So the Iran catastrophe is unfolding before us and I've got a brilliant former US official who

lost his job during Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people. One of those US officials

who paid a price for not towing the line when it came to the crime of crimes, which obviously

the US government facilitated, Shad

Gureshi, who, as I said, used to be there at the State Department.

And Shahad, it's great to speak to you. How you doing?

Good, good, good to be here. I'm tracking your work, so I'm glad I can join you.

I'm sorry about that. Apologies, all of it.

I just want to start with, I guess, let's just start with just where the hell we're at, I guess.

We'll talk about the big picture and I'm interested what you think this means for US power, I guess, for, you know, where this leaves the US as the flailing hegemon.

The blockade, the blockade on a blockade.

That's what we're talking about.

There's a blockade on a blockade.

What's your general, what's your thoughts on that?

Yeah, just taking a step back,

President Trump put himself between a rock and a hard place that doesn't really exist.

One option he's had since before the war even started was getting a deal with Iran

that was far greater than anything that was in the Iran nuclear deal from 2015.

It was sitting in front of him, but still he chose to go to war with Iran because of pressure from his New Kona advisors,

the pro-Israel crowd outside of the White House and very online, and of course, Netanyahu himself.

And this has put him in his position where he can't handle politically

continuing this war because the gas price is going to go up. It's killing the housing market.

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