Checks and Balance: Strike accord
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
America has launched strikes against Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East, in response to an attack on a base in Jordan where three US troops died. How close are America and Iran to war?
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by General Frank McKenzie, former commander of US Central Command, and The Economist’s Anton La Guardia.
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| 0:57.0 | As you approach the museum grounds, you're greeted by a mural of the Statue of Liberty, |
| 1:05.0 | except in this ghoul-like version, her face is replaced by a skull. |
| 1:10.0 | There's another Lady Liberty by the main entrance, |
| 1:13.8 | this time a plaster statue with prison bars for ribs and two white doves trapped inside. |
| 1:20.6 | Down with America is scrawled on the welcome mat as visitors crossed the threshold, |
| 1:25.6 | just in case the museum's sympathies weren't already clear. |
| 1:29.6 | Inside, a room's filled with what was apparently American spying equipment, |
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