George Galloway: Scott Ritter, former Marine officer, former United Nations Weapons Inspector, a man who knows more about war than almost anybody else on the planet, certainly anybody else that’s active in public life trying to warn people of the very real dangers of the situation we are now in. I’m glad to say he’s with us now.

 

Scott, let’s talk, if we may, about, first of all, what happened before moving on to what might happen next? If you would, describe for us with your peerless experience what happened in the Iranian attack on Israel last night?

 

Scott Ritter: Well, simply put, what happened is that the Iranian government has established a publicly discernible policy on deterrence. They have let Israel know, and not just Israel. They have let the United States and every other nation within missile range know that there will be a heavy price to be paid if you attack Iranian soil. That Iran will not tolerate the kind of attack that took place on the first of April where Israel attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus*.

 

[* On 1 April 2024, an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Iranian consulate annex building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, killing 16 people, including a senior Quds Force commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and seven other IRGC officers. Two civilians were killed in the attack. The airstrike took place during a period of heightened tension between Israel and Iran, and amidst the Israel–Hamas war and the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. Source – Wikipedia]

 

And I believe Iran is also putting a marker on the table that says:

 

“Iran will no longer tolerate the kind of actions such as the assassination of nuclear scientists on its soil by Israel in the past. This will not be tolerated.”

 

In the future, if you choose to attack Iran, Iran will retaliate, and they will retaliate with the kind of force that cannot be interdicted and the kind of force that will destroy that which is seeking to destroy.

 

Now, the Iranians were very clever in creating this posture, in that all they had to do was show a proof of concept.

 

I think a lot of people were saying:

 

“Well, they didn’t destroy an airfield! They didn’t destroy an Israeli headquarters! They didn’t kill hundreds or thousands of Israelis.”

 

They weren’t intending to. They were simply letting the Israelis and the Americans know that we have the capacity to destroy an airfield. All the Israelis have to do is look at a map, look where the Iranian missiles hit, and understand that the Iranians hit that which they were aiming at. And there was nothing Israel could do to stop those missiles [note missiles, not drones] from reaching their target. And Israel is the most heavily defended airspace in the world, with the most sophisticated anti-missile technology deployed in depth, and they couldn’t stop the Iranian missiles.

 

So the signal to the United States, which lacks this comprehensive air defense umbrella over it’s installations in the Middle East, is there, too, but for the grace of God, go you, if you choose to attack us or facilitate an Israeli attack.

 

[03:12]

 

So this was, I call it, one of the greatest military demonstrations in modern history. Because by doing what they did, Iran not only put Israel into check, but believe it or not, they have created a foundation for peace and stability in the Middle East by eliminating from consideration options that Israel and the United States may have been considering down the road, such as a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, or a punishing attack against the Iranian regime.

 

The United States and Israel are now on notice that if they attempt to do something like that, the price they will pay will be prohibitively high. In the case of Israel, it might be terminally high!

 

George Galloway: Help those of us who don’t know weapons and systems like you do Scott. I said earlier in my monologue that the very slow moving drones and then the cruise missiles that were launched, second rate, second grade ones, were to, as it were, draw the anti-missile fire to exhaust it. It’s very expensive, it’s in rather short supply. And then to, as a coup de grace, if you like, deliver the ballistic missiles, which cannot be, were not stopped, were not interdicted, were able to land on their target, the air base in the Negev. Have I got that right? And can you help further explain?

 

Scott Ritter: Certainly.

 

First of all, let’s just point out the reality that, and Iran started it’s attack by launching the slowest, loudest weapons in its arsenal, the Shahid drones. And they did that because they were sending a signal to Israel, the United States and everybody, were attacking Israel.

 

Now, if they were looking to carry out a lethal attack, why announce it 5 hours in advance? Why give Israel a chance to withdraw its high valued assets from bases that are vulnerable? Why give the United States, Great Britain and France chance to move resources up, ships, aeroplanes over Jordan to intercept these missiles? Iran was saying:

 

“Here we come, shoot us down!”

 

And they did. [chuckling] They came out and they shot the drones down.

 

Now, Iran launched tens of millions of dollars worth of drones. The United states and Israel spent billions of dollars shooting them down. This is a financial equation that’s unsustainable.

 

And that was one of the points that Iran was making, is:

 

“You can’t afford this kind of war.”

 

Then they sent in cruise missiles that combined with the drones, defined the initial phase of the air defense reaction. Not only the air defense, the aeroplanes, but once they penetrated the aeroplanes, the Iron Dome started engaging. And they brought in missiles at a higher level so that the Arrow systems and the Patriots started to engage. And they defined the radar, they defined how Israel is locking in on the targets.

 

And then they did three things. And this is where it gets iffy. I have to be honest, George, it’s very early and there’s incomplete information out there. But my understanding is that Iran used three types of ballistic missiles. One ballistic missile, it’s a very clever missile. It uses a warhead that separates and then fires, burst fires a bunch of decoys out there that appear to be specifically designed to absorb Iron Dome missiles.

 

[06:50]

 

So remember, the Iron Dome is tracking a target. You fire these decoy bursts. And so the Iron Dome says:

 

“Aha, we have now 25 targets.”

 

And they fire 25 interceptors.

 

Meanwhile, smaller warheads, manoeuvreable, burst through those interceptors and go down and hit the Israeli air defense systems. And that appears to be the case.

 

I was looking at some video where you see this taking place, the shotgun effect of these bomblets, the Iron Dome responding and then coming in, and they hit the air defense system.

 

So they’re showing the Israelis how we’re going to take you out.

 

The next thing that you see is they have these missiles coming in where you see the warhead separating from the missile body.

 

And then there’s a booster engine on the warhead that drives it down into the ground at high speed, blowing away any radar intercept, any ability to intercept, hitting the target. And what this does is it clears the space. They clear air defense.

 

The final thing are these heavy warheads that come off of the heavy missiles that hit the runways and blew the big craters in them. This was a three layered ballistic missile attack that was specifically designed by the Iranians to destroy Israeli air defense, to clear the way to take out air defense, and then to show that we can put the big warheads on the target anywhere in Israel we want to. And this was successful.

 

And the beauty of this is they didn’t use their best missiles. All three, with the exception. One of these missiles is rather new, but it’s not the hypersonic missile. Israel [Iran] didn’t use their hypersonic missile. And Israel [Iran] has lots of these missiles. This was just a single strike package. Iran has several strike packages just like this, held in reserve that they have for Dimona, that they have for the Kyria and Tel Aviv, that they have for other air bases. Iran can repeat this process all day long. And what they showed Israel is this is what we can do.

 

And I can guarantee you there’s people like me right now who wear uniform or intelligence officers doing the exact same analysis they’re doing, and they’re writing big critical reports up the chain of command saying:

 

“Stop all nonsense! We can’t win this war. It’s over, guys! Stop it! We have no defense here. If Iran wants to come in, we are powerless. This thing will escalate out of control. Make it stop now!”

 

Which is why Joe Biden was on the phone with the G7 to intervene with Israel. Why Joe Biden was on the phone with Netanyahu and why Netanyahu’s generals were telling him:

 

“Stand down! We can’t win this fight!”

 

This is a huge Iranian victory!

 

[09:25]

 

George Galloway: Yeah, we’ll come to that latter point in a minute. But do you agree with me that, as George W. Bush might put it, they’ve all “misunderestimated” Iran, all along?

 

Scott Ritter: Well, again, the military hasn’t.

 

I have to say that I’ve worked with Israeli intelligence, with their technical intelligence people, with the people who do the analysis and the assessments of missiles. These are smart people. And if I, sitting here thousands of miles away without any access to secret information, could have said, I knew most of this going in before this happened. I knew what Iranian capabilities were. I can guarantee you they knew exactly what this was.

 

But the problem is getting their voice heard by Israeli policymakers who are driven by emotion and by politics, domestic politics, etcetera. What this attack did is empower their voices, because now, whereas political leaders could say:

 

“Well, you’re just speculating. You don’t know. That’s just geeky intelligence stuff.”

 

Now they have the hard data, the photograph put on the table, the air defense guys saying:

 

“Boss, we gave it our best shot. There was nothing we could do to stop them.”

 

The Americans calling up saying:

 

“There’s nothing more we can do. We did everything. We can’t stop this!”

 

And now the Israeli politicians are waking up to the harsh reality that the fiction that they have been living under is not even close to reality. It was a fantasy! And there’s a real world out there, and it’s a dangerous world. And they’re going to have to change the way that they operate.

 

George Galloway: So let’s move on to what happens next. Scott, if you will. It said, and you’ve just said it, the media is saying it, I believe it, that Biden has sought to dissuade. In what words and at what price, who knows, but sought to “dissuade” an Israeli response to, to Iran’s response, for fear of this wider conflagration, for fear of serious, ten times more serious Iranian response to any Israeli response.

 

But the question is, can Netanyahu survive without responding?

 

Listening to Ben Gvir* and others already this evening, it seems to me that Netanyahu would fall from power were he to go along with what Biden seems to be asking him to do.

 

[* Itamar Ben-Gvir (born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli far-Right politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of National Security since 2022. He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit. Under his leadership, the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a party which espouses Kahanism and anti-Arabism, won six seats in the 2022 Israeli legislative election, and is represented in what has been called the most Right-wing and hardline government in Israel’s history. He has called for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to Israel. Ben Gvir is “widely known for his openly racist, anti-Arab views and activities”. Source-Wikipedia]

 

Scott Ritter: There’s a couple things that I think we’re going to see. One, I think we’re going to see Israel ratcheting up the pressure on Hezbollah. And now we’re going to have to see the skills of Hassan Nasrallah and his ability to manage this escalation ladder, which he’s done so masterfully.

 

[12:27]

 

But more pressure is going to be put on Hezbollah by Israel, and Iran is going to be pressuring Nasrallah not to allow it to blow up, not to allow it to become the general war that Netanyahu so desperately needs.

 

Two, I think Netanyahu is going to call in the head of Mossad and sit Ben Gvir down with him and say:

 

“We’re going to double down on our covert war against Israel [Iran].”

 

You know, a lot of people have forgotten, but there was a huge demonstration last year that became a civil war. I talked to senior Iranian officials about it, and they said:

 

“This isn’t demonstrations. This is a hybrid war run by the CIA and Israeli Mossad designed to bring Iran down from within.”

 

And it was a big problem. It was a big fight. The Iranians won. They prevailed. But I would see Israel encouraging Baloch* nationalist movements to strike Iran and Zahedan. I would see them encouraging ISIS to strike inside Israel [Iran].

 

[* Baloch nationalism is an ideology that asserts that the Baloch people, an ethnic group native to Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, form a distinct nation. Baloch nationalism is mostly popular in southern and Eastern parts of Balochistan. The Baloch nationalist movement’s demands have ranged from greater cultural, economic and political rights, to political autonomy, to outright secession and the creation of an independent state of Balochistan. The movement is secular and heavily influenced by Leftist Marxist ideology, like it’s other counterparts in other parts of Pakistan.]

 

I would encourage them to see the Kurds striking, the Mujahedin-e Khalq striking.

 

All these external forces that the CIA, the British, and Israeli intelligence had been propping up for years. I think you’re going to see the Israelis saying:

 

“You need to double down on this stuff. We need to put the pressure on Iran because we can’t be seen as doing nothing. We have to be seen as doing something!”

 

And this, again, will test the limits of Iran’s deterrent policy. At what point in time will Iran expand it to say that hybrid attacks using a proxy qualifies as the same as a direct attack, and our deterrence will kick in as well.

 

We dodged a bullet, but we’re not out of the fire-fight yet. There’s going to be a lot of pressure put on down the road.

 

The good news is Iran doesn’t want to fight. They’re not cowards. They proved that they will fight if need be.

 

But Iran’s focus is on the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation. It’s on BRICS. It’s on normalisation of relations with Saudi Arabia. It’s on economic prosperity. And a war with Israel will disrupt all of this.

 

So the good news is there’s a lot of patience built into Iran’s foreign policy, a lot of flexibility. And that’s necessary at this point in time, because Iran has to understand that Israel has to do something for internal politics. And you either want a war or you don’t. If you don’t want a war, you’re going to have to grit your teeth and bear it, as Israel uses proxy forces to put pressure on Iran to punish Iran. Iran will have to absorb these attacks.

 

But the other good news is Israel is losing the bigger war. Remember, the other thing Iran doesn’t want to do is distract attention away from the fact that Hamas is winning! That Hamas has turned global opinion against Israel, that the world is now talking about a Palestinian state in ways that they had never done before. A larger war between Israel and Iran distracts people from that goal, and Iran doesn’t want that. Iran understands that the Axis of Resistance together with Hamas was in the process of strategically defeating Israel, and that’s the fight they want to fight.

 

[15:38]

 

So I think Iran will be willing to absorb blows from Israeli proxies in order to stay focused on the strategic victory that they’re handling and not fall victim to the kind of petty human narcissism that Israel falls victim to, where they say:

 

“We’ve been slighted, we have to do massive revenge!”

 

Iran has shown itself to be a very patient, very resilient, very mature nation state when it comes to this sort of activity.

 

George Galloway: Finally, Scott – and I’m grateful for your time as always – the English speaking king of Jordan, who, when he took the throne, literally, could not speak Arabic, and now speaks it with a rather splendid English accent. He was the only Arab leader, if we can call him an Arab, call him a leader, who collabourated with Israel and the United States last night. Even their much more important and longer standing allies declined the opportunity to do that.

 

Why did King Abdullah do that? Has he not placed himself in very severe difficulty now with his own population, which is overwhelmingly opposed to Israel, overwhelmingly in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. What on earth forced King Abdullah to do that?

 

Scott Ritter: I call him the “least Arab leader in the Arab world”. As you pointed out, his roots, his ideology, his mindset is very British. It’s not of the Arab street. He is so far removed from the reality of his people, and he is so dependent upon Israel. And I put Israel first, then the United States and Europe, for his continued viability as a leader.

 

His betrayal of the Palestinian cause is apparent to all. And now his betrayal of the Arab world and indeed the Muslim world is on display, likewise.

 

He knows he’s in a lot of trouble. The most dangerous thing in the world for the Hashemite king of Jordan is happening, and that is that the Palestinian people have a pathway to statehood. The Palestinian state is, is perhaps the greatest threat to this artificial entity called the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, because he’s not a Jordanian. He is a saudi Arabian transplant.

 

And I believe that he may be the last Hashemite king of Jordan. That I don’t wish upon him the fate of the last Hashemite king of Iraq. But I do believe that it’s time for the King of Jordan to take his family and his retinue and fly off to London and live where he belongs, among the British people he so adores. Because he is reviled and hated amongst his own people and now amongst the entire Arab and Muslim world. He is a betrayer of the cause of the people of Palestine!

 

George Galloway: So World War Three or not, Scott? Can we sleep in our beds tonight with some confidence that the world will still be here when we wake up in the morning?

 

[19:08]

 

Scott Ritter: I’d say in the short term, as long as Ben Gurion Airport is open and flights are coming in and out, go to bed, sleep well. If Ben Gurion shuts down, then we need to start worrying about in what direction this is going, because the Iranians aren’t playing around anymore. And if Ben Gurion shuts down, it means the Israelis aren’t taking no as an answer from the United States. And this thing could go in any direction.

 

But for the moment, Ben Gurion’s open. People are flying in and out. I’d say you can sleep well tonight.

 

George Galloway: They’re more flying out than in! Thank you, Scott Ritter, as always, for your wisdom, your experience, and your eloquence.

 

[19:51]

 

 

