Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli Acting President Avraham Burg. He discusses why the US’ ceasefire with Iran appears to be a divorce between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as Iran is the clear winner of the war, why Donald Trump needed the war on Iran to end quickly in contrast to Netanyahu’s needs for the war to be prolonged, Israel’s continuing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the impact of the Gaza genocide on the future of the Israeli state and politics, the omission of people who share his views in Israel from media coverage, the allegations that Benjamin Netanyahu is using Jeffrey Epstein blackmail material to drag Donald Trump into wars and control his foreign policy, how the US-Israeli war on Iran will accelerate Iran and other states’ pursuit of nuclear weapons and his call for the entire Middle East, including nuclear-armed Israel, to be a nuclear free zone, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Former President of Israel on US Empire's Declining
(00:01:32) - The Power Relationship Between Trump and Netanyahu
(00:04:03) - Why Netanyahu wants a war with Iran
(00:14:32) - Israel's Netanyahu on Epstein blackmail
(00:19:51) - Israel and nuclear weapons in the Middle East
(00:22:38) - Trump on Israel's Nuclear Threat
(00:28:01) - Going Underground TV

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to one of the UAE’s most prominent businessmen, Mishal Kanoo, Chairman of the Kanoo Group. He discusses like the headlines of ‘The Dubai Dream is Over’ in the Western press and the motivation for this coverage against the city, the desire among the UAE’s leadership circles for Iran and other neighbours to prosper despite the war, why the Gulf States didn’t retaliate against Iranian strikes against the GCC, his response to Iran’s premise of attacking GCC states for hosting US military bases, Iran’s assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz and how it affects shipping, the impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran on the real estate sector in Dubai, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Trump's threat to destroy Iran
(00:02:33) - Is There a Drive to See Dubai Collapse?
(00:11:21) - Iran considers US an easy target
(00:13:41) - Why Would Iran Strategically Attack Dubai?
(00:15:50) - Does the Strait of Hormuz Conflict Affect Shipping?
(00:22:12) - Real Estate in the UAE
(00:26:15) - Going Underground: Israel's War Coverage

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sgt. Brian McGinnis, US Senate Candidate for the Green Party in North Carolina, he had his arm broken while being dragged out of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing while protesting the war on Iran. He discusses how the US military-industrial complex and the Israel lobbyists have bought off US politicians to launch this war for Israel’s interests, the role of the Internet and social media to break through the US government’s propaganda and causing rising anti-war sentiment, Iran’s destruction of US assets in Iraq- a country which he fought in as part of the US invasion and occupation, his personal experience in occupied Palestine seeing the brutality of the Israeli occupation’s settlers and soldiers, his thoughts on War Secretary Pete Hegseth and his conduct in the war on Iran, and much more. 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - A US Marine Rescued from a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing
(00:05:56) - What Do You Think the Military Is Feeling About Trump's War
(00:15:03) - Green Party Candidate for US Senate on Why Hegseth Supports
(00:19:42) - Steve Scalise on the Israel Protest in Congress
(00:25:31) - Michael Whatley on Israeli Money in the North Carolina Election

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump’s Former White House Communications Director and Founder of SkyBridge Capital. He discusses whether Donald Trump is losing in his war on Iran and what his likely strategy will be, his belief that the decision-making in the Trump Administration is a ‘council of one’, the Epstein Files and whether the war is a distraction from the damaging revelations, the prospect of US boots on the grounds in Iran, his goals for the war on Iran despite his opposition to the war beginning, Joe Kent’s assertion that the war on Iran is for Israel, whether the war on Iran was part of an effort to save US hegemony, the consequence of de-dollarisation as oil is priced in Chinese yuan, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joel Rubin, Barack Obama’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. In a heated interview, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on his support for Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Iran and all of the justifications for it; ranging from Iran’s nuclear program, human rights, ballistic missile program, the failed negotiations with the United States, alleged corruption, and the underlying arguable hypocrisy behind the US’ foreign policy.