War in Iran and the Decline of the U.S. Empire.
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. and Israel have declared war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite indications from Omani negotiators that the parties were close to agreement as late as the night before the bombing of Tehran and other Iranian cities began. Mainstream media have already cranked up the propaganda machine to frame this as everything from a necessary and just maneuver to an unfortunate turn of events. The anglo-centric framing is undeniable and we risk losing the plot. There’s also a stunning lack of historical perspective in any current analyses. Make no mistake, this is an illegal move conducted by a waning empire that put a madman in charge. And it threatens us all.
Apologies for any mispronunciations! -Max
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| 0:00.0 | Topical cream |
| 0:02.5 | A pod listener's dream |
| 0:06.1 | Unfucking the news |
| 0:08.7 | And current events |
| 0:11.4 | Topical cream |
| 0:13.4 | Yeah, you know what I mean |
| 0:16.8 | A quarter of an hour |
| 0:19.6 | It gets you out two cents topical cream. |
| 0:28.6 | The United States has begun an illegal war once again. This time on Iran, under the preemptive strike doctrine. But to be clear, we're not preventing a strike against the United States, but we are co-authoring this project with the state of Israel. |
| 0:43.7 | So presumably, this is an effort to prevent an attack on Israeli soil. |
| 0:48.6 | This is all speculation, of course, because there's been no firm rationale offered by the United States for this unprovoked attack on Iran, |
| 0:56.0 | which resulted in the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khomey, the Supreme Leader of Iran, since 1989, |
| 1:03.0 | and it's president for eight years prior to that. So let's get into it. |
| 1:11.1 | I want to begin with media literacy. |
| 1:14.7 | The mainstream coverage of what's transpired since the weekend is notable for the decidedly Anglo-American framing of it. |
| 1:22.6 | And it sounds like this. |
| 1:24.3 | These are some of the others that are still around. |
| 1:26.6 | These are the ones that have been eliminated. |
| 1:28.3 | There you go. |
| 1:29.3 | Take it out at one swoop because, idiotically, they got together at 8 in the morning. |
| 1:34.3 | We got word of it. |
| 1:35.3 | The CIA gave the word to Israel and the IDF took them out. |
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