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@azman1605
5 hours ago
Why is the UK government fighting Iran, on behalf of Israel?
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@wadegoodwin6773
5 hours ago
So Israel is no longer ‘Untouchable’ cause the Iranians have proven they are ‘touchable’
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@copierdiscount3721
4 hours ago
Thank you George for inviting Scott Ritter.
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@tcherkess9695
3 hours ago
Thank you for calling out the traitor from Jordan, even history doesn’t redeem traitors
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@SourVodka
6 hours ago
We use our forces to protect Israeli civilians from this attack, but we don’t use them to protect convoys into Gaza to protect civilians there.
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@Viper1924
5 hours ago
“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that, before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.” – Father John Sheehan
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@reubensher8144
3 hours ago
Money was and is still the reason for Israel’s existence…
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@salehmohamad347
4 hours ago
Free Free USA from AIPAC
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@Saliah-Begum
5 hours ago
They have to drop food to the Palestine people but can stop all the missiles to come into Israel.
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@joemann2178
5 hours ago
US and Israel underestimated Iran, just like the US and NATO underestimated Russia.
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@espn2829a
3 hours ago
America and Europe are complicit in Israel’s genocide. Iran has a right to defend itself.
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@kwanmike9993
2 hours ago
I cant believe Sunak condemned Iran for retaliation Israxl. It is Israxl attacked Irans embassy first.
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@bnamallan6082
6 hours ago (edited)
We’ve been looking for Scott everywhere on YouTube since yesterday
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@LH74
5 hours ago
It cost the US $1 billion dollars to shoot down those drones. It cost Iran only $15 million to send those drones. (About $50k per drone). Who really won?
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@tvbopc5416
2 hours ago
The best analysis of Iranian tactics I’ve seen. The MSM take is worthless. Thank you Mr. Ritter.
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@abdolabdollah1783
4 hours ago
Imagine without US, UK and France.
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@markriding1267
5 hours ago
So the RAF can stop Iranian missiles but not Israeli missiles targeted at UK citizens.
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@theimperialist2686
6 hours ago
Always good to see Scott Ritter nailing the truth about Israel.
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@georgekrpan3181
2 hours ago
Some say, I stand with Israel. I say, I can’t stand Israel.
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@mmazkoory3628
1 hour ago (edited)
Thanks to both George and Scott for this program.Today as Iranian I am proud of my government to stand for peace and stability in the region.
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@vvvvvvvvv608
5 hours ago
Big mistake to underestimate Iran. They are not some third world country.
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@mohamedaasabbag5026
5 hours ago
I hope the right wing government in Israel understand
Iran now
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@saimariaz7938
4 hours ago
Iran has the right to defend themselves
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@SirMillz
2 hours ago (edited)
That fireworls show cost well over a billion dollars just on the defense side. Even the endless US printing can not continue to afford that sort of mistress.
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@SeanPan-it3jm
6 hours ago
Stop Netanyahu now, USA.
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@stayahead09
6 hours ago
Has anyone else seen adverts saying the World should unite against Iran? Its sickening.
The Iranian people are human beings who want to be left alone. WTH is wrong with that
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@user-oblomov
4 hours ago
Respect for Iran! Shame on Arab leaders!
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@user-ys4ff8cr2w
4 hours ago
Fireworks over Israel with no victims: “it’s an extensive affair”, Gaza Wiped of the map, 40.000 Civilian casualties…”Who cares” !!! Appaling double standards.
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@DannyBhoy88
5 hours ago
The only winners are the weapons manufacturers. STOP THIS MADNESS !!!!!
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@bonitajanssen745
6 hours ago
All that said, THEY WILL ATTACK, because this is what they have wanted all along ~
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@zak3582
2 hours ago
Wow !!! Scott Ritter Bravo.
I’m truly Speechless at your Analysis of this Iranian attack on Israel.
Funny to find out that Iran fired Millions of Dollars worth of low value missiles, intercepted by Billions of Dollars worth of High Tech missiles, which are very expensive to produce.
And that Iran also fired Ballistic Missiles with warhead separating from the main body near Target and showering a multitude of Decoys, intercepted by High Tech missiles batteries.
Genius…… Simply Genius.
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@mustafabinsober1248
4 hours ago
Iran number one
Russia number one
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@foodlover2236
6 hours ago
The irony and shamelessness is that the pretender PM is fighting and defending the very callous country that only a few days ago killed 3 of his country’s citizens
Clearly this man’s loyaltys are elsewhere. He should be taken to task
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@gypsyb-ol7gp
5 hours ago
Jordan is a traitor to the cause
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@lavendereucalyptus3225
1 hour ago
Superb analysis!
Thank you Scott!
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@SADWEEN
1 hour ago
Thank you mr. GALLOWAY for bringing Scott Ritter.
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@AdamShivers-bt2hs
6 hours ago
Scott’s analysis and commentary throughout this latest round of mass murder and theft by Israel has been neutral and fair and mostly accurate. Few Americans are prepared to describe the true reality on the ground.
Thanks for sharing GG
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@user-br4ks3dt2j
6 hours ago (edited)
George and Scott the two courageous and brave human beings who are telling and living the truth. God bless you gentlemen. The world needs more of you.
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@arif44463
4 hours ago
Ijraaels’s house of cards is falling.
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@faycalkemmou609
4 hours ago
What a Master Class analysis as usual with The Great Scott Ritter Thank you George for the brilliant guests and insights Tremendous Respect and admiration from Morocco
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@edwilson7798
5 hours ago
If I was Israeli, I would be grateful that
Iranians are not the the blood thirsty ones.
However, that would imply a level of humbleness.
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@bencordell1965
5 hours ago
Israel cant stop they have red cows now
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@Kamadev888
4 hours ago
I notice that Scott got the names of the two countries confused very often.
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@Gpenguin01
2 hours ago
I guess this is what the US means when it talks about “asymmetric warfare”: opponent spends tens of millions, while we spend billions to counter the attack. Very smart way to transfer American taxpayer dollars to the pockets of weapons companies’ shareholders (who also happen to be members of Congress and the Dept of Defense).
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@taherajenz
6 hours ago
Iran was just warming up. Iran has the right to defend itself and it will defend itself.
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@yo_opino001
6 hours ago
Iran has the right to defend itself!
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@anthonydonlan3140
1 hour ago
America has the right to defend countries who give money to their politicians.
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@domchulotey1217
2 hours ago
Wonderful interview. We must watch it.
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@dagwood323
6 hours ago
Absolutely incredible! Love listening to Scott!
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@jose98937
5 hours ago (edited)
Never poke into a purring peaceful lion in the savannah. Iran has been there for at least 7000 years for a reason
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@trueman2662
3 hours ago
Thank you for the coverage. SCOTT IS THE VOICE OF TRUTH IN A WORLD THAT IS GOVERNED BY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR INTEGRITY AND HUMANITY
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@lisastjohn2076
4 hours ago
This is exactly the school and level of education/information that I subscribe to. Brilliant interview !!!
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@LeilaniG808
6 hours ago (edited)
Thank you Scott Ritter!!! And thank you Mr Galloway
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@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS
6 hours ago
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
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@charleswenn6088
47 minutes ago
Jesus is the prince of peace. That is why Israel rejects him.
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@lubna.candid
5 hours ago
SATANyahu and IsraHELL
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@MagicRoosterBluesBand
6 hours ago
A little taste of reality is needed in the West.
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@debk3901
2 hours ago
Scott Ritter is amazing because he is direct and honest about facts / situations without sugarcoating, exaggerating, or hiding anything. He does not shy away from the truth, even when it might be an uncomfortable or unpopular conversation.
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@abia7532
4 hours ago
You nailed it Scott by telling the truth
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@abdusaziz1266
5 hours ago
Well done for supporting justice for the UN s51.
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@stevenorcutt2099
6 hours ago
Why can’t we have someone like George in our government here??
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@amirali4206
1 hour ago
As an iranian, I can say Scott is well familiar with Iran and Iranian politics
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@alexgaras1573
3 hours ago
Collectively we must hold to account,all those responsible and complicit in these terrible crimes against humanity/Palestinians! Humanity has to pursue justice in this matter unrelentingly now and till the end! Peace out.
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@hosseinjalalpoor1161
5 hours ago
I’m proud to be Iranian.
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@anlatrasova6712
4 hours ago
Thank you gentlemen! Great support.
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@user-ne5sd6hz7q
3 hours ago
Listening to Scott always educates me. Thank you, George, for having Scott on to explain the actions happening. Always grateful to hear his explanations.
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@RajaCAthletic
6 hours ago (edited)
Iran was just responding to the missile attack on its embassy in Damascus plus the death of General Sulaemani.
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@pascalpoussin1209
5 hours ago
Bravo Iran, and this arsenal was all built under incredible sanctions.
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@inabittner5199
3 hours ago
Thank you
Great job! Congratulations to Iran!
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@yingxu7908
2 hours ago
Thank you gentlemen love two of you
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@patriciadunmore9767
5 hours ago
Iran has a right to defend itself.
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@nemosays6337
6 hours ago
Free Palestine!
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@operasinger2126
2 hours ago
Thank you George and Scott for trying to bring peace to the world.
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@BasalatKhaja
1 hour ago
What a great analysis by Scott speaking the reality of Middle East geo politics. Thank you George for bringing him in.
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@ghulamhussain687
6 hours ago
George Galloway and Scott Ritter Thank you Guys. Sounds like the Iranians have sent Shivers down the Israeli Backsides.
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@johndutchman
6 hours ago
YouTube deleted three of my comments . so far . . . keep going mf’rs
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@fairozmohammedshariff1192
4 hours ago
True and fair answers by Mr Scott
Thank you for your time sharing your experience and knowledge. Mr Scott.
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@tareqdabbour7660
1 hour ago
Great analysis from like-minded Patriots.
Thank you.
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@wyno2661
6 hours ago
Thank you George for having Scott Ritter on your show!
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@tofurakhanom2644
5 hours ago
Most western media lies lies lies can’t believe anything i like the chanel
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@bruceperry1408
4 hours ago
Gee, who would have thought that continued massive assaults could exhaust defense. Always fighting the last war.
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@cooldude3421
4 hours ago
Had Iran done this 6 months ago. We might have saved 35000 innocent people.
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@apexkevv8904
5 hours ago (edited)
Israel is no longer untouchable Israel put themselves in this position…
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@user-gp5mb7bq5c
5 hours ago
Will the king of Jordan stop Israeli rocket and fighters jets when they fly over Jordan ?
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@monicakemp3714
3 hours ago
Hard not to love and respect both these men…
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@JoesIceCreamCone
4 hours ago
I’m sorry that was the weakest force I’ve ever seen.
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@rifekimler3309
5 hours ago
Iran said “here we come,” exhaust all of your interceptor missiles.
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@Raks78
6 hours ago
Love George and Scott Ritter . Hard to find people who speak the truth and say what needs to be said . Thank you
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@MichaelCuthbertson-zl6in
1 hour ago
A GREAT COMMENTARY THANKYOU GENTLEMEN!
I AM breathing a sigh of relief……
Best wishes from Australia.

@Narthil1337
4 hours ago
The amount of crying Israeli’s in this comment section who cant handle the bitter truth is hilarious.
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@mudiabubakar8503
6 hours ago
Great analysis, Scott Ritter!
You don’t get this type of brilliant analysis from CNN, BBC news, Fox, and NBC!
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@aye3678
6 hours ago
Scott Ritter is a true example of a patriot!
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@nuadtrainer
15 minutes ago (edited)
From France, thank you for the analysis of theses 2 honorable and well documented citizens.

@shalinikhan9541
4 hours ago
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US A TRUTHFUL REPORT
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@j.r5872
5 hours ago
Two honest and real people in the West, which we normally don’t see .
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@innocentodenigbo7284
5 hours ago
I just pray let there be peace in Ukraine and in the Middle East
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@omarali4265
30 minutes ago
Thanks George and Scott. Greetings from canada

@mohammedabdullah5114
1 hour ago
Iran was warming up outside football pitch
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@alimodiri6165
5 hours ago
As an Iranian I was concerned with Iran’s response, and thought it should be a brilliant operation instead of anything else.
Should have trusted the Iranian military more. They did not disappoint.
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@sineadadamus2099
5 hours ago
Love Scott Ritter !
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@user-zd7pb4gq3q
1 hour ago
Thank you for your honesty! This planet spinning because we still have few honest people like you. Thank you God bless my friend

@7Paradise77
4 hours ago
OMG this is so exciting, listening to Scott. Iran is fantastic!!! Thank you Scott for explaining.
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@jimlowis1878
6 hours ago
Good of you Scott. Nice to hear the truth once in a while.
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@leoanazemi3797
5 hours ago
Bless you gents,
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@bijanyagho4646
3 hours ago
Thank you so much Professor Galloway and Mr. Scott Ritter for your bravery, honesty, humanity and knowledge.
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
A Round Of Applause To You In Parliament For Creating This Script You Really Pulled It Out Of The Hat

@gypsyb-ol7gp
6 hours ago
Love and respect to George and Scotty…what a great combination

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@Duen207
6 hours ago
Thanks to the two most eloquent and greatest people we have!!
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@user-do4cy1le5z
4 hours ago
thank George thanks scott great host great guest
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@saeedabdelqader9093
4 hours ago
Iran told every one what they were doing ahead , because if Iran wants to do real damage their attack would have been a surprise And caused a lot of damage .
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@georgekymany2719
5 hours ago
After Iran show down, Israeli Iron Dome is officially now gonna be called Iron seive
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@jamesgardner8048
6 hours ago
If you want to make a stand and do something positive tonight for the world HIT THAT DAM LIKE BUTTON
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@Zoro-hn1jv
3 hours ago
All their main missiles passed the air defence system. Israel is proud of downing drones and rockets iranians sent for distracting air defence system. Of course they didnt want to hit 200 points inside israel. They wanted to hit only 4 points and they accurately did it after David’s Sling got off loaded because of being busy with drones and rockets.
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@jimolson9649
6 hours ago
It’s a whole new world and the United States ain’t running the show no more yippee ki-yay
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@Pilsbandydoboy
5 hours ago
Wall Street Journal reporting Israel is closing Ben Gurion Airport tonight
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@peterpadazopoulos2954
4 hours ago
Is this all political theater, since Iran told everyone, what they were planning to do?
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@Snafu2024
3 hours ago
Iran has declared their intention was to cause maximum damage and destruction.
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@davefroman4700
6 hours ago
According to Iranian official statements they not only hit the airbase responsible for the attack on the consulate in Syria, but they also took out the MOSSAD’s HQ. And if they penetrated the bunker underneath with that weapon? There may not be many sane voices as Scott thinks doing that analysis.
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@peterkogl1329
5 hours ago
Thank you Scott Ritter. Thank you Mr george Galloway. Peace and love to all in the world that so desire it.
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@globalance1948
1 hour ago
Bless You BOth Sir George and Scott! D

@Jabootie-oz1cb
50 seconds ago
Never underestimate those that overestimate themselves.

@roymillsjnr5172
6 hours ago
What might happen doesn’t bare thinking about , because we have poor politicians in the west ,that are dragging us into war , apart from George and a few others .
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@saileshkumarragoo1591
6 hours ago
God Bless Iran
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@adrieneanders0n998
28 minutes ago
Great information. Thank you.
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@Mapenzi2635
24 seconds ago
Thank you, George for inviting Scott Ritter, the most fair and rational and biased military analyst. His words are comforting and assure us that USA and allies will no longer take other nations for granted.

@user-er6ol2no9g
5 hours ago
Thank You George for having Scott on the show
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@iwonawitkowska586
6 hours ago
Thank you George and Scott.
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@GongGhuru
4 hours ago
Scottie is the realist military
analyst in this day age
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@kevindonaghey8483
4 hours ago
They sent their cheapest drones with the name Gaza on them as the decoys
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@muratsinanengin9773
6 hours ago
Last remark cracked me up. “They’re more lying out than in”.
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@rachelkingsley668
6 hours ago
Fantastic analysis from Scott of the Iranian strategy
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@topcalmsteadfast8247
2 hours ago
Great Scott Ritter as Usual. Scott Ritter not only an amazing political analist but slso the Last Moral Reserve in the US. Salutes from Chile
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@shells.6124
45 minutes ago
Excellent! analysis! Thank you, Scott and George!

@peacedove9513
2 hours ago
Scott & George..exceptional analogy! IMAGINE

@galaxyexplorer6189
6 hours ago
Great analysis by Scott and he is exactly correct in saying that Iran was showing intent and as he says they didn’t need to destroy anything.This was to show that if you want to play war games we are willing and able…Scott’s the best in the business.
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@Ija602
5 hours ago (edited)
Thanks Scott and George. Always a pleasure to listen to you.
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@raymondpalacios3032
2 hours ago
First time listener to your. Scott is very knowledgeable, and I watch him whenever he is guest on someone’s channel. Thanks for having him.

@user-oq1tx7dy9t
4 hours ago
Two great knowledgeable men talking to each other. Love from California to George Galloway and Scott Ritter.

@ramicohen1536
5 hours ago
how clever of the iranians
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@johnqdoe
5 hours ago
Galloway and Ritter spit fire Two of the best in the truth-telling business.
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@Pace18692
4 hours ago
Thanks scott and George for telling the truth
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Even Stand Up Comedians Will Be Bowing Down At This Precise Moment

@gypsyb-ol7gp
6 hours ago (edited)
Scott can explain weapons like nobody’s business! Been waiting for you all night, Scott
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@neviocapodagli4742
6 hours ago
Excellent
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@rasoulmashayekhpoul6865
4 hours ago
THANKS SCOTT!
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@asfg2108
4 hours ago
Scott is a great man. Thank you for making our lives easily. We were worry about our future. A man like Scott comes out and explain what is happening in the world is just a noble thing that is rare.
Imagine folks not even governments around the world want to explain to their citizens what happened so they can go and sleep well. That shows governments do not care about their taxpayers except the care about Zionism in Israel. Imagine, we did not have this decent human being called Scott, what would we do to know if we can sleep well or not. That shows how politicians are not in touch with reality.
God bless Scott. Great man in America. A greatest man that America can ever produce. His mom and his family should be very proud of him that has the capability to make our mental health to cope with this crazy politicians

@rosimasis3942
6 hours ago
72 objectives, 2 bunkers, 1 billion dollars and deep injuring self esteem “ Iron dome”. Plus all the people with panic attacks… Is that right?
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@MyCier
5 hours ago
Great show
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@rodahussein9691
2 hours ago
I love these two guys. Scott Ritter for keeping us well informed and helping us understand the war militarily and George Galloway for dedicating decades of his life speaking up for human rights and against occupation I Thank you

@jaffarseid7638
4 hours ago
I agree very good points. Iran has right to defend itself. Israel genocidal government are falling apart.
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@ankhmaathotep7913
5 hours ago
Thank you George, great Analysis Scott Ritter.
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@WilliamKelly-ou2nm
6 hours ago
NICE WORK GENTLEMEN ‍!!!
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@Adam-kh9rb
3 hours ago (edited)
iran informed usa via turkey so they were prepared iran was testing the waters and achieved alot.
If it was a surprise attack we would have seen alot of casualties.
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@burt3907
2 hours ago
They are more flying out than in. Indeed they are, as Malbourne has already experienced.
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@stochasticxalid9853
5 hours ago
We love both George and Scott
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@rn1047
1 hour ago
Two great journalists and experts love to listen to Mr Galloway and Mr Scott Ritter and learning from their knowledge and expertise.

@staspastukov5944
5 hours ago
To make the review easier, Israel missed 30% of what arrived at it. For a relatively small area, this is a lot. It was only one wave.
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@hichic4390
6 hours ago
It is clear in some of the pictures how some of the missiles open up into a large number of smaller warheads when they enter the atmosphere and due to the heat caused by their high speed in the collision with the atmosphere, flames were formed around them.
Exactly as Scott points out.
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@mehruneusufzai2341
4 hours ago
Thank you so much Mr. George Galloway for great analysis as always.

@laydownlays
6 hours ago (edited)
250 drones cost $1000 million dollars,(one billion) in air defence, to try to shoot them down
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@anwarislam2595
4 hours ago
God bless you Scott for your candid and expert opinion.
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@ramonng6381
3 hours ago
Iran has come of age ….bravo!
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@morenamcguire7133
6 hours ago
Important program tonight George and Scott,,,,,thanks
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@AaSimSakharkar
6 hours ago
Mr Ritter and Mr Galloway in 1 frame omg
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@mohammediqbal123
4 hours ago
George always a great joy to listen to Scott Ritter on your programmes

@dwaynecharleston4636
4 hours ago
Wowwww, Scott Ritter is such of great man. His intellect is unmatched.
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@Hal-Pro
5 hours ago
His comment on the fake king of Jordan was fabulous. Loved it
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@Chicag343
6 hours ago
God bless Iran
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@kamranqureshi8290
5 hours ago (edited)
Netanyahu- get this man out!!
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@dunkaway
4 hours ago
Great interview, thanks. Please bring Mr. Scott Ritter on more often.

@dwaynecharleston4636
4 hours ago
I have been looking for scott ritter on you tube, patreon,, his website, Rumble ect… NOW I CAN ACTUALLY GO TO SLEEP. THANK YOU SCOTT!!

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@saeedhashemi-nejad7409
6 hours ago
Mr. G. Galloway,
I have been an admirer for the light of truth cast by you on many thousands of locked, ambiguous, public deceit brought upon the unbias members of public by the controlled media. A media I call the mesonaries of the upper society.
God bless you and your team and all of your families.
If I would be able to have the text of this program, I would then be able to add the Persian translation of it the attention of public at large who do not have the gift of English language.
Kind, respectful Regards
Saeed
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@user-vi5kj2vk2e
6 hours ago
Great men.
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@maryelizabethvanwyk973
3 hours ago
I believe Iran’s attack was measured but showed that they CLD do more. Commentators kept saying why the drones coming in so high?. …this was to gv Israel plenty opportunity to take done these drones.. but Iran forced Israel to spend a white load of resources /money!!!!!!
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@nobdoy586
4 hours ago
George & Scott, you are great! Thank you.

