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Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

Are We Heading Toward a Bigger War? U.S. Targets Yemen After Houthi Attacks

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9648 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Change Agents, journalist Iona Craig shares her experience reporting from Yemen, one of the world’s most complex and dangerous conflict zones. With over a decade covering the Middle East, Iona offers firsthand insight into the origins and dynamics of the Houthi movement, the challenges of war reporting, and the impact of U.S. involvement in the conflict. She discusses the cultural and political nuances often overlooked in international coverage and advocates for locally led solutions rather than foreign military intervention. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original  Firecracker FarmUse code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The greatest threat to them is peacetime and governance and having to govern in peacetime.

0:35.9

It's a gift to them to now be battling the US and Israel.

0:41.1

This is what they've wanted.

0:42.6

And it means that they can blame the US and Israel for all the ills that people are facing,

0:48.7

whether that be fuel shortages, electricity shortages, food prices, you know, all of those kind of things.

0:55.7

And they can then say, this is because of our foreign enemy and this is why we need your

0:59.8

support and we're doing it for the Palestinian cause.

1:03.8

How can I help?

1:04.9

How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?

1:08.5

Do not be afraid of work that has no end.

1:13.9

We have to organize a social movement.

1:18.6

We have an opportunity to lead, by example, versus just talking, hot air.

1:24.5

I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually you could change.

1:29.3

You know, the people are the ones that can make the change.

1:35.4

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.

1:37.5

I hope you're ready for another episode of Change Agents, an Iron Cloud original presented by Firecracker Farm.

1:42.6

Now, let's dive in.

1:52.5

Okay. Iron Cloud Original, presented by Firecracker Farm. Now, let's dive in. You know, out of all the places and things going on in the world that you could report

1:57.1

from or report about, how did you stumble across Yemen? What got you interested there?

2:01.7

My background was in racehorses and horse racing. And I spent, I don't know, nearly 13 years

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