About this episode

Ben Norton discusses the warnings from David Sacks regarding the potential destruction of Israel and the use of nuclear weapons in the ongoing conflict with Iran.

A top advisor to Donald Trump, billionaire venture capitalist David Sacks, warned that, if the war on Iran continues, "Israel could just be destroyed", or it could even use a nuclear weapon. Ben Norton explains how Washington sabotaged multiple peace deals and negotiations with Tehran, putting the world on the path toward catastrophe. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9IHy0y8mo Topics 0:00 (CLIP) US official warns of nuclear war 0:22 Israel's nuclear weapons 2:04 UN vote against nukes in Middle East 3:00 US hypocrisy on Israel & Iran 3:34 Trump advisor David Sacks 4:55 (CLIP) Trump advisor on Israel & Iran 6:04 David Sacks, Silicon Valley billionaire 8:35 US military escalates war on Iran 9:24 This war is unpopular 10:00 Iran wants deterrence 10:53 Israel is running out of interceptors 13:33 Reports of damage in Israel 14:09 Censorship in Israel & Gulf regimes 16:36 Limited water in Persian Gulf 17:48 (CLIP) Gulf regimes in danger 18:56 Dangerous to be a US "ally" 20:31 Ali Khamenei opposed nukes 21:38 New leader Mojtaba Khamenei 22:35 Iranian military criticized fatwa 23:37 Will Iran get nuclear weapons? 25:16 Iran negotiations with USA 26:48 US-Israeli surprise attack in…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Norton

Guest: David Sacks

Topics covered

• Israel-Iran conflict
• nuclear weapons
• US foreign policy
• peace negotiations
• military escalation
• Middle East geopolitics

Keywords

• nuclear war
• Israel
• Iran
• David Sacks
• US military
• peace deals
• Trump advisor
• Middle East
• geopolitics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN

Places: Iran, Israel, USA

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