@rafa374
6 hours ago
Great analysis
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@RoyalZarak
5 hours ago
“It’s not about money, it’s about sending a message. Everything burns” – Joker
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@hichic4390
4 hours ago
The satellite images before and after the impact of Navatim Air Base show that the targets were hit by missiles
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@patropata260
3 hours ago
Thank you George for having Mr Scott Ritter on board….his extensive experience in matters both military and political are beyond reproach and his analysis and solutions are quite remarkable….the world needs to listen and comprehend the dire situation that could potentially unfold.

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@Cheapmotorcycling
5 hours ago
Great stuff from Scott Ritter!
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@liadx2672
5 hours ago
Sure they sent hundreds of missiles and drones and they didn’t really want them to hit. Makes a lot of sense.
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@WME460
4 hours ago
That was an excellent analysis. Thank you!
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@Hoireabard
4 hours ago
Thank you Scott
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@paulmoore120
6 hours ago
George. Quality.
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@billisenberger7112
6 hours ago
Could the iron dome be depleted by using cheap dummy missiles without warheads, then followed up with live missiles with warheads to inflict real damage?
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@iyago82-67
4 hours ago
Zelensky is looking at the price tag of the strike to Isreal and weeping, $1 billion for defending against all those drones. That money he will never see.
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@roycanriz
2 hours ago
A great interview from Scott. Thank you George.

@numaanmohamood4712
5 hours ago
Thank you for getting Scott Ritter’s view
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@Mintcar923
5 hours ago
That Sid Meiers Civilization moment when the alleged 3rd world country comes from behind and surpasses the superpowers..
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@hardroaster11
9 minutes ago
Wow, a very realistic and brief analysis explaining war and economy at the same time.

@mimounkarabila8204
3 hours ago
Thanks for Mr Gallaoway and Mr Scott

@babulislam6477
5 hours ago
Iran
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@maxinecarter4934
39 minutes ago
Love this Thank you so much.

@yes-pr3rb
1 hour ago
When galloway said the more flying out then in
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@jamilahana1728
3 hours ago
Always a great analysis from Scott Ritter. Thank you both for this very interesting dialogue.

@themistoclesadmir2997
6 hours ago
bless Iran
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@rachidajjouch152
6 hours ago
From day 1 Scot Ritter was always right about whats going on and predicting outcome off the wars respect. Thank you also mr George Galloway for your great hart and inviting Scott Ritter
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@davidpollitt1216
2 hours ago
Fascinating and very helpful Scott Ritter….excellent indeed.

@MultiPrairiedog
6 hours ago
It cost israel over a billion dollars to shoot down the missiles.
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@RH-kf9un
31 minutes ago
Mr. Ritter well done thank you

@Narthil1337
5 hours ago
Scott Ritter is an absolute Legend
Never get tired of listening to him telling the truth
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@alexmjaber8530
5 hours ago
100% respect for these Two bold lions..
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@bajithasm969
1 hour ago
Scott Ritter is a go-to man. Moreover, he does not mince words in describing the situation. The statement on King Abdullah of Jordon is the most amazing and accurate.

@belyst4124
4 hours ago
Good interview!
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@psw6392
5 hours ago
Abdullah has to go …. thank you Scott
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@maryrobby7134
5 hours ago
I was waiting for the truth.
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@syncmaster915n
1 hour ago
Always good to hear Scott’s analysis!

@user-uz7xv6ol7y
43 minutes ago
Thanks for supporting justice!

@hind_q8274
6 hours ago
LOL Jordanian king couldn’t speak Arabic when he took the throne
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@Panther007ismmmm
5 hours ago
Exceptional commentary
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@shabazali1356
3 hours ago
have to respect iran one of few country’s in the world under sanctions and isolation for decades,has the capacity and means to strike the aggressors back
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@kazejah1014
41 minutes ago
Not only did the Iranian govt send a message, but so did the people. The Iranian people support their govt in terms of defense.

@richarddobreny6664
5 hours ago
Excellent analysis that you will never see on msm
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@jimo424
5 hours ago
I love Scott Ritter analysis.
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@mrmelmba
2 hours ago
Iran will analyze the response and uncover vulnerabilities. It is no longer guesswork. They have the data they need.

@WaweshBazuu
2 hours ago
This is very insightful, and He explained it’s very well Iran wanted to prove a point and show the world that they are not going to take the nonsense anymore.

@jitumiah8
6 hours ago (edited)
Take love from me and eid mubarak
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@pamir_sogdian_iranic
5 hours ago
Why would they attack the Iranian embassy/consulate? This is so wrong
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Take Your Temperature George We want You In Shape For Parliament

@TheRicokilla
1 hour ago
Scott and George! What better could I have for a morning positive boost!

@user-zg9up8kw4v
6 hours ago
Journalistic heroes of our time
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@roderickjoconnor6064
5 hours ago
Scott Ritter 100 percent right as always
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@AOJoseph.
4 hours ago
I have watched those missiles many times. I tracked Iran’s missiles and Israel’s interceptors right before the interceptor hit Iran’s missile you will notice a burst of flame with high speed powering through and hit its target. I was surprised where that missile came from Because right before Iron Dome hit you see another missile, now I have answers to my questions. Thanks Scott
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@lwinaung
46 minutes ago
A great analysis. Thanks to Scott Ritter and George Galloway.

@raniekhan8938
6 hours ago
Thanks Scott ,love your expertise.
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@annsmith3537
6 hours ago
God Bless
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@g.i.520
3 hours ago
Thanks Scott—for knowing how to pronounce Iran!!!!

@tassos9290
3 hours ago
Great talk from both of you comrades

@bonitajanssen745
6 hours ago (edited)
All that said, they will retaliate in a BIG way. This is WHAT THEY WANT.
They ALWAYS get what they want. (For now.)
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@bullbutter9699
6 hours ago
Iron Dome is Worthless at this point and time. ……… Overwhelmed Easiliy by Cheap Drones – Kicks Door Open for BIG SHLONGS
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@georgekwakuntigroup
1 hour ago
Intelligent man Scott. You warned them and they didn’t listen.

@bearcat0551
4 hours ago
It was like a boxer that threw 99 punches and only one barely connected with no real damage. In the real world that is called a failure. Iran embarrassed itself.

@russellfreestone8580
5 hours ago
Excellent report.
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@s.abekis7442
5 hours ago (edited)
thery are more flying out than in.
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@hamidsemnoon4960
3 hours ago
Both of you are free men!
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@Baci302
1 hour ago
Iran also gave the U.S. a heads up that this was coming and where they were targeting. Iran was not intending on causing any loss of human life or catastrophic damage … yet.

@shabs6214
6 hours ago
Thanks
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@ColtDee
6 hours ago
GG good talk as ever.
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@abdalgaderalnoor
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter is the most direct honest expert i have ever seen.. he is all about facts.. salut
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@thoms346
4 hours ago (edited)
Salute to both of you for speaking the truth. Respect

@ronhamelin
6 hours ago
Amazing interview.
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@LordChristopher1924
6 hours ago
Great Show
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@cejannuzi
4 hours ago
That was mostly just Iran and Hezbollah firing dummies to test what the actual air defenses are. However, let’s remember israel has ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
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@elaughebburg2523
4 hours ago
The total amount for the drones was around 6 million dollars, and another around 5 million in missiles. On the flip side, they soaked up around 1.4 billion dollars worth of AD munitions. That’s what’s called a huge return on investment.

@cynthiamadrid1430
6 hours ago
Ti agree with everything SCOTT is delivering however c9nfused to commentary on King of Jordan.
Twice, I have heard him speak on behalf
Of the Palestinian people. And right after the 10/7 attack his beautiful wife
Pled mercy for the Palestinians.
Certainly last night display of support for
ISRAEL does confirm your assessment.
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@jorjie8969
6 hours ago
table is turned
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@Nippy748
2 hours ago
Hmmmm…sounds iffy !! The missiles over Jerusalem WERE INTERCEPTED ..BUT not over their airbase !!??? Really !
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@afrosrb7828
4 hours ago
8:25 He slipped here, he meant IRAN didn’t use the hypersonic missiles, not ISR
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@northstar1060
6 hours ago
new palestinian state all of palestine and all of jordan???
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@bernardinglis4232
5 hours ago
George wants freedom for everyone except his country of Scotland, quisling
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@fredafighter1083
2 hours ago
A gentle and kind SELF DEFENCE from the part of Iran.

@hassoon1111
2 hours ago
Wow, I didn’t expect that Scott Ritter knows about the history of the Hashimites in Iraq and Jordan he’s as good as George in middleeast history!

@dalapaguerini01dalapa2
5 hours ago (edited)
God Bless you both And god bless Iran for defending it selfe and also having the right to do so.
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@iftakharmustafa3008
6 hours ago
Welcome
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@MB-id3un
26 minutes ago
It wasn’t an attack it’s a warning.

@sofianehamrouni5421
1 hour ago
Masters talk , Real talk .
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@cynthiamadrid1430
6 hours ago
Great Knowledge
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@zwickygalaxy
5 hours ago
Annual U.S. aid to Jordan has tripled in historical terms over the last 15 years. The United States has provided economic and
military aid to Jordan since 1951 and 1957, respectively. Total bilateral U.S. aid (overseen by the Departments of State and
Defense) to Jordan through FY2020 amounted to approximately $26.4 billion. The President’s FY2024 budget request
includes $1.45 billion for Jordan. On September 16, 2022, the United States and Jordan signed their fourth Memorandum of
Understanding governing U.S. foreign aid to Jordan. The seven-year agreement (FY2023-FY2029), subject to appropriations
of Congress, commits the Administration to seeking a total of $1.45 billion in annual economic and military aid for Jordan.
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@GARRY3754
1 hour ago
During Vietnam we had a Peace Movement. I respect Scott Ritter’s expertise but where are the peace activists like there were in the seventies?

@azharkhokhar1314
4 hours ago
Great analysis from great scott.
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@lubna.candid
5 hours ago
Good analysis
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@hichic4390
6 hours ago
I wish Scott and George the best and hopefully one day we will have more people like them
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@Humanrights-fm7hx
4 hours ago
Thanks for inviting Scott

@SardarMuhammad-di2jy
1 hour ago
Thank you George for very high level interview.

@shahrzad7026
6 hours ago
Long Life To The Great Mr . Goerge and as always exceptional Mr. Scott… You are both what I can call “ The Hope “
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@KivoMedia
4 hours ago
Iranians are very intelligent. The AI revolution we’re witnessing today was initiated by two PhD students at Tehran University. They authored the original paper that laid the foundation for the influential work, “Attention is All You Need.”
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@ommerommer7152
4 hours ago
HUGE UPDATE FROM BOTH OF YOU

HUGE THANKS
FROM
DENMARK

@SasaErceg
3 hours ago
Bravo Scott
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@10wanderer
4 hours ago
The Jews are not the same as those in Abrahams time
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@Acount21
5 hours ago
Long Live Iran
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@voice_of_change
37 minutes ago (edited)
A flight to Israel from Thailand has just turned around to return to Suvarnabhumi airport Bangkok. It is 09:30 AM 15th April here according to local online news.

@ifranksultan
2 hours ago
Scott nailed it. Thanks for speaking the truth

@MNZ7814
4 hours ago
That is exactly the message Iran sent last night. Scott is one of the smartest military and knows what Iran has and not. He worked with UN weapon inspector and he recommended that Iraq didn’t have WMD but bush and Zionism carried out attack against Iraq because of Israel was afraid of Saddam.
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@thecentralscrutinizerr
3 hours ago
To the people of Iran, you glorious Persians. The whole world that still has sanity salutes you. May you all find the Peace and Solace every human being desires and may those that support racial superiority, bigotry, hypocrisy, and violence be forever condemned to the dustbin of history. You have demonstrated that the Zionist regime is not invulnerable, and the fear they project is no longer having any effect on their efforts to bully the masses into capitulation.
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@Xaabsade_
1 hour ago
Thank you, Scott Ritter, Thank you Hon. Goerge

@Kathryn551
3 minutes ago
Excellent analysis by Scott. I always learn so much. My take last night after the dust settled was that Iran showed The West/Israel that it was now part of the Balance of Power on the world stage right next to Russia and China and that this alliance has announced that it will no longer tolerate the US evil empire and its terrorist activity across the Planet:) That’s what I got:)

@AGENTARCHIVESAA
5 hours ago (edited)
SCOTT IS A GENIUS IN KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT ARE EVERYONES INTENTIONS BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS ARE
AGNT08
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@lubna.candid
5 hours ago
Shame on Jordan
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
You touched on the wrong man on this occasion this is for life now

@Codyray17ify
4 hours ago
Is this a joke?……Iran could have ended up a glass parking lot yesterday…….you guys are kidding.
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@saeedhashemi-nejad7409
5 hours ago
Dear Mr. Galloway,
I am writing to express my admiration for your work in exposing public deception and bringing clarity to complex issues. Your dedication to truth shines a light for many, especially in the face of what you aptly describe as a media controlled by elite interests.
I, along with countless others, deeply appreciate your efforts.
I would be honored to translate the text of your program into Persian, making it accessible to a wider audience who may not be fluent in English.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Saeed
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@salimchowdhury-mb6vp
5 hours ago
Welcome all of you Iran 100% correct Love you May Allah bless you Inshallah
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@waheedsiddiq1553
4 hours ago
Love listening to Scott Ritter…says it as it is

@raziazahid8449
4 hours ago
ALLAH BLESS YOU GEORGE AND SCOTT
SLEEP WELL
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@aaronsmyth7943
6 hours ago
This man is heading for the UK parliament.
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@zahirmasud7242
4 hours ago
Could not stop laughing when George says English Speaking King of Jordan; Keep up your great work George. Respect for you, sir.
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@robertghazarian3075
4 hours ago
Scott knows very well that this was a Hollywood movie

@mariajanini3759
3 hours ago
Waiting for Scott’s description of how great the Iranian military show took place!!!

@johndutchman
6 hours ago
YouTube deleted my previous comment.
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@danasturgeon149
5 hours ago
Really? It looked like Israel dealt with it just fine.
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
A Greatest Memorable Interview K

@spark-taco
3 hours ago
George makes me and made Scott smile too. Scott knocks it out of the park every time.

@videoupload8196
5 hours ago
When something crazy happens, you wanne know what scott’s thinking
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@mohammadarsiddiqui749
5 hours ago
Scott has full knowledge of the region
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@Laura-yd3ds
2 hours ago
Never destabilise
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@Capturing-Memories
1 hour ago (edited)
Scott gave an eye roll when he heard the name king of Jordan, you know what that means? For the ones who don’t know he worked for Mosad for several years and he may still do.

@patrolman602
5 hours ago (edited)
What is this guy talking about? Iran put on a fireworks show. 99 percent were shot down.
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@contactericjones
4 hours ago
“Iran gave one of the greatest military displays in recent history” – the Iranian regime is a joke at this point
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@karlm8067
3 hours ago
Thank you both

@adriaanmetzelaar8744
26 minutes ago
As you said, hasshimite Abdullah family is not from Saudi Arabia but from western Iraq supplanted in Jordan by the British

@user-ug5dx9zr7r
3 hours ago
At least someone has the courage to stand up against Israel
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@NoeHanten
6 hours ago
This thread is a reservoir of knowledge, continuously replenished by the collective wisdom of its participants.
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@ooikk8458
3 hours ago
Bravo George and Scott who speak sense. Both are lover of peaceful

@zaffazad4040
2 minutes ago
Thanks, Mr. Galloway, for having Mr. Ritter on the vlog. Iranians have had nuclear weapons and a credible delivery system since 1998. The Israelis and the Americans must sober up; the Iranians can obliterate Israeli military installations. The world needs the people of the Jewish faith to live in peace, so do not destroy their peace, have some sanity, Mr. Biden and Mr. Netanyahu.

@laurencetilley9194
6 hours ago
I have read that Egypt collaborated with the Israelis against the Iranian missile attack.
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@roscoemc3
6 hours ago
My interpretation last night is the same as Scot. I just wish this could conclude sooner rather than later
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@nabeelhantouli3793
4 hours ago
thank you George from occupied Palestine
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@salimhasan1433
4 hours ago
Great to hear from two great man, my salute to both of them.

@marvlightmin
5 hours ago
Ritter doesn’t have a clue !
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@williammichael2156
5 hours ago
Free Palestine, blessings from Glasgow
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@billjohn3287
1 hour ago
Great definition of King Abdul. Of Jordan sure he is. [” yes sir , sure sir , will do sir”, but not only him the entire Jordanian people *the majority Sharkas decent * they are like him ] there are few who are not Sharkas who opposed but they can be silence easily .
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@trevorpatterson7006
3 hours ago
LOL Scott Ritter should start doing stand up comedy, his analysis is hilarious!

@EDINTHEWIND
5 hours ago
They failed miserably. Scott Ritter is just wrong.
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@danhuxley608
5 hours ago
Israel definitely proved their strength and composure last night , embarrassing for Iran
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@chrismartenable
4 hours ago
Along with Colonel Douglas Macgregor, Scott Ritter ex weapons inspector clearly knows his stuff & and is very good at giving a clear & concise evaluation of what’s going on in the Ukraine and the escalating war in Israel

@chemonather7459
4 hours ago
Last 500 Yrs, how many countries in the World were attacked by Iran?

@user-pd5op4zr6m
6 hours ago
Iran failed. The Israel defence system with the help of the US, UK, France and Jordan prevented any major incidents.
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@duny2
6 hours ago
The majority of the Iranian people despise the malicious insidious Islamic regime that going to drag them into an unwanted war, the regime is weak internally, it wouldn’t take much to topple from within.
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@mohammadrezarezaeian3906
2 hours ago
Thank you
George

@jamesevans3492
22 minutes ago (edited)
The Late-Great Truth Telling Orating Comedian George Carlin Said It Very Well: . . . ” IT’S A BIG CLUB, . . . AND we AIN’T IN IT ” . . .
He Was So Prophetic, And Absolutely Correct . . . R.I.P. Absolut-O-Mundo Maestro Funny–Bone Comedian George Carlin . . .
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@Mohimtule.
18 minutes ago
Iran’s attack on israel did demonstrate one thing, it is not just america that protects israel but also arab states. Iran seems to have reached tel aviv directly despite not just the iron dome but also the ARAB DOME

@gghstlr
39 minutes ago
Thank you Mr. Ritter for cutting through the bad hasbara so well as usual .

@skitiwybrahim107
4 hours ago
The last remark from mister galloway was priceless

@aumi6441
4 hours ago
Best men George and Scott god bless you guys

@innervisionjj
4 hours ago
United Nations Foundation Board Members: Kofi Annan, Emma Rothschild, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Kathy Calvin, Yuan Ming Where is the UN today?

