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The Intercept Briefing

The Emperor’s New Cruise Missiles

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Nothing brings warmongers, hawks and elites from both parties closer than a cruise missile strike. This week’s Intercepted will piss off Assad supporters and the Democrats and Republicans fawning over Trump’s newest war. Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich questions the official story on the chemical weapons attack. Murtaza Hussain on what Assad gains by using chemical weapons. And, Maher Arar is a Syrian-born Canadian engineer who was kidnapped at JFK airport by US operatives after 9/11 and rendered to Syria and tortured by Assad’s agents. Arar says he opposes Assad and US intervention. All that and a bucket of media stupidity to celebrate beautiful missiles.

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the seven group winners competing for Best in Show at the

0:07.6

one. We see these beautiful pictures at night from the decks of these two U.S. Navy vessels

0:14.4

in the Eastern Mediterranean. I am tempted to quote the great Minnard Cohen. I'm guided

0:20.3

by the beauty of our weapons and they are beautiful pictures of fearsome armaments

0:28.0

making what is for them a brief flight over this airfield. I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons.

0:38.0

You guys love the Tomahawk, don't you? We all love the Tomahawk. That's a great weapon

0:46.2

and it's cheap. Tomahawk missile, we all love it. Good day for the Tomahawk missile.

0:50.8

I'm so excited and I'm just kidding. I'm about to lose control and I think I like it. I'm

1:00.8

so excited and I'm just kidding. And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I want to.

1:10.8

The 18 feet long, a thousand pounds of ammunition, two feet wide. We love the Tomahawk there.

1:16.8

It's a great precise weapon, terrific weapon plus it's really easy to drive around.

1:19.8

They push a button, boom. And it makes us proud finally. Brilliant stride, it was remarkable.

1:25.8

The restoration of American moral clarity. The America is back. The Ronald Reagan like muscle.

1:32.8

This is just classic, classic showmanship. It's not even brinkmanship. Yeah, I love it out.

1:36.8

Very strong move, very presidential. Am I nuts? Or does he, something's wrong with his feet?

1:44.8

I don't think I ever find myself saying this on this, but you, I think you're right. Yeah, he's got two left feet.

1:51.8

That is certainly a first. Go get him, pal. Man.

2:05.8

This is intercepted.

2:14.8

I'm Jeremy Skahill coming to you from the offices of the intercept in New York City.

2:25.8

And this is episode 12 of Intercepted. Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.

2:42.8

There's almost nothing that brings the war mongers, the hawks, the elites from both the Democratic and Republican parties together more than a cruise missile strike.

2:53.8

Over the past week, we've seen the phenomenal transformation of Democratic party heavyweights who just days ago were screaming from the mountain tops about the Trump administration effectively being a sleeper cell for Vladimir Putin and the Russians.

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