About this episode

James Webb discusses the implications of the Trump Administration's war on Iran and its effects on US foreign policy and reputation.

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.

People in this episode

Host: Afshin Rattansi

Guest: James Webb

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• war on Iran
• political system breakdown
• Israel lobby
• US reputation
• currency reserve status

Keywords

• Iran
• US foreign policy
• Israel
• Trump Administration
• political breakdown
• war
• dollar reserve currency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump Administration, Israel, Democratic Party, Republican Party

Places: United States, Iran

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