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Rational Security

The "Back from the Brink" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

President Trump says Iran is backing down after a missile strike on U.S. bases in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Suleimani. The crisis has calmed, but what did we learn from the administration’s tense and at times bungled handling of it? And the latest on the still pending impeachment trial.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.5

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0:29.5

So you guys guys we recorded this podcast last week on Thursday afternoon and several hours later President Trump ordered a drone strike to kill Gostom So Lamani.

0:34.6

And we... Are you suggesting we should not be taping this podcast right now?

0:38.1

What I'm suggesting is let's predict what hell we're going to unleash for later this afternoon.

0:43.4

Also, are you telling me that was less than a week?

0:46.7

Sure was.

0:48.3

So what do we think will happen by Wednesday?

0:51.2

I'm guessing like an earthquake in Manhattan.

0:53.4

Wait, you mean by tonight?

0:55.4

Yeah, tonight, because clearly we unleash like, you know, a vortex to hell when we record

1:00.1

this podcast that comes six hours later. The articles of impeachment.

1:05.0

Because we're going to have a conversation about strategy and then like you know

1:12.2

right after we're done. about strategy and then like you know no

1:13.0

Trump will go to a campaign rally and confess.

1:17.0

Oh wow and we did it.

1:20.0

Every one of said a word about it.

1:22.0

Enjoy this very not newsy podcast.

1:25.1

Hello and welcome to rational security,

1:31.6

the back from the brink edition. We the Back from the Brink edition.

1:34.0

We are back from the Brink.

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