@EZ-rs5zv
3 hours ago
A very good analysis of the situation. We would never get these points of view from the CIA funded US media

@94manorviewclose
4 hours ago
thank you for update gentlemen

@asifkhan2654
3 hours ago
The bunker rat,is the biggest threat to the world right now tbf

@johnbanwell6391
1 hour ago
Scott Ritter has an interesting personal history, according to Wikipedia.

@michaelwhite8069
2 hours ago
As ever George gets the right people to talk about the current Middle Eastern events…..very very good this guy was …& he made a lot of sense…however the likes of Netanyahu is not one of these sensible people…..but I enjoyed this very very much George…& the Jordanian King needs to look over his shoulder as was discussed….he shouldn’t be ruling an Arab nation and will soon be moving on either voluntarily of otherwise….
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@chakavak2015
3 hours ago
Very comprehensive and informative analysis… Thanks

@achekholbeckal889
4 hours ago
Mr George Galloway as always sharp and precise no hiding around the bush

@user-cu2zn9dr5i
1 hour ago
Exactly the point was to show proof of what a war would look like with Iran!

@curbwhisper
2 hours ago
Thank you guys.

@Nothingmajor777
1 hour ago
Now we see how well Irans defense systems work

@rogergrant9605
4 hours ago
I agree it was a show of intent by Iranian response. They are to many sheep out there to get this understanding. They are a force to be reckoned with, Sadam fought them with American help and could not defeat them .

@nozarm10000
3 hours ago
“More flying out than in…”…..indeed….they are all crawling back to where they originally came from.

@missymyopinion2902
33 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon all helped to take down these drones along with their iron dome. So I think that’s pretty significant, they gave total airspace to Israel.

@aecalietvenali
2 hours ago
‘Israel vows to strike iran” so no…. there is no de-escalation…
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@alvinrexagulto6068
2 hours ago
The other part of the equation is how well can iran defend if attacked? Surely, israel has stockpiles of missiles too.

@AK-sc1vm
2 hours ago
Scott Ritter is a treasure for humanity.

@jacksmith-vp3go
1 hour ago
Scott LOVES IRAN
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@akmalhussain2248
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter has presented a brilliant analysis of the Iranian

@ghadael-sabra3495
2 hours ago
God bless you scott Ritter for telling the truth

@adnanismaiel7185
2 hours ago
Two of the greatest guys in the world. Love you guys.

@GajodeAlfama
3 hours ago
Keep the Truth Alive!!!

@thomassmith8515
4 hours ago
God bless Israel
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@carbon6669
2 hours ago
Bravo Iran, thank you.

@elhamdaud
37 minutes ago
God bless u both

@watcherofthesky8574
1 hour ago
God Bless Iran!

@8731Cordova
3 hours ago
Top Ranked Respect for Scott

@kevinonorato7223
13 minutes ago
Great Interview.

@fernandofernando6204
26 minutes ago
Very impressive explanation by Scott in regards of Iran n Israel attacks ect. Israel Gov’t must listen to Scott Ritter and save the existant of the Jewish people ect.

@jasonbourne4550
4 hours ago
If it wasn’t for Scott Ritter, I wouldn’t know what is happening in the Middle East.

@SOLI77757
3 hours ago
Good blessing of you both

@eldorado.t
4 hours ago
‌Sending love from Iran PEACE

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@humayusuf1
3 hours ago
Brilliantly explained the conflict

@philippusgouws7852
4 hours ago
How nice of Iran to warn Israel

@fathicoltd6774
4 hours ago
Im absolutely with iran in this,
They are genius
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@MrWebster
1 hour ago
absolute great informative interview.

@azharkhokhar1314
4 hours ago
Great analysis from GREAT SCOTT.

@best5345
2 hours ago
Even Steve Wonder can see how ineffective the iranian military is. They got clapped and couldn’t clap back.

@KA-pq3yz
2 hours ago
George ,….will you share a flat with king of Jordan in near future?

@twotalljones4790
3 hours ago
Iran never used the Fattah missile yet.

@elisabethbordin982
4 hours ago
Now it makes sense!
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@despatrick5602
4 hours ago
You missed out Israel being able to attack Iran in that equation though. Sure Israel would have a hard time just defending but if they went on the attack aswell, Iran has no protection in comparison
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@MrDazthaman
4 hours ago
Iran have come a long way since Stuxnet.
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@ewalker1057
4 hours ago
Saw what Scott mentions about the deflectors. Modern day WWII Tuskegee Airmen protecting the bombers, the main missiles.

@mohammedfahmi4687
3 hours ago
This is so wonderful and relevant analysis

@dorothyleeuw8774
3 hours ago
Holy Sh*t……considering you supposedly know jack theZ’s are out in full force. Well done guys….

@Bob-el3iw
27 minutes ago
If Israel were to retaliate, would Iran be able to stop 99% of their missiles, if not how much damage would there be?

@phillipholland6967
4 hours ago
my heart is with Iran BUT..they are not just up against The Dirty Duo, they have to cope with the Saudis, who have pots of dough & no love for Teheran…& the Turks are gonna sit on the sidelines making money…
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@Hiptoys
2 hours ago
Much Love
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@RellyRell5876
1 hour ago
TYT said Israel and its allies stopped 99% of the drones and mistakes. What is true? What was the damage?

@amarhassan7029
4 hours ago
2 gentleman that not afraid to speak the truth

@hottleggs1
1 hour ago
I’m confused. The Iranian missiles actually made contact and hit Israel? I thought they were stopped by the iron dome that the US pays for?

@alansmithc6669
3 hours ago
Israel needs other countries to help take down the drones. So it’s not iron dome no more
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@tonyskoulakis4975
4 hours ago
Galloway’s last comment, more are flying out than in

@user-et7te1by3e
4 hours ago
They are more flying out than in. Well said.

@achag9273
2 hours ago
Hats off as always.

@straight-adhi7861
2 hours ago
George Galloway, my full respect Sir, a rare kind of men.

@MuhammadAli-hr1bj
4 hours ago
Wow, that’s another profoundly insightful analysis.

@jennifersilves4195
4 hours ago
These Muslim countries are showing a respect for life unprecedented in modern warfare.
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@mpanjudavid1290
48 minutes ago
The good thing about this intelligence officer is he is speculating. But trust me the truth is yet unfold .

@Dale-ih8uq
4 hours ago
America underestimates every country, while they are building, thats stupid.

@red-baitingswine8816
33 minutes ago
Apparently SA is also betraying the Palestinians, according to a Palestinian who appeared with Nima Alkorshid.

@richardgadoury8452
2 hours ago
Scott knows his shit, he was on the ground in the past. Its a chess game moving forward….semper fi..

@duddiroberts
3 hours ago
Love these two guys, so clear and straightforward

@dixztube
1 hour ago
I’m telling ya he looks like Peter griffin
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@robertb.seddon1687
1 hour ago
Message should be clear…stand down!

@F1NALF1NAL
21 minutes ago
If Iran launches missiles at Dimona, Dimona will launch at Iran and these will be particularly large nuclear warheads, so we all know that although Iran attacked, it knew that it would not cause significant damage that would lead to a serious war

@zildamorais1108
2 hours ago
George Galloway and Scott Ritter, thank you.

@jaydub8596
3 hours ago
Iran proved they can reach out and touch the land!
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Everyone In Parliament Will Be Looking At You different From Now On Hope You Get Better Soon

@JackKing12.
3 hours ago
Have always considered Israel like a spoilt child. Throwing its teddy out the cot if it doesn’t have it’s way.

@Snafu2024
3 hours ago
Israel spent 1 billion dollars.
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@finddeniro
1 hour ago
Scott Ridder. Excellent Feel Fer the Players of the War .

@emmanuelk.tambwe2628
2 hours ago
IRAN doesn’t want war…bcz wars are expensive and costly at human lives…

@rosymylene1878
4 hours ago
No. Iran must not allow enemy proxy forces to fester inside Iran. There is no “absorbing” them.

@abuahmed6058
3 hours ago
Israel for the first time paid the price for the misdeeds it carried out over the years .

@birdman7686
3 hours ago
The beauty of this, is that Iran didn’t use their best Missiles. Who is this guy and whose side is he on?

@subjectofgov
1 hour ago (edited)
Guy seemed a little too excited at the Iranian strike.

@Snafu2024
3 hours ago
Nobody has said that Israel must stand down. Scott has not worked with any Israeli intelligence. Scott is 20 years behind in his analysis ability.

@kamarte
4 hours ago
Well, Scott, you are very observing in noticing what most couldn’t, including the ignorant western correspondents last night, such as SENIOR CNN’s

@caneestudio
4 hours ago
Scott’s clever analysis on Iran wants to concentrate on economic growth rather than war.Iran smart policy.Wish certain South East Asia country politicians can learn something about this.

@craigrobertsonmsc.6260
2 hours ago
Leave them to it, let them get on with it. Nothing to do with the UK.

@birdog23
4 hours ago
their attack got swatted out of the sky like flies.

@EagerSaturn-mc1ky
3 hours ago
Uk forces cant stop rubber dinghies , likely they couldn’t stop a convoy of rubber ducks heading to the uk coast!!

@rozalialuks6583
35 minutes ago (edited)
“RESTRAIN” – Iran has resignified the word.
Many analysts advised Iran:
“For the sake of all of us, Iran should exercise restrain”.
Iran has shown those who use the word “restrain” that…
Iran is far from average thinking!
#LONGLIVERESISTANCE

@richardduplessis1090
4 hours ago
Practical summary – it’s a bit safer not living in a major target city in France, UK or USA.

@Smart_fix
4 hours ago
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth well done gents it was absolutely pleasure to listen to your true words

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@papajahatmamabaik2050
4 hours ago
Israel or netanyahu for that matter, is totally out of control. The prospect of spending time in jail for corruption, which hearing is pending, is nyahu’s worst nightmare.

@nicolen4548
2 hours ago
Great interview and very informative

@JohnWick-wm9yy
3 hours ago
Bravo scott iam proud of you really

@CertifiedTruthTV
4 hours ago
Weapons Inspector Gadget
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@jacksmith-vp3go
1 hour ago
Love is Love
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@butch8095
3 hours ago
If they did, as scott said. What an extraordinary tactical move.

@itssamirhaji
2 hours ago
Britain should use this money to stop the boats…right wing brits need to know that Israel isn’t their ally
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@bilalshahbakht
1 hour ago
I can see the whole world is against Israeli genocidal actions.

@SaeedKhan-kq1zr
4 hours ago
MR. GEORGE GALLOWAY, Love You The Way You Said Beautifully, THEY ARE MORE FLYING OUT THEN IN & ENGLISH SPEAKING KING OF JORDAN

@mb748
4 hours ago
Never saw Scott mis-speak so much in a single interview. Often said Israel when he meant Iran and Iran when he meant Israel.

@Spohcsom
4 hours ago
I will always have great respect for George Galloway. I met him in the 90s when I was a student and we had very similar political ideals and sense of humour. we chatted for some time. Like Corbyn he is a a true democrat, anti globalist, pro Brexit, anti woke, old school socialist. His performance at the US Senate is one of the most iconic moments in historical global political discourse. Yet, this video is not entirely honest and I sense George knows it. George speaks up for everyone but I worry that he has become inadvertently captured by Islam ideologists. This video does not sit well with the man who I believe George to be. Make no mistake, Israel’s military capability is significantly superior and George, Scott, Iran and Israel know this. Israel have been given the all clear by the US. Do not believe what Biden says on TV. A major strike by Israel is imminent. Israel are go.
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@peterhoevermann6673
3 hours ago
Wow, that was interesting stuff. Scott has explained the Iranian Attack very well, now military experts understand Iran’s escalatory Potential – deterrence established without mass killings.

@show2ime
4 hours ago
Now let’s see how good Iranian air defense is—

@user-jm1ug5lu8d
1 hour ago
Thanks for such a clear explanation

@philipnapier3585
16 minutes ago
Galloway and lots of people on here are sooo deluded

@michaelmarino3270
2 hours ago
Many Thanks!!

@OzFurphy
2 hours ago
If Scott Was right, Iran wants to focas on BRIC’s and Finances, isn’t it to get in a stronger position to attake America later from a stronger position.

@DeepBass75
3 hours ago
Scott is indeed highly regarded.

@user-yb4sz1te7r
17 minutes ago
Iran is a pragmatic and strong and getting stronger as a nation. Do not fight Iran. Stop the bullying by USA and its vassal state.

@mariajanini3759
2 hours ago
You’re the best Scott!

@user-wj7sk9bo1e
3 hours ago
I CALL THEM THE “LIEMERICAN”

@user-hj5zt5fw1j
3 hours ago
IRAN HAVE ALL THE RIGHT AND COMPLETE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AND ITS CONSULATE AND EMBASSIES!!!

@acacius9903
3 hours ago
They are more flying out than in had me floored

@navajyotichetia8968
1 minute ago
In the changed world riled and rattled by: ukraine intrigue- Palestine intrigue- climate change strongmanship intrigue, wars inflicted by corporate and party politics of influential countries becomes rogue. Its the contemplating masses which becomes the gentry

@justdoitsolutions269
4 hours ago
The key question for me is whether Iran will let Israel live in peace with attacks from its proxies

@stevenreszegi1718
2 hours ago
Respect Mr Ritter, Respect Mr Galloway!

@Gatorlorenz
4 hours ago
Sounds like that’s a bit of a stretch Ritter.
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@Samoasoa
3 hours ago
Oops, US just blown its war budget for Israelis in just one night.

@DIJAM1334
2 hours ago
Iranian made a big mistake to show their hands to Israelis .

@shells.6124
1 hour ago
$2.00
Thanks!

@rosemaryflynn5289
3 hours ago
Totally agree with Scott

@marknolastname441
1 hour ago
Watch your US dollars lose value because US dollars are being printed for a FOREIGN country’s defense. Let the bully defend itself. #Not with my tax dollars.

@jorgecruz-mq2sj
55 minutes ago
Maybe America will stop if some country will export War to their doorsteps. No? Jac

@christianalvarez7799
1 hour ago
You know Israel is struggling when they have to ask the Americans and Poms for help.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
George Dear This Is Your Own Medicine

@julietaaboka3285
3 hours ago
Great analysis from Scott Ritter! Thanks for the tip, Scott, will keep an eye on Ben Gurion Airport! Wonder how the Departures will cope! Now is the time to check the prediction of Zhirinovsky about all those Russian-Israelis!

@hamzabatrasian8272
13 minutes ago
Got it very informative to the point hats off

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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
K gave one of the greatest military displays in recent history for all time Scott Ritter Confirms This

@Snafu2024
3 hours ago
Scott needs to check his facts
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@impeachbiden5003
4 hours ago
Bro, Iran’s attack was a failure. Everything got intercepted.
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@khalidmehmood-lj7xg
2 hours ago
We should need to respect humanity please

@yoyomen8913
27 minutes ago
The Iran retaliation dug out the traitor jordan……

@tobiashardy1620
4 hours ago
There is just one obvious belligerent and they are desperate to hit out like a spoilt petulant child (but with hideous weapons- who the hell keeps giving them these)

@klam77
1 hour ago
ISrael has attacked and attacked and attacked Iran in the past with no rebuttal. it’s so one sided.

@berihunassfaw7472
4 hours ago (edited)
king Abedela,s mother, is English , and his wife, is a Palestinian.

@johnbeggs9669
4 hours ago
Iranian people dont want or need this, but Galloway wants it for them, .

@TheDavidAllan2
2 hours ago
Quite overstated by Ritter.

@Capturing-Memories
1 hour ago
More flying out than in, So true.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Have You Ever Visited Bolton George This Town Has Its Own Mule

@Yusufmasron
3 hours ago
As usual, well said Scott Ritter. I like your analysis

@marthaworc7873
4 hours ago
Hey Scott, you said you don’t want to run for president. Would you be interested in being secretary of state in the US? Perhaps you would be interested in being a consultant to the president? A girl can dream, right?
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@ireneserrano4570
4 hours ago
BRILLIANT!!!

@naeemdin3606
4 hours ago
Hi George always lovely to watch your vlogs and your guest as well, I’ve asked before and I’m asking again if you could let us know as a family from Birmingham we would like to vote for you in the coming election if at all possible

@Judgementday-qp1ol
4 hours ago
A simple mere warning from Iran

@khalidmehmood-lj7xg
2 hours ago
Time to respect respect humanity please

@ChrisStFleur
1 hour ago
What iran did no country in history of humanity never did attacking a country 2000 km away

@stevefeicht3038
3 hours ago
There was nothing Israel could do to stop the missiles? Remind me how many got through…

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
No Freebies George Thought You Got Away With It Snap Your Wand Here We Go Again

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
It Was Always Too Windy For Kites Were You Good At Them George

@Thiernodjo
2 hours ago
free the west from Israel
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@ahsankhan-gn2yw
4 hours ago
There are more flying out then in George Galloway nice one

@MsMike651
1 hour ago
I read that Israel knocked 98% of those missiles and Drones out f the sky? And by the way,Ukraine is still fighting.

@tangobayus
1 hour ago
Israel has made strategic mistakes from the beginning.

@notafan3105
4 hours ago
Can someone please explain how this was a win and such a great show of force when they weren’t able to make any contact in isreal all shot down and no damage? What is he talking about

@baltom4559
2 hours ago
thanks Scott

@antoniovillanueva308
3 hours ago
Dear Dr. Mavis
– I have a red scaly rash that runs up my inner thighs from kneecaps to pelvis. Is there an ointment that you would recommend?

@Pace18692
4 hours ago
Thats why scott is a weapon specialist … he said the things that i didn’t expect he knows but he does and he knows it well

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@tedchristian2235
12 minutes ago
Scott goes a bit Turgidson describing the Iranian attack, but I’m not judging anybody.

@MA-sk4fg
3 hours ago
Are there videos or pictures showing the base hit by Iran?

@SaeedKhan-kq1zr
4 hours ago
MR GEORGE GALLOWAY & MR SCOTT RITTER 2 FINEST HUMAN BEING WHO ARE TRYING FOR PEACE FOR HUMANITY. GOD BLESS YOU GENTLEMEN

@mahmoudabohalima4678
11 minutes ago
King Abdullah and Jordan in general are playing their exact role in middle east as a buffer area between Israel and other strong influential arab countries in last century Iraq , Syria and Saudi Arabia.
( Im not taking about the Jordanian people who are 70% Palestinian refugees BTW)

@Baci302
1 hour ago
I understand that Khomoeni is under a lot of pressure to respond and that, for other reasons, he is considered weak and possibly on his way out. Is any of this true?
All that put aside, Iran made a very measured retaliatory warning shot.

