Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy. He discusses the state of the Trump-Netanyahu relationship as the Iran quagmire deepens and why the frustrations haven’t made a difference to US foreign policy, the Israel-Lebanon deal and how it overwhelmingly favours of Israel, the reasons for the failures of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, why Israel has not gotten involved in the resumed war on the Iran so far, J.D. Vance’s political calculations behind his recent comments against Israel, how Israel is trying to strengthening its regional ambitions using up American power as the unipolar world ends, the unpopularity of the war on Iran in the United States, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Underground
(00:01:37) - The state of the US-Israel relationship
(00:04:24) - Israel's role in the Lebanon deal
(00:07:08) - Afshin: On the MoU
(00:13:24) - Daniel Levy on JD Vance's Comment on Israel's Plans for Iran
(00:23:23) - Daniel Levy: Can Iran Continue Without America?

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Doug Bandow. Former Special Assistant to Ronald Reagan and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He discusses the risk of a global Great Depression following the resumption of the war on Iran and the looming prospect of a catastrophic energy shock in the US, why Donald Trump knows he must end the war on Iran quickly, whether the echo chamber of neocons around Trump can tell Trump he made a mistake by starting the war, the Gulf States’ view of the war on Iran and their defence against Iranian capabilities, whether Iran could already have a nuclear weapon, Trump’s potential pivot to Ukraine as the NATO-Russia proxy war continues to escalate, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Underground: Trump's Threats to Iran, and More
(00:01:11) - Do Trump Realize He Lost the Iran War?
(00:08:24) - Trump on Iran's Military Tactic
(00:13:10) - Iran Has a Nuclear Weapon
(00:15:04) - Sen. Ron Johnson: Congress should veto spending for war in Iran
(00:17:02) - Putin Has Been Waiting for an America-Russia Deal
(00:22:03) - Trump's Approach to China
(00:24:22) - Going Underground

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. He discusses Trump’s war on Iran being part of Washington’s conflict against China, the transformation of the US military into a mercenary military as most armed forces service people don’t know why they are fighting Iran, the propaganda for US military-industrial complex companies and their ineffective weaponry, Iran’s ultimate leverage being the Strait of Hormuz and their nuclear program, the world sleepwalking into a potential nuclear war over Iran, the psychological warfare campaign in the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, the US’ flagrant violations of international law and the possibility of either a civil war or coup d’état in the United States leading up to the midterms, China’s concern over a direct war against the US as Washington’s empire continues to decline, the sidelining of the Palestinian issue and the Gaza genocide as the world focuses on the US-Israeli war on Iran, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Undercover: Washington's Crackdown on Iran
(00:01:37) - Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump's War on Iran
(00:07:41) - Rtx, Lockheed Martin on the Iran Strike
(00:10:08) - Former Chief of Staff at the US State Department on the Patriots
(00:13:37) - Colonel Powell on Iran's Nuclear Program
(00:21:40) - Trump's War on the First Amendment
(00:23:44) - Trump on Saudi Arabia, China
(00:26:00) - Former Presidential Special Assistant Larry Wilkerson on Israel and the Palestinians

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CMSGT. Dennis Fritz, Former Principal Advisor to Richard Myers, who became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He discusses why he believes the US-Iran MoU will be torpedoed by Donald Trump’s negotiation tactics and the influence of Israel, the possibility of an Israeli false flag to drag the US back into the unpopular war against Iran, why he believes some of the attacks on GCC countries were carried out by Israel as false flags to frame Iran, the amount of influence Israel has over the Pentagon now under Pete Hegseth and the Trump Administration, whether there is a risk of Israel assassinating Donald Trump in the ultimate false flag attack, Donald Trump’s potential pivot to Ukraine and whether he would be successful in negotiating a peace deal, his surprise at Vladimir Putin allowing the Ukraine proxy war to go on for so long without a decisive victory, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Trump's Secret War on Iran
(00:01:14) - Chief Master Sergeant Dennis Fritz on Deadly Betrayal
(00:02:40) - Dennis Fritz: MoU was done in good faith
(00:11:42) - Chief Master Sergeant: Israel Has Influence in the Pentagon
(00:14:36) - Israel Could Assassinate Trump
(00:20:04) - Putin's War in Ukraine

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Carden, Ex-Asvisor to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the US State Department. He discusses Trump’s remarks at an increasingly fractured NATO Summit and the continuing war on Iran, why he believes that the Trump Administration isn’t serious about ending the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, why Ukraine’s drone attacks against Russia don’t change the balance of power in the war, the goal of Europe’s leaders and American neocons being the dissolution of Russia and regime change, Russia’s mistakes since the 2014 Maidan Coup, the team surrounding Trump believing the Ukraine proxy war should be continued, the window of opportunity for the Ukraine proxy war to be ended closing by the day, why the US must use NATO as leverage to force Europe to abandon its hawkishness towards Russia, why he believes Trump’s threats to leave NATO are an act, the US-Israeli war on Iran being intrinsically linked to the Greater Israel project, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - NATO's 77th Annual Summit
(00:01:47) - President Trump at the NATO summit
(00:14:04) - James Carden on Trump's Failure to Get Rid of the Ne
(00:26:28) - Going Underground: Hillary Clinton Could Run for President in 2028