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Debt, Decline and Iran: Why the U.S. Can't Afford Another Forever War? w/ Dennis Kucinich

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Debt, Decline and Iran: Why the U.S. Can't Afford Another Forever War? w/ Dennis Kucinich

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0:00.0

All right, Alexander, we are here with the fantastic Dennis Kucinich.

0:04.5

Mr. Kucinich, thank you for joining us once again on the Duran.

0:07.9

It's a pleasure to have you with us.

0:09.5

Before we get started, you have an excellent substack that you would like to mention.

0:16.3

Yeah, anyone who's interested can just go to substack Dennis Kucinich and sign up. I,

0:23.1

myself and my wife, publish regularly articles that relate to matters of war, peace, agriculture,

0:31.3

health care, the whole range of practical interests that people not only in America, but around the world have.

0:39.4

So thank you.

0:40.6

And thank you for this invitation to be on the Duran again.

0:46.3

I think that our discussions will hopefully inform your broad audience about where things appear to be moving and what can be done about

0:58.8

it.

0:59.7

It's a pleasure to have you with us, and I will have that substack linked in the description

1:03.8

box down below, as well as a pinned comment as well.

1:07.8

So definitely recommend subscribing and signing up to Dennis Kucinich's

1:12.2

substack. Fantastic substack. Alexander, Mr. Kucinich, let's talk about what is happening in the

1:19.1

world, what is happening in the United States with this war in Iran. Absolutely, because this is

1:26.6

becoming a war which is looking, at least as far as I can see,

1:34.0

it's looking like another unwinnable war. And the United States has been involved,

1:38.8

of course, in many of those. Dennis Kucinich was active in politics at the time of the war in Vietnam, which perhaps

1:47.8

provides the frame for what might be described as unwittingable wars. I've seen some of the

1:54.0

rhetoric, some of the language of that previous war in the 1960s revived and used again. People talking about quagmires and credibility

2:06.1

gaps. Those of us who were around then can remember all that language, no doubt. But an extraordinary

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