Trump Chooses War

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🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In a little over a week, tensions in the Middle East have gone from high to fever pitch. What started with one American civilian contractor in Iraq being killed escalated to airstrikes on militia-controlled sites in Iraq and Syria, killing 24 people and wounding dozens more. Then, a siege at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by pro-Iranian militia and a response by the Trump administration that killed Iran’s top military commander. What went into the decision to assassinate Gen. Qassem Soleimani? And is the United States prepared for what comes next? Guest: Fred Kaplan, Slate’s War Stories correspondent and author of The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War, out later this month. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Mara Silvers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hey everyone, it's Mary.
0:32.0	Today's show is about what's unfolding between the US and Iran.
0:35.9	What's happening there?
0:36.9	It is moving fast.
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0:41.7	on Sunday late afternoon.
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0:50.1	When was the first time you heard about Cosm Suleimati?
0:54.6	Oh.
0:57.7	Well, it would have been during the Iraq war.
1:00.8	I forget exactly when.
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