Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

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.

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.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Founder and Chairman of the Gulf Research Center. He discusses the anger of the Gulf States against the US and Israel for starting the war on Iran and Iran’s strikes against Gulf civilian and energy facilities, what President Trump meant by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is ‘fighting with us’, the Gulf’s position on defending their countries’ territory while not joining the war on Iran, the lack of any regional consultation from Washington towards the GCC since the JCPOA, the need for a new security architecture between the GCC and Iran, whether the Gulf States will keep the US bases in the region after the war on Iran, Israel becoming a major threat to Gulf States, how Russia and China can have a bigger role in the region by pursuing deescalation with their close relationship with Iran, and much more.