About this episode

The episode discusses the recent outbreak of war involving the US, Israel, and Iran, exploring the chaotic narratives surrounding its causes.

Send us Fan Mail This time last week, the US and Israel weren’t at war with Iran, alas, the very next morning the bombs started dropping. Terrific (not)! It’s been absolute chaos since, with the narrative of the “why” probably the most chaotic it’s ever been, because why did this war start? Pre‑emptive self‑defence against Iranian attacks? Yes and, because Israel started it and we had to follow? Yes and, stopping Iran’s nuclear and missile programme? Yes and, protection of allies / collective...

People in this episode

Host: Andrea T Edwards

Topics covered

• war
• Iran
• Israel
• US foreign policy
• nuclear program
• self-defense

Keywords

• war
• Iran
• Israel
• US
• nuclear program
• self-defense
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US, Israel, Iran

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