018 Johnny Walker

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 159 minutes

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Summary

15 years ago, if I had been face to face with this man, there’s a high probability we would have been trying to kill each other. The fact that we are sitting here now the way we are as brothers truly highlights how amazing this nation really is. This episode I sit down with Iraqi interpreter to U.S. Special Operations forces “Johnny Walker”. We talk about his story growing up In Iraq and how he became so heavily involved helping SEALs & ultimately coming here and becoming a U.S. citizen.

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0:30.0	www.g.co.co.uk
0:40.0	Welcome to Mic Drop.
0:43.6	The podcast where relevancy is irrelevant,
0:46.3	and we don't give a shit about your feelings.
0:49.6	It was the late summer of 2004.
0:55.1	I've been working for a number of different American organizations,
0:58.4	civilian and military for more than a year.
1:01.3	The liberation of Iraq had been a glorious moment,
1:03.6	a triumph nearly all of us in Mosul shared.
1:06.6	When I got my first job as a translator,
1:08.5	everyone on my street celebrated with me.
1:10.6	Way to go, Johnny, they said,
1:11.9	now you are made.
1:13.4	What a wonderful thing.
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