@rayghelich
4 hours ago
Gorge and Scott two greatest person

@JohnnyMac2237
4 hours ago
Good thing we left all that hardware in Afghanistan and gave Iran pallets of cash..we have uninvadvable coasts..get out of every single foreign nation and let’s just worry about us..Ron Paul would agree.

@nicdomiyoung904
3 hours ago
HK$15.00
Thanks!

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
You Always Have Your Sights On The Tray’s

@haykmamikonsargsyan8003
1 hour ago
Yes, Iran told where they gona hit.

@scooter313
4 hours ago
Bullys are cowards..

@benholland1331
1 hour ago
Love and peace

@bijanyagho4646
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter for 2024 President
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@darkcircles1313
4 hours ago
This is nonsense. You honestly think that all parties didn’t know where and when those missiles were launched?

@johningram1920
4 hours ago
Thank You

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Rise And Shine In The Morning K Live Now

@mohammad4394
3 hours ago (edited)
Netaniyahu’s Israel is an occupied land, their houses are owned by hooliganism, and they get dollar/pound/riyal/dirham automatically as donations. So they have nothing to lose, everything is granted. But Iran has built/earned everything with hard work. And that’s why they think a lot before attacking.

@kevino3129
2 hours ago
October 7th? Murder, torture, rape bur.ning alive. Are you saying these acts were justified?

@George-nt8uw
1 hour ago
Stop because we can’t win this war? We can’t afford to lose this or any war.

@TyK622
4 hours ago
Scott and George …… thanks to both of you for your analogy of the world we live in presently. It’s a shame what both countries you live in has become by leaders such as unelected rishi sunak and genocide Joe, not sure he was honestly elected either. All the best to both for your honesty and decency.

@user-th8tc3lm7r
4 hours ago
I hope what Scott described is correct

@George-nt8uw
1 hour ago
I am curious, how does Scott Ritter feels about Israel?

@innerhebridean
3 hours ago
Scott is really eloquent sometimes.

@richardhyde3271
56 minutes ago
If you invest in the stock market as many times as Iran launched against Isreal but had as few hits as Iran had against Israel, will you be successful???

@kevino3129
2 hours ago
But the missiles were all stopped, no?

@Onglai88i
1 hour ago
So, the US and Israel chicken out.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Now K Is King Of Parliament How Easy Was That I Ask You George?

@subjectofgov
1 hour ago
Saw reports that only ten rockets hit Israel. Is this true?

@rajibhossain5420
3 hours ago (edited)
I would not call Ki…Ab as a king, I would rather call him a mice.

@zafarkhan6074
4 hours ago
HATS OFF FOR IRAN….

@sadiaali5273
5 minutes ago
Iran has a right to defend itself

@kaderterki807
4 hours ago
There are more flying out than in

@user-hq3lo3le2s
4 hours ago
Thank you

@josephscott7807
4 hours ago
This is an eye opener

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Should I Applaud I Reserve The Right To Clap

@gregoryshelton4024
2 hours ago
Wow, get 2 idiots in the same room. And they seem quite nice to each other cause that’s what you’re too are. Why don’t you guys move over there and see how well that does for you?

@ramonng6381
3 hours ago
Soon, there will be a Palestinian state …
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@tanveerUKhan15
3 hours ago
Im pro palestinian but im still missing something. 300 missiles and drones fired and only 7 hit and did very minimal damage.

@PulverizerA
4 hours ago
God bless the good people of Iran, Gaza and even the apparently few good people left in Israel. May peace and prosperity come to all soon.

@gibranregiste-charles3847
2 hours ago
Great interview

@S-Ltd1000
4 hours ago
Uncle Ernie talking a load of balls as usual.

@casiandsouza7031
3 hours ago
While Demonstrating, they field tested their competence.

@waqmanime
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter is awesome!

@myworld8266
4 hours ago
A highly complex attack – staged from Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran – using drones of different types missiles of different types all of different speeds – and all merging on target area at around the same time for their purpose, using mostly older stock that has been upgraded and replaced over the last 2 years from data received from Ukr conflict.

@Turistpazar_av
1 hour ago
galloway as a turk your the man mate a true british a gentlemen

@natureinsound5997
4 hours ago
The best two commentators I am now gonna enjoy listening to. Shut up everybody else! Bismils

@jamesevans3492
44 minutes ago
WTG Iran . . .
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@abuomar693
4 hours ago
the iranians helped Israel get out of its isolation. the Palestinians paid with life and blood to get world attention. and iran with fireworks b.s set Israel free.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter Decode This For George Galloway He Will Be Late For His Own Funeral

@rickmccann4016
2 hours ago
The Iron Yarmulke will be exposed.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
59 minutes ago
I Would Never Have Voted For You I Guess My Instincts Are Right

@Nur1234-mp7sf
4 hours ago
Let us pray that G7 can finally calm down Netanyahu and the extreme right wingers in Israel so that the world can move towards peace: Palestinians, Israelis, the entire ME and the rest of the world. Please.

@cbolt4492
3 hours ago
The guest is loving this…. It’s very interesting though…

@abdolabdollah1783
4 hours ago
Thanks.

@anthonydonlan3140
2 hours ago
America get your Dog back on its leash…

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
I Actually Preferred Clint Eastwood Hats

@rosemaryflynn5289
3 hours ago
Brilliant

@bubasarr9576
3 hours ago
Two heros George andRita

@user-is7up6ln6m
29 minutes ago
1 billion was spent USA and Israel defense

@tariqulislam7495
1 hour ago
Respect

@ivainyamutsamba8540
2 hours ago
A Dua for the Queen of Jordan, Queen Raina I pray she is safe, well and alive, her conscience is sound, before she was silenced by them

@comfyslippers3155
4 hours ago
I might be wrong. Maybe I’m just reading something into this that was not intended, but this man seems extatically, orgasmically happy when he said the warheads separated and got through the iron dome thing and struck Israel.
Nah, I’m probably imagining things.

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@mrasposito
45 minutes ago
Whois the Provocateur? All of U.S.

@mrt6286
3 hours ago
Nah Isreal has been putting on a display since 7/10 Irans display does not compare

@MrSimeonk
2 hours ago
The King of Jordan has a Palestinian wife and a country with no water (it all comes from Israel who, there for, have him over a barrel). In 1948 the Jordanian army was led by British officers, but failed to stop the Nekba, even when the RAF were ordered to shoot down IDF planes flying in allied Arab airspace.

@jangbuo
4 hours ago
thank you

@jyoung9181
4 hours ago
Fantasic interview!

@daove1
4 hours ago
George Galloway, you’d better be careful with whom you associate yourself, these people once they become powerful enough will certainly NOT thank you for supporting them

@truthinsideralWays
53 minutes ago
King of Jordan is a disgrace

@michaeltownson3318
4 hours ago
We will see Irans defence soon

@paulburke867
2 hours ago
Whats the response
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@rememberthefuture944
4 hours ago
attack? that was reconnaissance.

@petetheneighbor8132
1 hour ago
Wondering if this is real or psyop

@user-zk3hk1cv2c
43 minutes ago
I feel sorry for UKRAINE now all the military hardware is heading to ISRAEL

@mitchellvasquez9437
4 hours ago
greatest display? c’mon if your impressed by irans attack then you have no clue or experience in what modern warefare is
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@tacitus7
1 hour ago (edited)
I don’t want to take any credit away from the Iranians but I bet the Russians helped a bit in designing this brilliant strike system.

@mtv3234
56 minutes ago
Fishier than Seattle.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
I Don’t Know Which Direction To Go

@readmylisp
4 hours ago
The Saudis and Jordanians came to the defence of Israel. How interesting.

@NineInchTyrone
3 hours ago
I used to respect Ritter. Iran’s display was one of ineffectiveness

@kaziakhlaq7209
2 hours ago
Scott prediction is great

@spiritformula
2 hours ago
Great information.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Stay on Air but accept who the Daddy is

@ismin341
2 minutes ago
more flying out then in

@BuckeyDooDoo
4 hours ago
They are moving to the Philippines. Israel’s 2nd biggest ally.

@shayanone7738
2 hours ago
Very depth analysis

@MuhammadAli-hr1bj
4 hours ago
Abdullah would be welcome in the stables of buckingham Palace.

@juandiegoramos4490
4 hours ago
Two of the gratests souls alive at this moment
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@grigorybrodetsky2429
3 hours ago
thanks all of your prognosis never never existing

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Dig For Dig

@richardpquette6992
3 hours ago
Mr Abdullah ~ Money can’t buy you love…but puppets, by the bushel.

@maabdeen6786
1 hour ago
Well said about the Hypocrite Jordanian King

@departmenth9052
9 minutes ago
Let’s get this straight. Biden himself isn’t doing anything.
This isn’t Biden THINKING . Lol

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Back In The Days You Would Get Post Asking to Reproduce 10 Copies And Hand Them Out Or You Would Get Bad Luck Took Me Forever As a 7 Year Old Copying Word For Word To Avoid Any Bad Luck In My Life

@craigfenton3251
4 hours ago
There are more flying out than in. lol

@canvasartful
4 hours ago
What a load of crap.
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@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Or are you afraid it might return as a Boomerang

@Tsar-Czar
3 hours ago
Guest has no idea what he is talking about.
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@matthewciavirella3744
19 minutes ago
Scott must have Iranian citizenship

@thomas4315
3 hours ago
True story way back on yahoo comment on Israel where threating to bomb Iran nuke site article, I made a comment and explain why bunker bomb can not dig into solid rock. And a guy who sounded as military guy ask me to explain more and where you got your info . Said here, the city tried widen a freeway next to housing that solid rock. They toke month going no where they brought in that concrete buster on the demolished crain and still got nowhere, city gave up.
I told him in physics all matter as a montian of rock act as one. Same as you pound a huge bolder with a hammer you can’t even chip it. The only way as miner do is drill holes and drop dynamite deep, see a explosion will take the easier way out so it’s a surface blast.
A few day after I read articles telling Israel that they can’t not destroy Iran nuke in that solid rock area will not work So they talk to the expert & I might have save a war back then LOL

@paulgerhardt6499
2 hours ago
Clear that Ritter has an axe to grind with Israel

@baddbeliever
4 hours ago (edited)
it’s a good assessment of how it would look if there was a drawn out conflict. but i also think and i see an effort to freeze the efforts and start a better path forward between the two. it wouldnt be sunshine and rainbows but i believe it isn’t doom and gloom and the apocalypse anymore. i think this whole few centuries can pass with israel and iran being able to be part of the geography in the middle east. both cultures, governments, economic models will grow and change due to the very nature of change. its unavoidable. what the real stalemate is healing. how to forgive and forget the grief that both have suffered throughout their histories – with against and separately from each other.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
I Believe I’m out of your budget anyway George

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Technological Marvel Enhancement

@CDtheMan
4 hours ago
so why doesn’t Iran now force Israel to stop the onslaught against Gaza if that’s how much of an upper hand they have?

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@jfpei9315
4 hours ago
The best!

@mikestram638
2 hours ago
How could you possibly know what the iranians intentions in this attack are .

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@daove1
5 hours ago
It’s all very well, unfortunately for Iran in spite of their might they failed miserably. 99% of their missiles and drones were destroyed well before they reached Israel by not only Israel, other contributors were the USA, Jordan , Saudi Arabia, Britain France. Now Iran will experience the a true might which is the Israeli’s one.

@azmiusup7680
2 hours ago
A great betrayal by the King of Jordan as expected.

@deborahjury884
9 minutes ago
Why does George Galloway hate Israel and Jewish people

@zfl727
4 hours ago
Insightful

@shaneclarke9928
3 hours ago
Iran has a slightly more innovative army than Iraq had, they are not a significant threat. The US and allies could quite easily subdue Iran.

@jamesskahill323
1 hour ago
some very good tech and planning, not saying that the Iranians are stupid, but this all seems to be a bit advanced for Iran.

@tarstarkusz
3 hours ago
No, Scott, King Abdullah does not belong in Britain. He belongs with his own people in Saudi Arabia.

@jamesdavis3177
2 hours ago
you rock george

@petergmarbles5496
3 hours ago
last niTe as this old guy watched Iran and others attack Israel…. thankyou…in my 74 years i still don’t like Bullies…i imagined how a spark of hOpe was given to the Palestinians…. thankyou George and thanks for reminding me of my Scottish Grandma
… she had the accent alright peace …..

@mikeofborg2
4 hours ago
What a hack response by Scott,

@mondeyssali4688
3 hours ago
On point scott

@Testing329
2 hours ago
Gloria a ti,señor, por todo / Viva Christo Rey

@bradforddavis6497
58 minutes ago
The Iranian response to Israel’s next move is not likely to be as optimal as Scott Ritter suggested here. It does not seem likely Israel will conform to restrictions requested by the US. Israel is not looking for multiple rounds of this tit for tat nonsense. We’re walking into a worse diplomatic failure today than what was seen prior to the Russian invasion. But this is not surprising. It’s the new normal.

@courtneyturner5083
1 hour ago
Israel needs this conflict to escalate as Iran now has them in “check”. They must make a move that will bring the US fully into the conflict and off the sideline. I suspect Israel will retaliate and escalate. It’s the only way the state survives…as Iranian tech will only get better at this point.

@suhailmukadam7173
3 hours ago
Good interview

@user-ez1eh3ph1j
4 hours ago
Hard Cope: Iran humiliated itself

@chrismcintyre4047
4 hours ago
Yeah we will see bout that real soon.

@courtneyturner5083
2 hours ago
Damn good analysis….especially if the Iranian ballistic missile spoofing capability is accurate.

@KaioNogueira-nu4or
1 hour ago
I wonder if Iran has hypersonic missiles.

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@nm1978
4 hours ago
But Israel shut down most of the missiles, not much landed on Israel.

@user-zd3lc6vx4l
36 minutes ago
IRAN IS BRILLIANT!!!

@brianlucena
3 hours ago
Hats off

@88Blazehaze
3 hours ago
Iran gave one of the greatest military displays in recent history.
Scott Ritter

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Enjoy The Steak With Wine

@honemorrison4013
3 hours ago
King abdumba is a stooge of the west and always has been

@greggoodes
3 hours ago
Nothing is as it seems. Wheels within wheels.

@mikemarkowski4547
2 hours ago
excellent

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Just One Favour Put A Word In To The Ladies In Parliament K Arrival Very Very Soon They Will Understand Easy

@Akueka0810
3 hours ago (edited)
So, WW III can be seen from Ben Gurion and I think, also Netan’s ego (insanity)

@michaelJohnson-jr1oi
2 hours ago (edited)
you do not have to be a military specialist to understand the iranian missile/drone attack strategy, kind of like a high/low -fast/slow strategy. coupled with the financial cost. kind of like the United States use of the rivet joint attack aircraft penetration; sead/dead – no fly zone concept.

@fnaust
1 hour ago
Great analysis but don’t put Kurds in the same basket as US/Israel proxies. Kurds have been fighting for decades for self determination which is the right of every nation. They fought off ISIS/IS at a very high cost and driven them out of northern Syria.

@terryfunk2483
3 hours ago
They didn’t hit anything scott.
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@73split
1 hour ago
I’m no Intelligence Officer, but this is about the dumbest crap I ever heard. Sorry, but my BS detector alarm is ringing off the wall.

@derikuk2967
1 hour ago (edited)
It was pure theatre: Signalled days ahead, slow drones are sent over long distances… to be intercepted (mostly) at will. The immediate win for Iran is that their drones are relatively inexpensive, and that the Iron Dome and other anti-air defences are an order of magnitude more expensive. Expect that the bill will be sent to increasingly impoverished AMERICAN citizens who are not a part of the 1% who benefit from the MIC. Oil prices will go up. Iran wins. Russia wins. The real Iranian response will occur elsewhere, and with a lot less warning. Don’t relax.

@mbroughton038
3 hours ago
Why is Scott so anti Israel and pro Iran?.. Anyone else find that strange?

@mostlyright5384
1 hour ago
No, like 90% of the stuff got intercepted. It was a good showing of Israel military.

@sasham4073
4 hours ago
nothing like a good bedtime story for sweett dreams

@LeonardHayward
4 hours ago
Meow Remember Big Brother George

@Michelle-kw2sp
3 hours ago
Iran has every right.

@nadpor68
54 minutes ago
But their 300 drones and missiles did NO damage. So your claim of massive damage is completely false

@senadneslan1563
3 hours ago
dont give money jew.. and you sleep good…simple
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@313boss
4 hours ago
New player has entered

@audreyroche9490
2 hours ago
George and Scott 2 favourite men on u tube

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Scott Which Is Your Favourite Message

@jrawd5746
4 hours ago
Weren’t like 99% of the missiles thwarted by Israel? Where is his source that most of these missiles were successful?

@dogslovecare1751
4 hours ago
Israel better dont mess with Iran!!

@Omid0995
3 hours ago
Respect for Iran.

@lugusskye6888
4 hours ago
Behind that awesome hat is homeini tattoo

@yakdhaneworld9235
23 minutes ago
I love this 2 men

@Just4Gordon
4 hours ago
? Nuclear parking lot in Iran?

@albertraboy8597
3 hours ago
….and IRGC firing accuracy

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
56 minutes ago
You Could Kill A Dragon

@smaq9437
2 hours ago
Hatsoff for iran

@cyberkalak8093
3 hours ago
eyval GG
eyval Scott

@ka11am
2 hours ago
Wow very exiting but come on no ww3 and tell Putin

@NoName-hs4ov
1 hour ago
Bro this is dumb. Iran didn’t show anything other than their equipment got shot down. 99% of all of it.

@user-rs7fl1wj3e
3 hours ago
Oct 7th was a bad idea…

@versforvers
4 hours ago
Many true observations from Scott Ritter – But God does what he will. We are not alone in the universe

@suxiety
1 hour ago
They actually stopped all but 2 missiles. Iran are duds like their cheap bombs

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Bolton Is A Pub Town Come Down Sometime

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Simple Analysis For You George

@peterlampropoulos3505
3 hours ago
Great video

@user-wi5gv8gs3e
2 hours ago
What does the black hat stand for? I hope not for chabad.

@mrmoralman1
3 hours ago
I cant believe north korea are the good guys

@MoeBhuya-kr3pl
3 hours ago
Bravo Iran…

@martinacaffrey4411
2 hours ago
Bibi scored an own goal . Lets not forget the poor people of Palestine amidst this debacle.

@deaftears
2 hours ago
You really have to scour the android zone to get proportional analysis.

@mehruneusufzai2341
4 hours ago
Genius Mr. Scott Ritter should be our President for 2024. My honour and respect to Me. Scott Ritter.

