Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

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?

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