Will Biden Bomb Iran?

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Tommy and Ben talk about the drone strike by an Iranian-backed group on a US base in Jordan that killed three US service members, the pressure on Biden to retaliate against Iran directly, and the muddled politics of war. They also cover allegations that UN employees in Gaza participated in the October 7th Hamas attack, the International Court of Justice’s ruling about genocide charges against Israel, and Nancy Pelosi’s odd criticism of activists calling for a ceasefire. They also discuss NATO member fears about Russia, Trump floating major tariffs on China, a Kenyan court blocking the deployment of police to Haiti, and French farmers laying siege to Paris. Then, Tommy speaks with Ali Vaez, Iran Project Director at the International Crisis Group, about Iranian proxy groups, why Iran funds them, and the US conventional wisdom that Iran can only be deterred through military action.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pot Save the World, I'm Tommy Vittor. I'm Ben Ritz. Ben. Is Obama still writing the NFL
0:16.4	script before the season starts or did he kick that to Michelle? She was a better seller.
0:21.0	Whoever wrote this, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey, storyline to them.
0:26.0	Yeah, well, like it's, and the storyline of the backlash is also a good part of the twist.
0:32.1	You've seen the conspiracy theories about this?
0:34.0	Oh, I was, I had to say I had one of those nights where I was awake from like 330 to 530 last night and
0:40.0	I was actually just talking Faber. like I started with my predictable like 30 minutes on Gaza and I was like I got to stop doing this.
0:47.0	So then I basically spent an hour plumbing the depths of the Travis Kelsey Taylor Swift conspiracy theory and trying to figure out like what it is
0:57.3	Yeah, and I still don't quite understand there. There's a whole narrative that the NFL is rigged to begin with and
1:04.0	that the NFL wants the chiefs in the Super Bowl because there will be more eyeballs.
1:07.8	I can understand that. I'm sure the NFL is very happy about this outcome.
1:10.8	But the idea that they script the games ahead of the season is kind of hilarious to me.
1:15.2	Well and also like the chiefs are in the Super Bowl like almost every year.
1:19.1	They're really good at football. You know irrespective of Taylor Swift.
1:23.0	And again, as coming from like a massive, monstrous,
1:27.0	in a good sense, swifty household,
1:31.0	you know, I've been very attuned to this, right? Because I do I do you know my daughters will now like pay attention to football you know and and that's great and the thing is is like you know part of you wants to be like
1:40.9	oh at some point I'm getting tired of this but then then it's so lovely and charming, you know, like,
1:44.5	Travis Kelsey's gonna pull down 11 catches in the AFC championship and make out with Taylor on the field after it felt like the most like you know
1:53.8	it felt like the end of like a heartwarming sports movie it sounds like a Taylor Swift song and if there's one thing
1:58.6	Americans like it's like a good heartwarming sports movie probably not the best thing to
2:02.4	attack god damn right also I just got an email heartwarming sports movie probably not the best thing to attack.
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