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@terryaherne6186
35 minutes ago
More hype from mr ritter, as we have come to respect. Compared to Russian offensives, or lack thereof, in ucraine, this show of aggresdion might be impressive, but damage to one airbase and limited casualties of themselves do not merit mr ritters description.
I am reminded of the quote about a dog walking on it’s hind legs from Doctor Johnson, that “It was not that it was done well, but the surprise is that it was done at all”,. In relation to the Iran attack on israel, though I would add a rider, “….. and for that Iran deserves respect for even trying”.
It is already too late to expect a meaningful response from mr Putin even for the recent concert hall attack, which itself happened because of nordstream and the myriad other unrequited attacks on the Russian motherland. I won’t be holding my breath, but perhaps Iran’s courageous action might put a bit of backbone into mr Putin.

@glenlees5810
4 hours ago
Scott Ritter also former convicted sex offender that served jail time for predatory behaviour against young,very young teenage girls

@ramonng6381
3 hours ago
Jordan chose wrong….
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@ljalpena3552
2 hours ago
Israeli is the chosen one I thought. Is that true?

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Galloway Means The Gallows

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
No More Blurting Out Too Soon Dear

@pix3279
28 minutes ago
what a joke of a presentation. Greatest display actually totally neutralized- that is some feat but not the attack itself

@mohamadrezashokouhifard1127
17 minutes ago
VIVA IRAN, VIVA IRAN

@Turistpazar_av
1 hour ago
and scott number 1 for me the best honest a true eagle

@taal7245
11 minutes ago
English speaking king of Jordan lmao

@user-is7up6ln6m
31 minutes ago
Drone flying lawn mowers

@pircorp
3 hours ago
George, U R D 1

@petrbrazda1064
3 hours ago
Great.

@melmatrix8212
4 hours ago
99% interception.. this guy is high

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Either Duel Me Or Behave.

@sha6577
54 minutes ago
VIVA IRAN

@lofalta
2 hours ago
the little clown king the most hated in the world

@lbo2726
3 hours ago
Good comment Scot on jordan.

@HamzaAliraqi81
3 hours ago
i love both of you

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
You Paid The Pakistani Faith Off

@privatei3
4 hours ago
True news.

@shayanfirouzian8801
2 hours ago
Is this guy really the most credible person to give lecture on such topic?

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@MrChristopherUK
2 hours ago
This guy is getting too excited about this.

@momwomen6402
3 hours ago
Mr George Galloway

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
You Too Got A Shillings Worth

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Have You ever spun your hat on to the hook George

@jimmyc2895
1 hour ago
I stand with Israel

@Bernadette-vi7qs
35 minutes ago
Who is telling the truth?? There’s 2 different videos out there with 2 different story’s but no real evidence to back up either side of the story.!! Does anyone know the truth and have the evidence.??

@fishmud3264
2 hours ago
I wish Scott Ritter was right about Iranian capabilities, but unfortunately they have planned to take down Iran for over 40 years and they know exactly how to take them down, they are not worried in the slightest

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@tootintel
4 hours ago
Can’t believe watching this guy dribbling at the mouth with glee talking about war. What a lunatic

@backtoconstitution1
4 hours ago
Iran gave a blue print to Russia China N Korea also.

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@MultiCheeseLouise
3 hours ago
so we denounce military action when it’s done by one side, but when it’s done by the other side we laud over it? no, i’m sorry, but I’m thoroughly anti-war and you won’t find me commending any sort of ‘military display’ no matter how justified you might find it to be.

@et5795
4 hours ago
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt. All predominantly Sunni Muslim nations. Iran: 90-95% Shia. Hamas has long been described as Sunni, but is a branch of the Muslim brotherhood, which has been active for a global Islamic state, and are allies of both Iran, Syria and Hizballah.

@matriximaster
3 hours ago
What is the deal warmonger Ben Hodges???

@mladenratkovic1066
2 hours ago
hmm. lot of countries have Quislings ”ellitiest”! …Jordan no exception!

@shirleyupvall9360
4 hours ago
Why give isreal a break?

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Specsavers Will Be Buy 1 Get 10 Free Soon

@kamranfirouzi5330
47 minutes ago
Nice

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Systematic Live K Now This Is Too Easy

@frankfordlakes7519
4 hours ago
This guy keeps confusing Iran with Israel

@jefferyshort6181
2 hours ago
But why would you pre expose your defense strategy to an aggressive opponent, with no damage? Knowing full well , the theater of war is never a guarantee. I think it is theater to appease Iranian populist. And feed the corporations.

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@davidludford2164
4 hours ago
What a pair traitors
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@user-cu2zn9dr5i
1 hour ago
King Abdullah is a coward.

@KennyG-qh8jc
3 hours ago
this guy sound more and more like hes lst it the more i hear from him. a great military display with drones come on now get real
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@mirba6933
3 hours ago
Jordan is a transplant of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia is a transplant of….?

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@elliotkane4443
1 hour ago
This is purely delusional.

@LosLS2
1 hour ago
your expert is not so smart. 99% were intercepted and those deemed not a threat based on trajectory were allowed to hit nothing.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Are You Still Stood In Your Bedroom Window

@ChrisStFleur
1 hour ago
Things changed

@fredschwentafsky2641
4 hours ago
Flying like a hot potato…..

@sandygallett4775
2 hours ago
Big notice my eye.

@luckyademola6557
4 hours ago
Scott is paid by Iran

@achmedazouz2080
3 hours ago

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Adios I’m Off To Spain

@marksloan4767
18 minutes ago
They hit nothing

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Ritter K Military Interview

@murphy2870
3 hours ago
Does Scot Ritter ever get anything right.
No he doesn’t.

@peraperic535
16 minutes ago
Show must go

@aviationdesigns_mg7883
4 hours ago
WOW

@ivanpuia2963
1 hour ago
Who is Iran?

@tookatapatha6824
4 hours ago
Natanayahu won’t believe it

@johnharte2729
3 hours ago
All hot air

@JustKrush27
3 hours ago

@petermack8398
4 hours ago
Hes a traitor

@nadiaalard7966
4 hours ago

@brianfrandle326
3 hours ago
Is he serious?

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
55 minutes ago
Romantic K Live Now

@Wisdom23
2 hours ago
So, Jordan betrayed Palestinians????

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
What Did Your Mother Cook For You Back In The Day’s

@saeedabdelqader9093
4 hours ago
Does not Iran has thousands of missiles all kind of them

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@RoughCutRogue
4 hours ago
“Iran gave one of the greatest military displays in recent history”
Are you kidding, less than 1% of the missiles got through

@KT-en8pq
4 hours ago
Scott is a kiddie diddler…
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@STRATOGARDEN
4 hours ago
Mr. Ritter how is it that you can say this was a successful attack. Most of missiles were destroyed before they even got to Israel. This is what I would define as an embarrassment for Iran. Completely laughable. Where is the carnage ? There was very little. You underestimate as most experts do, what Israel has a history of doing, the impossible.

@jontibloom6125
40 minutes ago
Scott Ritters predictions are about as reliable as an Islamic apologist’s Quranic interpretations

@user-ls5jq8sf4q
4 hours ago
Whose side are you on?…….lol

@user-vh5mi8pk4r
4 hours ago
8:27 did he say Israel : D

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Perhaps you can Go To Iran To Work Out All Of This

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@88Blazehaze
3 hours ago (edited)
I’m sticking to the guidelines why you keep deleting my comments ?
I’m not self promoting
I’m not spamming
I being civil and respectful
Sticking to the subject

@brezlin-hamill
30 minutes ago
Isn’t that special……Iran wanna give Israel ……soft warning……..
( Footage seemed borrowed from Poppy’s War…..]

@George-nt8uw
1 hour ago
Has anyone here read about the results of Iran’s attack? Go read about it, you may want to come back and edit your comments. Get real

@jovanlopez1660
53 minutes ago
This Guy Scott Ritter is a “comie”

@carolliubicich3153
52 minutes ago
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@user-mm6jj5hs6k
3 hours ago
Only outbound flights

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Just In Your Message To Them Include K Too Is Waiting In Anticipation Advanced Technological Automated Generated Response System

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
I don’t know where to stop with you George to take you serious or give you an OAP sympathy steak vote

@readmylisp
4 hours ago
George you really are a sucker these days. This man is a total waffler.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Don’t You Wish You Could Read My Messages Forever

@nickcryptopuna2736
32 seconds ago
Iran in August joined BRICS, Iran has powerful friends. This is a East v West!!

@omerdama1713
4 hours ago
just a display it was better to make a movie

@ArifChaudry67
3 hours ago
United Heaven Believers projects

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
Or Were You A Bog Warmer

@sandygallett4775
2 hours ago
your wishing upon stars

@heart38888
3 hours ago
Free papestine children

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Don’t bother pitting against the codes go with the flow George Galloway Scottish Whiskey with you K

@bremnesen
1 hour ago
42 generations before king Abdullah – his great-great-grandfater 42 generations back was a man called Mohammed the prophet. Yes – THAT Mohammed.

@user-zj7cv6mp8t
4 hours ago
Lol poor George Bush hes just speaking Texan. Misunderestimate eh?

@akjimson
3 hours ago
Alhamdulillah

@user-is7up6ln6m
35 minutes ago
Like old bible eye for a eye

@anthonygyngel6205
4 hours ago
Iran is to be applauded for such a measured and telling response
1

@kfz1489
4 hours ago

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
Terminally High Demonstrated K I Have Other Favourite Channels See You Again

@yahyaghafari4645
1 hour ago
Dear George Abdul is coming to Malibu California for summer vacation zelesky and ordeghan macron is coming but mbs is not coming he is busy with ghashghchi honorable Americans journalists dismembered bloody in turkey Saudi embassy unimaginable crimes against humanity yes sir they are coming and Abdul is not going Jordan meget received billions he tries to buy more homes here gentlemen.
1

@synaestesia-bg3ew
31 minutes ago
The Hashemite kingdom going to Hash.

@Tom_the_great
2 hours ago
You are confused son.

@bigb6879
1 hour ago
Iranian rockets didn’t hit Israel.

@Firozehabi123
1 hour ago
Jordan !!!!!!!!

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
50 minutes ago
I Deduce Your False Sense Of Belief Of Your Privilege Status

@fairozmohammedshariff1192
4 hours ago

@jylyhughes5085
1 hour ago
Free Palestine

@fightingwords8955
24 minutes ago
8:15 Fuck Yeah.

@nicosnewman6402
2 hours ago

@mrh0661
4 hours ago
This guy is laughable.
1

@alisra007
2 hours ago

@user-mf6nk4cy4z
4 hours ago

@dopenough2smoke
4 hours ago
What’s up with that hat btw?

@reemsaid9843
4 hours ago

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
At Least I Have Made You Popular With The Women They Will Want To Know How You Feel

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
3 hours ago
Greatest Interview Subscribe K

@UzumakiNagato
4 hours ago
19:42

@yhscs
4 hours ago
since the october near every prediction of ritter was false – why bother with this guy
unless you know what he smokes – i want some

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
1 hour ago
I Don’t Want Anything From Anyone Neither Fame Nor Fortune I Just Want You To Know Before Running Your Mouths Know That I Exist.

@007ohboy
1 hour ago (edited)
Free palistine!!!

@thomassmith8515
4 hours ago

1

@Lucia-sy7le
3 hours ago
ESH

@alanfinch8763
4 hours ago
lol funny stuff from mr mouthpiece

@ptcomp1196
3 hours ago
IDK…seemed lame to me

@Simpleman88
1 hour ago
Bullcrap

@brentjohnson9210
2 hours ago
Seems to me that Scott is really cheering against Israel, and is underestimating the emotion going in that country right now. He is speculating and he might be right about what went on in this missile attack, but there could be many other variables and the chance that this goes away cuz (in his view)Iran stood up for themselves, is pretty much not realistic.

1 reply

@cryptonighit
4 hours ago
Scott
Israeli IDF don’t know
But Iranian IRGC knows them better than their mother
Ballistic missiles used last night was 3 different kinds
But the confusion in air defense systems was better than expected
Obviously human casualties was not Iranian objective

2 replies

@allnewjient7651
2 hours ago
Hamaz is winning because the world is talking about it?

1 reply

@sandygallett4775
2 hours ago
a huge Iranian victory, yeah right. I don’t see israelis crying Scott. Talk is cheap. Show me the money

@cboaustralia
4 hours ago
Run to the cross while there is still time no other name saves Jesus is the only name that can save you from your sins

@readone676
1 hour ago
Why UK helps israel, UK is totally diff with israel, even the skin color is diff, religion also diff.

@djgaryg
1 hour ago

@km16890
3 hours ago
king abdulah so called people of Jordan please get rid of that this-believer for the good of you all.

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
2 hours ago
What Do You Have George And Stop Pondering

@georgianbroadcaster4700
2 hours ago
Laughable

@WaxmanHenry
2 hours ago
probably some of the worst commentaries are by Scott Ritter.

@stacksflat7482
3 hours ago
Has this channel had its death sound? As if Iran can threaten the ziknsists it’s all a big film show

@matthewciavirella3744
34 minutes ago
Scott for a smart man you sound really silly. Really silly.

@civitasincivibusest
2 hours ago
Jordan:

@fredrichardson1101
4 hours ago
Fake news

@Brandon-go2ke
39 minutes ago
Only goombas listen to Galloway and Ritter. Everything they say is just stuff you could figure out on your own without getting hysterical about it. Waste of time to watch these videos

@TheebayOffroader
3 hours ago
Bullshit!

@antonelaradan9380
4 hours ago
Finally conversation that I was looking forthank you Mr.Galloway and Mr.Ritter

@TheHedgehogsDelimma
4 hours ago
Scott Reminds me of a guy that used heavy amounts of hallucinogens sitting at a table with a lightening crystal ball.
1

@lugusskye6888
5 hours ago
This show is a joke like Iranians missiles

@mouradbsiri3822
4 hours ago
Scott and George, you certainly know how popular you are among the people of the MENA area . For a long time, you persisted with your geopoltical vision over the Middle East vs Western consensus. Recent events have given you right. We are witnessing a historical moment for the future of this Region. Thanks for your stand, courage and contribution.

@johnfox7532
4 hours ago
You are very confused

@user-gm1ee2hq6d
1 hour ago
Bull

@Snafu2024
3 hours ago
Scott’s assessment is immature, boring and short on facts.

@jacksmith-vp3go
1 hour ago
Trump 2024
1

@thomasreynolds9268
4 hours ago
Oy! Ritter is so bias and quite frankly apoplectic when it comes to Israel.

@lemat8558
3 hours ago
Galloway and Ritter, insanity on screen. Seriously. “They hit what they were aiming at…” AIR?
1

@akhiruddinsuccessline4905
3 hours ago
Thank you Mr.Galloway for such an insightful discussion.

@user-bq9oz4mm5v
3 hours ago
ffs

@Justicesforall
3 hours ago
Scott Ritter and George Gallaway together! How AWSOME! WOW!
You two should run for president!
1

@hughiedavies6069
4 hours ago
Respect to you both

@iainrichmond1549
10 minutes ago
As always vacuous analysis based on bigotry and misinformation……. Yawn, Zzzzz

@ahmedoussi2677
3 hours ago
Thank you Mr scott

@charlesholloway7713
2 hours ago (edited)
Th

@JohnFrancis-yj7hn
2 hours ago
They’re more flying out,George you are great.

@geraldharmeyer5517
4 hours ago
Whatever

@saeiddavatolhagh9627
4 hours ago
How did Scott get to be so inteligent? He seems to know everything about everything!

@mahalalymas7271
3 hours ago
Mr Galloway should be the Prime Minister of British and Mr Ritter be the President of USA. Then the world can be peace.
1

@mohammadshamoon6724
5 hours ago
When George and Scott speak, American and Western leaders shiver in their pants. True legends.

@AB-db4df
4 hours ago
All things considered, I think Scott is a very good man and an expert at international relations, exposing deception by evil players.

@shane38002
4 hours ago
I agree on the financial aspect but Iran has invested heavily in missiles/drones (as any terrorist state would) and has neglected the development of a robust modern air defense as well as modern fighter aircraft. From my limited understanding, they have no chance of winning a war against Israel or any modern military.

@Roofers-Nail-Hardest
3 hours ago
Those fireworks were pitiful

@alexgaras1573
3 hours ago
George for PM
1

@jime3154
3 hours ago
Hmmm. Seems Ritter is currently the only person I’ve heard with the opinion that Iran was successful in demonstrating its military might and military strategy. Most others are opining about 99% of the missiles being interdicted. Me, I think Iran did the best they could but, could not hit anything.

@jamilahana1728
3 hours ago (edited)
Two of my favorite men together! Can it get any better! Please Scott, run for president of the USA ! We have the future(God willing) prime minister of Britain,(George Galloway )! The world can only be better with you two. May God bless you both, and your families.

@stanleymax4388
2 hours ago
Scott Ritter’s hatred of Israel has totally clouded his analysis. He’s lost.

@scottstracener8738
2 hours ago
He is a cheerleader for Iran. Why is a former US marine supporting our enemies?

1 reply

@notafan3105
4 hours ago
Is Scott Ritter an idiot? Seriously asking a question not throwing comments out would like some light shed on this

@ElmoWatchesWrestling
3 hours ago
England beat Iran 6-2 at the WC, is that not enough?

@durgan5668
4 hours ago
Iran hasn’t demonstrated a damned thing. Scott Ritter is a clown.

@readmylisp
4 hours ago
Simon Webb , “History Debunked” gives an interesting explanation of why Jordan and Saudi came to Israel’s aid.
Get out of your echo chamber , George and interview him.

@kevintyree9406
3 hours ago
Sounds like to me that he loves Iran. Perhaps he’s a traitor

@michaelcavella4597
3 hours ago
lol you two are clowns
1

@user-fp3ot1ue6h
54 minutes ago
Let’s :Look At The Stats George Galloway Interview 20 Minutes Kessar Nabi Interview Eternal

@NIGHTANDDAY770
4 hours ago
Two Hamas cheerleaders in one video! Haha –

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Woes: It’s been one fucking dreadful year for everyone, and for me as well! And I think we’re all just waiting for it to be over now. But obviously it’s nice to do this at the end of each year. And especially a year like this where there’s been so much discord, darkness, uncertainty, fear, worry, stress, and all the rest of it!

 

But, of course, because we’re streaming to YouTube as well as Dlive, with this particular stream, we can’t say perhaps everything we would like to say about this year. So that’s very annoying.

 

But anyway, welcome to Millenniyule 2020! I think, I hope it will go very well. I’ve done a lot of preparation work for it. Sorry about the delayed start for this stream. Again annoying technical errors. Welcome to the show! And I’ll welcome my first guest of the year, On the Offensive, Hugh. So I see you’ve got your own festive gear on again!

