Undercover: Trump's War on Iran and Lebanon
(00:01:06) - In the Middle East, The Trump Military's
(00:03:25) - Top US Military Comment on the Assassination of Ayatollah Kham
(00:05:28) - Breitbart on Netanyahu and His Influence on Trump
(00:13:17) - James Webb on the US Navy's Vulnerability
(00:21:01) - Marine Veteran on the Class System
(00:25:06) - Top Military Official on Dan Kaine's Resignation
(00:28:06) - Going Underground

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William J. Astore, Author of ‘American Militarism on Steroids’. He discusses why he asesses that the US is losing its war on Iran, the ballooning US military budget for perpetual war and the decline of US empire, the decline of democracy in America as the US empire’s appetite only continues to grow, Pope Leo XIV’s stance against the war on Iran, why Israel and Netanyahu dragging the US into the war on Iran represents a threat to national security, mainstream media’s coverage of the Ukraine proxy war and Russia’s lack of trust of the US in negotiations, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Iran's National Army Day
(00:02:09) - Iran Has Won The War on Iran
(00:05:18) - Goldman Sachs: Military Spending is Back with a Vengeance
(00:15:02) - Israel Is a Threat to US National Security
(00:24:52) - How Will the Military Industrial Complex Respond to Failure in the War?