Never Let a War Go to Waste
4/14/202626 min
Lots of people are talking about the similarities between Iraq and Iran, but in this episode we place the two in the context of another war—World War I—and the historical arc of fossil fascism.
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First 90 secondsAmy Westervelt· Host0:00
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Amy Westervelt· Host0:21
[pensive music] Pushkin. [upbeat music] Lots of people have been drawing comparisons between the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the attacks on Iran in 2026. Analysts point to similarities like claims about nuclear weapons.
Speaker 3· Guest0:49
Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that, that the intelligence community said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 4· Soundbite0:55
I don't care what she said, I think they were very close to having it.
George W. Bush· Soundbite0:59
I take the threat very seriously. I take the fact that he develops weapons of mass destruction very seriously.
Amy Westervelt· Host1:11
And the preemptive nature of these attacks.
Harry Styles1:13
It was abundantly clear that if Iran came under attack by anyone, the United States or Israel or anyone, they were going to respond, and respond against the United States.
Amy Westervelt· Host1:23
But then the conversation turns quickly to the many differences, the fact that, unpopular as it was, the