 

Hugh (OTO): Again! It’s become a tradition! I found them. I moved house and I lost them and then today I found them. And I thought, yes, I can get them out! So yeah, here it is. And I also added the hat, you know. I had the glasses one year which were, oh god I’ve got some fluff in my eye. I had the glasses one year as well. Do you remember those? I don’t know, they’re blue rimmed with Father Christmases on them, or something. So I couldn’t get those. But hopefully this will do. I don’t know if people can see. I think people are appreciating.

 

Woes: The antlers are protuberant enough! [laughter] So it is sufficiently protuberant! So I think people will enjoy them. And thank you. And they’re wobbling quite nicely. It gives a nice sense of uncertainty, and, you know, amplifies my own sense of stress! So thank you very much.

 

Hugh (OTO): Modernity and a headpiece right here?

 

Woes: Yeah! I mean, obviously we can just go straight into it. What would you say, I mean, you know, opening question. What the fuck would you say about 2020? I’m just gonna sit back!

 

Hugh (OTO): It’s like the neoliberal dream. It’s like this is what they imagined for us all, along coming to fruition. The Great Reset! Nothing nothing gets them more excited than that, does it? And this is the ultimate, the ultimate prerequisite! The ultimate sort of setup to set that ball in motion. I think these people are absolutely evil in what they’re doing.

 

You look at the death threat of this virus. And sure it is highly contagious, and sure it’s going to put a burden on hospitals. I’m not someone who thinks it doesn’t exist. But what they’re doing is absolutely insane! It is the most, for so-called liberal democracies that have taken the most a illiberal route here. It’s very interesting that they’re keeping everybody under house arrest, essentially.

 

[03:00].

 

I can’t see my family this Christmas. I’m really pissed off about that. I don’t know if I should say things personal, but I’ll just say a family member had cancer this year. I couldn’t visit them. You know, things like that. I mean, it’s truly evil what they’re doing to people right now! And we know the nature of this virus now. In the beginning we didn’t but now we do.

 

Oh! You’re still there Woes? You’ve disappeared from my screen. You still hear mate? Has Woes gone! Am I the only person on this channel? Oh my god! I own his channel! I own it! It’s mine!

 

Well I hope everyone’s doing all right. I will shoot the shit until he comes back. He froze! He’s gone! Woes, frozen Woes! Oh fuck says people in the chat. Well, I’ll keep shooting the shit then, I suppose lads.

 

I’ll tell you one thing before he comes back enormous amount of work has gone into setting this up. He, you know, making the countdown clock. It wouldn’t render properly. He got very stressed about that. Setting up his studio at home to make it all work. Getting this sort of outline ready. All this kind of thing that he does for this channel. Hit that like button for Millennial Woes! Make sure you click like, for the guy!

 

God! I feel at a loss without him. But I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect him to go! Oh god, people are saying! [laughter] and so someone says in the chat, Woes is finally free!

 

All right, what should I talk about? I don’t know. Ask a question in the chat lads. I’ll just host it. Am I hosting? I suppose I am. Thumbs up, have thumbs up everyone! 14 for Woes. 14 in chat. Lads, I don’t know when he’ll come back. I don’t know. I’ll check my phone. See if he’s messaging me, or not.

 

Don’t worry, I’m not going to say anything to get the channel banned. I’ll message him. You okay, you okay bud? It is the first stream after all, you know, technical issues and all that. I wonder if his computer’s crashed. He’s been having problems with that.

 

All right, someone asked:

 

“Am I still making videos on my channel?”

 

I don’t know lads, I’m kind of done with big tech. I posted a video on BitChute, on my BitChute channel the other day. So, I don’t know about how I feel about YouTube anymore. They deliberately demoralize you, so that you will demoralize your audience! That’s what they’re trying to do.

 

If you’re someone who’s leading people in the wrong direction, if you’re like advocating civil war, or telling people how to make Molotov cocktails, or something. Molotov cocktails. They’ll promote you, right? If you’re a nutter, if you’re not, they’ll downgrade you. They’ll kind of shadow ban you. They’ll cut your views. And they’ll make you feel like you’re stuck in a rut like, why my videos used to get 200,000 views! Now I’m getting 10,000. What’s going on? And they’ll ban you!

 

[06:01]

 

And they’ll warn you. And they’ll send you these messages about how you’re treading on thin ice here, son, you know. And they’ll say these kind of things to you. And it’s like, god damn it! Do I want to post on this platform anymore? It’s supposed to be a “symbiotic” — I hope. I’m saying that word right — relationship, where it’s mutually beneficial. Where you’re creating content, they’re happy, because they’ve got the eyeballs, they put ads on your stuff, they make money.

 

But increasingly it’s felt like you’re their bitch! And they’re just messing with your head!:

 

“Hugh? Are you Hugh? Hugh? Hugh?”

 

Yeah I am Hugh. Someone says in the chat:

 

“Collett.”

 

Oh, I won’t read that:

 

“Looking pretty festive there Hugh!”

 

I feel pretty festive. I gotta say, as bad as the year has been lads, and ladies I suppose there’s probably three women watching, I feel pretty good about Christmas. I don’t know about you, I’m well up for it:

 

“How’s the shutdown Covid situation been in Vietnam?”

 

Not too bad. But the problem has been that I can’t travel. I can’t go home. I’m supposed to have Christmas with my family. Can’t go. As I said, earlier in the stream someone in my family had cancer, couldn’t see them. Couldn’t help take care of them. That was very, very difficult this year for me. And I don’t want to get all emotional, or something. But I got emotional off off, in real life, I’ll tell you that:

 

“When will the Three Stooges return?”

 

Well, we did an episode a few days ago, no, about two weeks ago. And we’re going to do one, I think, maybe this week. So the Three Stooges are still around guys. Don’t worry about it. We’re still there.

 

I’m just making sure that I’m still streaming on this thing. Goodness me! Poor Woes! I messaged him. Let’s see if he messaged back. See what’s going on:

 

“Reconnecting.”

 

He says. Okay. I’ll shoot the shit with you guys a bit more. Post anything in chat that you want me to talk about, and I will talk about it, as he comes back:

 

“Any thoughts on the rise of Dlive nationalism?”

 

Says Pragmatic Patriot. I don’t know when I get an “any thoughts” question, I’m always like:

 

“What are you referring to specifically?”

 

I mean, I know you said:

 

“The rise of nationalism on Dlive.”

 

Woes: Good! I am back!

 

Hugh (OTO): Oh! Hey! Hey! Hello!

 

Woes: This is, I should have said this at the start, my internet has been a bit wonky over the last few months. And I thought it would be just like it was actually happening this time last year as well and I was dreading that it was going to happen during Millennial. But somehow miraculously it didn’t.

 

And so I was thinking this time it’s just like the fucking thing, it’s going to happen! And it’s happened on the very first stream! So sorry everyone! Actually, literally nothing that I could have done about this. I actually reset the modern just before we went online in order to try and avoid this. But there we go. It’s happened. My apologies.

 

So Hugh. What have you been talking, and thank you for covering in my absence.

 

[09:05]

 

Hugh (OTO): I did my best! I honestly I felt rather anxious during that last period, as well lola. Like:

 

“Oh my god! It’s Millennial!”

 

It’s not just some regular stream where you just shoot the shit and, you know, chat the chat.

 

Woes: That’s why Schwab came in got me, while I was yeah trying to spread the word.

 

Hugh (OTO): I gave my thoughts on the year and just like, you know how these people have been treating us. What do you think about the year? It’s been worse for you, right? You’re in London, you’re in lockdown central.

 

Woes: Yeah, well I mean, yeah, weirdly London actually hasn’t been that bad. I think when I visited Scotland a few weeks ago and it’s definitely more of a, … See, I once heard the phrase “the moral rectitude of the Scots”. And I didn’t really recognize it at the time as a thing. I didn’t really know what the person was referring to. But I think it was in a written article. But now I do.

 

And one example of it is this! The English are more laissez-faire about, you know, Covid restrictions, you know. That yes there is a community spirit. Yes there’s a desire to do the Right thing, and all that. But with the Scots it’s a wee bit more deep seated I think. And it’s not a bad thing in itself. But it’s obviously manifests in different ways.

 

And I think that with the, like with the smoking ban back in 2006, they were first to do that, and that’s for a reason. And I think it’s the same now with Covid. I’ve only been asked once about wearing a mask. And it happened when I stepped off the train at Edinburgh. And by two police officers who were standing there. So that seems kind of significant. But anyway. So we’re talking about.

 

Hugh (OTO): The mask. The mask to me seems to be, and many of these things are just memetic warfare, it’s all a psyop! It’s like the constant reminder of the threat of the danger!

 

Woes: It’s a constant reminder of your own obedience as well, though!

 

Hugh (OTO): Right. It’s the first step of putting you in a submissive frame of mind. And so you’ve got, well the masks work apparently, you know, masks work they tell. You can look at graphs where.

 

Woes: Well, hold on! Hold on! Hold on a second! I don’t know if it’s against the YouTube rules. I think, this is to say, that the masks, to cast doubt on their efficacy might well, you know, piss them off in Silicon Valley!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah. So let’s just assume that the masks are tremendously effective!

 

Hugh (OTO): The masks tremendously work! But then I wonder if they tremendously work, why the social distancing? And if the social distancing works then why the lockdown? You know, I’m just wondering about the rationale of our betters here! I know that experts are running the show, and I should just follow what they say, and take everything as gospel.

 

But occasionally I like things explained to me so that it seems reasonable! [chuckling] I like it when the proposals appear rational, you know, that’s what I like! And I can’t seem to see this. I’ve heard that droplets can pass through the mask, of course, even a fool would know that a mask will stop blobs of mucus flying out, when someone sneezes so there’s that. The sneeze prevention is very important for saving lives. [laughing]

 

But it does seem to me, and I’m no expert here guys, but it doesn’t really seem to make sense! And I wish, I would just wish Bill Gates were here right now. You can clear it all up and tell me:

 

“Don’t worry! Stay in your house for the next three years! And then everything will be okay!”

 

Even after you’ve taken the vaccine! Stay home!

 

Woes: I’ve got to say one of the scariest memes, and I’ve collected a lot of memes about Covid over this year, and the one of the scariest ones was I think it actually might be a real graffiti mural somewhere. And it’s Bill Gates with a syringe. And he’s smiling and it says:

 

“Time to install your update.”

 

Aahhhhh! That is just so unnerving! So frightening! Because that’s the thing, for a lot of us — you’re similar age to me — we remember Bill Gates as this fucking hopeless geek in the 90s! Just a dork! A complete dork!

 

[13:13]

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah! [chuckling]

 

Woes: And now he’s there’s something from “They Live”, you know, this scary, globalist, titan who’s in league with all sorts of powerful people. And he might be a puppet of them, he might be a collaborator with, whatever.

 

But either way he’s operating in these leagues where they’re literally, they’re making huge decisions that affect not just countries, but that really the whole world!

 

I mean, somebody pointed out to me the other day I mean, even Iran is on this. Yeah, I mean, everywhere! I think the only two exceptions that I know of are Belarus and Sweden, which are continually.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah, it’s amazing, Sweden isn’t. Yeah, it’s like, why are they resistant to this? And their results seem to be much the same as other European nations, maybe a little bit better. They seem to have a lot allowed the virus to get into old people’s homes, which obviously cause some deaths. Like old people are susceptible to this disease and it is fatal for many of them.

 

But look, I mean, Chris Christie, that fat fuck survived it! Look at the guy! He lives off cheeseburgers and full sugar cake. That’s what he does. The guy the guy is, you know what I’m talking about, right? Chris Christie.

 

Woes: I don’t. I’ve just got a mental image.

 

Hugh (OTO): An obese Republican, very unintelligent, inarticulate, man who bumbles and baffles around, you know, and bounces off pillars in Washington. He looks like an absolutely, like if you imagined an unhealthy bloke in your mind this guy would fit that image pretty. Well, that’s the point in itself for god’s sake!

 

Woes: That’s an interesting point in itself. You just said he’s baffling and bumbling around. This is an interesting thing about Covid and the lockdown, is that it really reveals that it’s the same with all politicians.

 

Boris and his fucking health secretary Matt Hancock, Dominic Cummings the advisor to whatever he was. All of these people now seem completely out of their depth. It’s obvious that they’re just doing what they’ve been told to do. It’s revealed all of these national politicians as inept. And I think that is an interesting thing in itself. I mean, Brexit, it was similar in a sense. But this is obviously a global thing and yeah.

 

Hugh (OTO): What is Matt Hancock, right? Like crying, crying, about the vaccine being rolled out. And it was still I don’t understand this new trend. It’s very 2020. Men crying on the news. It’s happened a lot this year, and just fake crying in general, a lot of people.

 

[16:01]

 

Woes: You and I are going to cry on this dream!

 

Hugh (OTO): The racial injustice is just too much, you know? [Hugh mimicking a cry baby] it’s the inequality! What are you doing? Who. You think you’re winning? Any points here? Who are you appealing to? The middle-aged single cat lady, you know, who’s like:

 

“Oh! He’s very nice I’d like to take care of it.”

 

What exactly is this demo you’re focusing on here, you know? Who’s the target? What’s the target segment? I don’t understand it! I don’t get where this is, … It looks to me like the cringiest thing you could possibly do, is fake cry! No! You know, I’ve never done it in my life. I’ve never faked cried!

 

Woes: When Matt Hancock did that, it was like he did it for a second and then thought:

 

“Oh no one will buy this!”

 

So he stopped. But then they went with it. They ran with that:

 

“Oh, you’re really emotional are you?”

 

And then he had to go along.

 

Woes: Would have been ashamed lola!

 

Woes: But the thing is, all of this is just to support what seems to be a farce! I mean, you know, there is a massively high survival rate from this virus. And there’s so much that could be said about it. Again, I don’t know, I’ll have to brush up on the rules before we do any more streams. But I should have done that before hand. But I’ve just been hearing from other people what the situation is on YouTube nowadays.

 

It’s obvious that like with the election you can say one thing, and you can say the other thing. But you can’t say the two things in one video. This is the kind of thing that you’ve got to keep track of.

 

I can remember in 2014-15 it was just you could say whatever the fuck you like! And I don’t want to go into a big nostalgia, because everyone knows this. But it’s fucking depressing! It’s really sad! This is why I want people to transfer to Dlive and BitChute when it eventually does live streaming. Which I think is probably going to be within the next year, or next six months.

 

Because we desperately do need to get away from YouTube. Now it’s possible, this is another topic altogether. Well I was going to say it’s possible if the Democrats get in, then they’ll actually lay off all of this heavy-handed censorship. But, of course, that depends on the outcome of the election.

 

So do we want to go into the topic of the US election?

 

Hugh (OTO): Well I have kind of given up on following the ins and outs and every lawsuit and stuff. I just can’t keep up with that. So I don’t. But if the Democrats win I can say that they will, the hammer will come down on us. My main fear is this, that if they come in, the First Amendment’s toast!

 

[19:03]

 

They’ll find exemptions to it, they’ll pack the courts, they’ll pack the Supreme Court. They already have been filling the judiciary with activist judges who don’t give a shit about the law! Even with a cucked conservative he’ll actually follow the letter of the law.

 

And the letter of the law ain’t that bad! It’s not awful! You know, a lot of consideration has gone into it. New precedents are hard to make it. Judges are very scared to create and, or not scared, but that’s a huge deal to change the law with a new, you know, when they’re in that situation, so it evolves incredibly slowly. So it evolves far slower than the rate of social change that’s taken place over the last 10, 20, 30 years. Way more based than, you know what’s going on. What were going to say? Go on.

 

Woes: Well, I was going to say that you’re absolutely right! That law changes more slowly than social change. But that is why a lot of the control and maintaining of social mores has now been transferred from law and the government to private corporations, because they can do whatever they like. They can implement a policy so quickly that we don’t even know what the situation is.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah.

 

Woes: A situation where you don’t even know what the rules are.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah, well I mean, you know, I think it’s called a common law system, right? I remember studying this at university. But so there’s civil law and there’s common law system. But in France it’s all legislation. It’s just like they just pass the law. They just, you know, they just make up the law as they, and it’s done by politicians.

 

But in America it’s done by judges. So its way slower. But if you pack the Supreme Court with activist judges who are Leftists, they will find ways to “reinterpret” the constitution to make it like, well I mean, you got “free speech” but you don’t actually have the Right to!

 

They’ll basically find a way to enact hate speech laws and to lock people up. I mean, they’ve already had this a lot of talk about red flags for gun owners, right? If you:

 

“Oh well he visited this forum, he displayed signs of being maybe schizophrenic. He shouldn’t be allowed to go on.”

 

Or all this kind of stuff. And it seems very reasonable on the surface to say:

 

“Well, of course, the schizophrenic shouldn’t be allowed a gun.”

 

I mean, they have a high propensity for suicide, and for murdering people, you know, they have episodes, of course, they shouldn’t. And people will go along with this. The housewives vote! [chuckling] And this is a big problem. So they’ll go along with it. They’ll say we’re keeping the kids safe! Think of the mentally deranged child at school who’s going to get a gun! We’ve got to they’re going to have these red flag laws!”

 

So this is step one. And step two is okay now you can’t actually say all of this stuff! And if you do say this stuff you lose these rights! And you start implementing gradually a Social Credit system like they have in China.

 

Woes: Well yes. And then I guess that gets us to the well the question if the Chicoms. And I used to be quite skeptical of this and now I’m think I’m reappraising it and thinking is there actually some truth to this now. What do you think about that?

 

Hugh (OTO): By Chicoms, you mean like by like Chinese infiltration?

 

Woes: . I mean, the damn Chinese communists are taking over the West, via Silicon Valley!

 

[22:55]

 

Hugh (OTO): Well, I don’t know. But yeah, I don’t know about that specifically. But I live in southeast Asia so I can tell you about China. I mean, incredibly aggressive country! Colonialist to the core! Ethnocracy! If you’re not Mandarin speaking Han Chinese, you don’t have a lot of rights in that country.

 

You don’t have a lot of opportunity to elevate your status, to go up in society. Unless you are some sort of equivalent of a shabbos goy for them. And you’ve got to go along with it with everything these people want.

 

They just don’t care! I mean, the extent to which they don’t care what you think of them! Not giving a fuck “defined”! Chinese-owned firms produced baby milk that was poisonous to babies, and killed babies in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, a bunch of other countries. Right? It’s that powdered milk stuff. They were faking it! They’re making fake baby milk.

 

And it was a Chinese-owned company. No repercussions! All these babies died! No apology. Nothing! There was a storm I think in Indonesia. I can’t remember. It’s Indonesia. This is about four, or five years ago. So I can’t remember exactly. China said:

 

“Oh! We’ll do food aid. We’ll come in with food aid.”

