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To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Paul Rieckhoff: The Dangerous New Normal

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.9718 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Charlie Sykes is joined by Iraq War veteran and Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff for a sobering conversation on the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran and the implications of Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to launch it. They unpack the erosion of guardrails around war powers, the growing risks of domestic instability, and the unnerving absence of public debate. With both urgency and reflection, they challenge listeners to consider not just what’s happening—but what’s next.

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Well, here we are again. I'm Charlie Sykes. Welcome back to the To the Contrary podcast. We are joined by our good friend Paul Reikoff, who of course is a veteran of Iraq, but also the host of the

1:53.9

independent Americans podcast and president of the independent veterans of America. Look, without more prelude here, Paul, you having a feeling of

2:05.0

deja vu, we're having, we are once again at war in the Middle East. Your thoughts?

2:11.4

It would be deja vu, except this is much worse in a lot of reasons. You know, there's a heat wave hitting New York, and we were prepared for a hot summer in America, one full of turmoil and division.

2:25.7

But here, nukes are involved, right?

2:28.5

And, you know, we could talk about Iraq, we can talk about Afghanistan, but when nukes are involved and Israel is so actively

2:35.0

involved and our domestic politics are so rife with division and instability and, you know,

2:43.7

Russia's invading Ukraine, the stakes are higher than any other time in our lifetime.

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