“World War III is approaching fast”: The only path to transforming peace
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🗓️ 31 January 2024
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Are you worried that we are moving closer to World War III? If you’re not, should you be? Iran is now part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an alliance led by Russia and China. This partnership will enable Iran to engage in commerce and trade arms more freely with both nations. And in assessing other concerns that those countries are facing, such as economic downturns, British journalist Sherelle Jacobs warns: “World War III is approaching fast.”
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Wednesday, January the 31st, 2024. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:14.9 | Are you worried that we're moving closer to World War III? If you're not, should you be? |
| 0:21.4 | President Joe Biden said yesterday that he has decided how to respond to Sunday's attack |
| 0:26.4 | on a military base in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops and injured dozens of others, |
| 0:31.6 | though he did not offer details. |
| 0:33.5 | When asked if he holds Iran responsible, he said he does, quote, in the sense that they're supplying the weapons to the people who did it, end quote. |
| 0:42.7 | In reply, Iran threatened this morning to decisively respond to any U.S. attack. |
| 0:49.2 | Here's one reason, overlooked by many, why Iran's role in this escalating conflict should concern us. |
| 0:55.2 | They are now part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Alliance Led by Russia and China. |
| 1:02.0 | This partnership will enable Iran to engage in commerce and trade arms more freely with both nations. |
| 1:09.2 | And as the Center for Iranian Studies notes, Iran's military |
| 1:13.1 | strategy now aligns with the strategic inclinations of the Beijing-Moscow alliance. Iran is already |
| 1:20.8 | at war with Israel, our closest ally in the region, through its proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, the West Bank, and Yemen. |
| 1:29.3 | CIA director William J. Burns noted in foreign affairs yesterday, |
| 1:34.3 | quote, the Iranian regime has been emboldened by the crisis |
| 1:38.3 | and seems ready to fight to its last regional proxy, |
| 1:42.3 | all while expanding its nuclear program and enabling Russian aggression. |
| 1:47.0 | If we find ourselves in direct military conflict with Iran, how will its allies in Moscow and Beijing respond? |
| 1:54.0 | Vladimir Putin is massively boosting military spending this year and ramping up production of hardware from drones to aircraft. If resources for |
| 2:03.1 | Ukraine are diverted to the Middle East, will this emboldened him further? In response to Russia's |
| 2:08.9 | aggression, NATO is presently conducting its largest military exercise in decades. The chairman of its |
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