 

And what they really did was bought off a bunch of local politicians during this. But the actual food they gave, they gave people fake rice! So it’s like 30 percent rice, and the rest is plastic. They make Chinese-owned firms, right? Like the government owned firms, because loads of stuff is government owned there, right?

 

Like it’s not really communist anymore. It is free market. There are free markets. You can own a house. You can own a car. You can set up a company. Loads of people own their own businesses there. But, Chinese-owned, government-owned, firms are making fake eggs! That’s the extent.

 

Have you frozen again Woes? You look like you’re frozen.

 

Oh my god! I’m alone again! He’s frozen hasn’t he lads? Tell me in the chat has he frozen, or is it just me? I’ve got to go down. Fake rice. Yes, fake rice, fake eggs. Yes, sounds like fascism! Yeah, you know, okay I’ll keep chatting, because you know why not? Woes isn’t there.

 

A lot of people are like, China’s based! Right? Like, you know, in our neck of the woods, they’re like China’s based! Like they’re oppressing the Uyghurs! They’re setting up camps! Like they’re taking care of business! They’re expanding their territory. Who doesn’t want to be like the Chinese? And I do understand exactly where people are coming from with that narrative. Like why wouldn’t you just have, they express the will to power? They’re just going for it. And no, no, like moralizing can stop them! So I do get:

 

“Hugh, what have you done?”

 

I didn’t do anything, all, right? It’s not my fault! It’s not my fault.

 

[26:00]

 

Anyway I understand why people think like China’s pretty based. I get it! But if you’re not Chinese like this is a problem for you, right? Like if you’re not one of them it ain’t good. Like if you’re Chinese I get why you would support the government.

 

But if you’re not and people seem to think like we’re so far removed from China. Like, it’s not going to be an issue. But we see right now a trade war between Australia and China taking place. And these kind of things can escalate. They have a tendency to, … I’m not saying World War III is imminent. But the Chinese killed Woes! They didn’t! That’s a false narrative [chuckling].

 

What I’m saying is who are we gonna side with? Australia, or China, or with New Zealand, or China? We know how these things will play out like if it escalates.

 

Give me something to talk about lads. I’m not good on my own. I don’t stream on my channel. I’m not Dangerfield, you know, I don’t stream on my own.:

 

“Hugh killed Woes!”

 

I swear, grossly offensive, that’s not true!:

 

“Dlive is owned by a Chinese national.”

 

Is it? Very interesting. But I don’t think they have anything to do with Woes’s modem going down.:

 

“How is OTO based?”

 

I don’t know, maybe I’m not! Maybe I’m a lose bag!:

 

“Talk about gutter oil.”

 

Thanks for the suggestion [laughing] all right.:

 

“Mandarin, Han Chinese, not just Chinese.”

 

Yes that is an important distinction, you know. Within the country itself it is an ethnocracy, right. Depending on how you break it down in China, I believe that certain academics will break it down to being 556, I think, ethnic groups! Distinct ethnic groups!

 

There are different ways you can measure this. Like, you can look at intermarriage between different peoples. You can look at genetic, or racial differences. A lot of people think that China is just this big blob, and everyone’s the same. You know, obviously the [word unclear] aren’t the same.

 

The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group. They don’t look anything like the Han Chinese. Right now they’re taking Uyghur men, right, accusing them of terrorism, putting them in camps. And then they move Han Chinese dudes into their wives homes! And basically like it’s state mandated rape, to get rid of this population. They also force the Uyghur women, they’ll like accuse them:

 

“Oh, you were teaching a lesson in Arabic! That goes against our motto!”

 

They’ve got some motto, which is like:

 

“One people, one mind, one country!”

 

Something like that. Where, you know, every everyone’s got to be a fucking robot, you know! And they’ll, … Oh! Is Woes back? I can hear him now.

 

[29:00]

 

Woes: I’m back! I’m back.

 

Hugh (OTO): I talked about China while you know, ..

 

Woes: You didn’t say anything racist about China did you?

 

Hugh (OTO): Hell no! I love those little guys! [chuckling] They’re great! I will say this, I’ve met many Chinese people who are lovely. So I do want to distinguish between, ..

 

Woes: What the fuck have you said!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah, I was really, I was really racist! So I really went off. [chuckling] But I want to distinguish between the political systems that are going on in the country. The political setup, and the way the government operates, and the incentives that are provided by the government to the people. Which I think are destroying the people, just as much as destroying outsiders. And the people themselves who are pretty cool.

 

Like if you meet a Chinese person you have a chat with them they’re always nice. That’s my experience with them anyway. A little dodgy with business dealings. A little funny in contract readings. Gotta be very careful with your language and a contract when you’re writing one with the Chinese guy. He’ll always look to make a buck! That is just true!

 

But other than that pretty cool people. So anyway what is going on with you. Like your modern keeps fucking up?

 

Woes: Yes it does indeed. And it’s rather frustrating. But I don’t know. It doesn’t usually happen twice in one night. This is very unusual.

 

Hugh (OTO): When I saw you and I saw your computer set up, I was like:

 

“Jesus Christ! You have like a million things open! You’ve got like all these external hard drives.”

 

I don’t know how you keep track of it. I mean, I’ve got a laptop, you know. Like I have a few windows open.

 

Woes: I can’t remember when you came over. Did I have my big computer, or was I still using the laptop? Because that’s a while ago.

 

Hugh (OTO): Big computer I think.

 

Woes: The big computer, right okay. Yeah, well yeah, no I’m still on the big computer. Yeah it’s, but that’s not the issue it’s the modern. But I don’t want to bore people with technical stuff.

 

So yeah, the question I want to ask you at the start. You said that this has been the manifesting, or the birthing, of the neoliberalist dream. So why don’t you say what is, … And this is what I wanted to ask you at the time. What is the neoliberalist dream?

 

Hugh (OTO): Well. I think they love a certain type of free market. They like a specific sort of freedom. Which is everybody’s got to be of the same mind. But the trade is pretty much unlimited.

 

It’s like Thatcher didn’t like unions, but she loved free markets. Well isn’t a union part of the free market? What’s wrong with the union? Isn’t that just people organically collectivising for their own self-interest? And I’m not a particular fan of unions, you know, I’m not saying, but it there’s a contradiction there. If you say I’m really pro-liberty. And that’s what I’m about. But I’m gonna dismantle the unions. I’m gonna do it legally. I’m gonna rip them apart!

 

And actually of course, you know, in her dismantling of the union she ushered in the Blairites, so it didn’t really work. She got in technocrats. But I think now the neoliberal thing is its just an absolute reliance on a certain narrative.

 

I mean, they claim to be empiricists, right? And they think that everything they believe in has been justified through experiment. They’ve tested the hypotheses! They’ve done the experiments! It’s proven! This is the way it is! And they’ve kind of worked it all out. So now they have this broadly materialist worldview. I wouldn’t say they’re necessarily, what do they call it? Physicalists, right? They’re not necessarily that. Some of them still believe in god, the occasional one. But they’re kind of, their ideal man is Stephen Fry, I think. And it’s:

 

“I want to know what’s actually true. So I’m an empiricist! I’m an empiricist!”

 

And that’s like what they want everyone to be. They want everyone to be like Stephen Fry. [laughing] And this is the “new empire” that they’re looking to build, based on free movement of Labour, low wages, obviously is part of it. And yeah, they absolutely do! Have you read Harare? Have you read, what’s he called Yuval Noah Harari. He wrote a book “Sapiens”.

 

[33:45]

 

Woes: No.

 

Hugh (OTO): And Barack Obama recommended the book. Mark Zuckerberg recommended this book. They’ve got blurbs on the back like:

 

“Recommended by Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.”

 

And it’s like a history of humanity. It starts like a hundred thousand years ago. And it talks about all sorts of things which are highly, you know, it’s a very egalitarian book. So it completely denies basic things like the MRI tests that were done in Australia, between Europeans and aboriginals and stuff. Just don’t feature. He says:

 

“The brain evolution ended 45,000 years ago, or 50,000 years ago.”

 

I believe. So that’s before the aboriginals left Africa, right? And it’s like:

 

“Well, wouldn’t they have identical brains now?”

 

You know, there’s many, many problems with it. But he has a whole unit in his book justifying Empire. And the idea is you can just reshape people’s identities, and reshape their cultures, to mold them into a broader thing. And that means you get more trade!

 

And you get, you know. I mean, the British empire for all it’s faults, did usher in like 100 years of peace. And we controlled the seas and trade flourished. And people were using either the same money, or things that were, you know, valued in the same way. So everybody knew what they were doing when they interact:

 

“Okay, well I’ve got this. We know what that’s worth in your money.”

 

And it could work, right. So you could just meet someone, have hardly any language and go! And people were already, … English was becoming the lingua franca of the world. And this is the globalist, neoliberal, dream. Is to make that truly global! Not so much I think through force, but through like technocratic mechanisms, social engineering, nudge, nudge not force! Use the corporations as you were talking about, and make it happen.

 

And this is what they see as true prosperity. They see it as liberatory. They don’t see it as destructive. They see it as setting people free from their identities. Setting people free from markets that they’re within. They see the setting people free from sort of the cages of nationalism. And when you say:

 

“Well this will homogenize the world. And this will destroy true diversity.”

 

I don’t think they care. I think that they think:

 

“Oh jolly good!”

 

[36:01]

 

Because there’s a point, you know, there’s a convergence, the end of, the sort of the real end of history, where we’ve all worked out what works. And they think they’ve worked it out so it’s ultimately sort of a cultural eugenicist and an economic eugenicist project to meet that final point. And a virus like this [Covid] is just the ultimate gift in achieving that dream.

 

Woes: Why? I mean, I don’t know [word unclear] I just want to hear it in your own voice, you know.

 

Hugh (OTO): Well! What do you think? I just rambled on for like five minutes. What do you think?

 

Woes: Well you see, I’m not used to, I’m, … And this is something I want to get back into, is the sort of art of collecting your thoughts together, and articulating them, you know? But right now, I’m not really in that mode! And so I just want to hear what other people think, because yes, it seems like the Right thing to do on Millennial.

 

But in terms of, … I’ll give it a go. You see, it is a very different world view. And it’s one that’s fairly forthright, assertive, sure of itself! Whereas ours is much more hesitant, I mean, because we don’t have all the money behind us, the institutions, the corporations, and so on. But I also think there’s a certain doubt in our minds that well, if people wanted to live. And I’m not trying to plant doubts, or anything. I’m just saying the way I feel about it.

 

If people wanted to live like, you know, villagers 500 years ago where everything that you use is made within a mile radius of where you live, then they would. But frankly no one does that. So that implies to me that either they don’t want it, or they can’t be bothered being, they don’t want to be the first one. They want someone else to do it first. They want someone else to set up that settlement and then maybe they’ll join, you know.

 

But no one’s doing it. And so that means that we begin our argument, our defense, our attack on globalism from a position of weakness, because we don’t actually know how workable is this. And how pleasant would it actually be as a life. I mean, people say it will be more meaningful. Yeah it would be, but that’s true.

 

But as I say no one’s doing it. It’s like we’ve got a similar kind of dilemma to the one that the libertarians, or the anarchists, had. They advocate this type of society, but no one’s ever done it. And so I think in the same way we, if we’re going to fight against globalism, then we have to do it in a way that’s meaningful, and palatable, but also feasible! So what are our real objections to globalism? What are the fundamental things that we just that we object to about it? And I think it is that this dissolution of everything! This dissolution of nations, people’s, histories, but even, ..

 

[39:08]

 

Hugh (OTO): Tradition.

 

Woes: Tradition, but even sexes, men and women. It’s I mean, yes, there’s fun to be had in the world! There’s fun to be had with all the possibilities of existence. That’s true! But also if you’ve got nothing but possibility, then you’ve got really not much. Because there’s nothing meaningful. It’s just endless sensations, and endless novelty. And I think that, ..

 

Hugh (OTO): A spiritual death! I mean, that’s the problem with modernity that I think we all feel! Is it’s a spiritual problem and the betters want to solve that with, in empiricism. They want to solve it scientifically, or they want to solve it politically. And that’s not the Right framework. If you ask like Richard Dawkins:

 

“What’s the meaning of life?”

 

He’ll like, you know, smugly laugh you off, like:

 

“Oh well, science can’t answer that!”

 

And it’s like, well aren’t we facing a spiritual crisis? Isn’t that what’s going on here? Why do people feel so empty? Why are suicide rates up? You know, that’s what’s going on right. That’s the void. And they admit that it’s there, that within their epistemological framework that they’ve chosen, that they’ve adopted. They don’t have any, they can’t even use it to address that question! To say:

 

“Well, what’s the purpose here? What am I doing here? Why is there something, rather than nothing?”

 

They’ll just go:

 

“Well, you know, that’s not science! That’s not science!”

 

You know, [laughing] they’ll say that! And you go:

 

“Well it looks like your fucking entire outlook is kind of lacking something, don’t you think?”

 

And they don’t see it! They just don’t see it! It’s the arc of progress they believe to drop all of that! To drop the spiritualism, and the beliefs, and the faith. And even things like a priori reasoning, they don’t like it! They think that:

 

“No! No! This is the way! This is the framework we’ve got it! We’ve worked it out!”

 

I think that when you asked me “why?”, it is partly ideological commitment to this project. A belief that if you look throughout history it seems as if peoples have gotten broader, right? It used to be separate tribes in England, and now it’s England. And then it became the UK.

 

And there were different European countries, now it’s the European Union. I mean, there are still the different countries there, but, you know what I mean.

 

And you see that throughout history, like smaller groups becoming together. And then they meld and they become a new identity, and they become a new people, genetically as well. They all race mix. And then they’re one. And they just feel like that is how it goes!

 

And to try and resist it, to try and preserve, to try and conserve, is a, you know, it’s a fool’s errand! Don’t bother! Like that’s just not how history works. It goes the other way. And they spend an incredible amount of time, and effort, and money, trying to convince other people that that is how history works. That:

 

“No unique identity can ever really be preserved. And it’s kind of worthless, because it’ll be gone in 100 years, anyway. So why bother!”

 

Woes: Yes. But the fact is, that there are unique identities that do get preserved.

 

Hugh (OTO): Absolutely! Yes!

 

Woes: Yeah, so like the Han Chinese that you were talking about earlier. They protect their interests. And they protect their existence. Their first interest is their existence. So it is a lie. They’re also spreading a lie that people don’t want that, you naturally shouldn’t care about your group identity. Whereas I think people just do, because it’s familiar, it’s the thing you are! So from that point of view alone.

 

[43:07]

 

Hugh (OTO): Well I think we know of so many examples that contradict their narrative. You look at Sudan, right? Like if it works, why is it why is it such a crime that the British and the French went into Africa, and a bunch of other European people, and drew borders, and pushed different tribes together. Why is that such a crime? Isn’t that just progress? Then they would have melded together. No they didn’t. They genocided one another! As soon as soon as colonialism ended, absolute, ..

 

Woes: [words unclear]

 

Woes: No political class that could rule things. And they all started murdering each other! The Arabs and the Muslims really did very badly.

 

Woes: And this is something that’s held against the British as well. That they’re just maps, across ethnic lines and across tribal lines, and mixed people together. And that was a dreadful thing for the British to do. But it’s fine for it to happen in real time now within every European country. In every Western country.

 

Woes: Right. We see succession movements all over the place as well. Where people have been forced, independent states, or group of people who see themselves as a unique people, have been forced to join a greater nation. I mean, a lot of people in the nationalist movement don’t support Barcelona, or Catalonia becoming independent, because a lot of Marxists are involved in that secession movement. But I remember, who was the chap passed away this year? What’s his name?

 

Woes: Simon.

 

Hugh (OTO): Simon Harris. He wasn’t a big fan of it, right. He wasn’t a big fan of the secession movement, because he was like:

 

“They’re a bunch of stinking Marxists!”

 

And I understand where he’s coming from. But it’s also they were drawing on a natural desire. I mean, they were, the fact is they speak different language. Their first language isn’t Spanish, they all speak Catalan. I mean, you’re going to try and make them Spanish? Like it’s pretty hard to do that. Like to just take people and go:

 

“Well, you’re Spanish now!”

 

And you see these people, after years, decades, deciding:

 

“No! We still are not you! We’re not you! We’re different. And we want to be different.”

 

And we don’t give a fuck if these people are Marxists over here we’re going to go with them if they’re the ones running this movement. And you look at the repression of those people as well, just being beaten up by the cops for voting to leave, for having a referendum. They got beaten in the streets for it.

 

It’s very interesting. I feel like on our side, this is the last thing I say, because I know you wanted to come in. But I feel like on our side we don’t care what other people think! Like I voted Brexit I don’t care if somebody voted leave, sorry remain. They very much care that I voted to leave! They very much care! Like there must be something deficient in me! My worldview has to be stamped out!

 

The people in Barcelona who wanted to leave got absolutely, you know, shat on by the powers that be! They very much care what we want. And what we think! We don’t really mind about them I feel. We’re like well, of course, like Leftists exist, of course, like Remainers, you know, that’s natural. But they’re very keen to oppress them.

 

[46:00]

 

Woes: Yeah, I don’t really know where that comes from. I mean, obviously I know the facts on the ground. But it obviously as part of our psychology. There’s some desire for moral purity in the populace. Everyone else should think like me that, yeah, there is clearly something there that’s being utilized towards this end. But what I wanted to say, because you mentioned that the Catalans speak a different language.

 

And it occurred to me that, well in America you quite often hear that Spanish is becoming ingrained as a second language. And indeed in some workplaces it’s the necessary first language that you have to speak [chuckling]. And I thought it’s just interesting, because the language that you speak is obviously critical. It’s critically important to your sense of self and your identity.

 

And I think it’s interesting that such effort has been put into deconstructing America. And I don’t want to go too much talking about America, because there will be plenty of Americans on Millennial.

 

But I’ll just say this now, so much effort has gone into deconstructing American, White, European identity. And that would be one of one thing, because it’s not easy to do that. It’s its not something that can just be done! The literature has to be printed and reprinted, and so on, the signs have to be made, the road signs, etc. And another thing, another aspect of this which, and again it all seems like a precursor to what we’ve seen this year.

 

Other things would be the discrediting, shaming of the Confederate flag. Where in the 80s, and 90s, and 2000s, and most of the 2010s, the Confederate flag was just nothing! It just was absolutely not controversial!

 

And then, of course, the statues that came down this year. And that happened in Britain as well. I don’t know if it happened elsewhere. It definitely happened in Britain. And you do get the sense that our history is being dismantled.

 

So if, on the one hand, I’m open-minded, I’m interested in the limits of people’s ethnocentrism, and so on, because we do live in a unique age. But I also think, well clearly a lot of effort has to go into destroying their sense of self, because that’s what’s happening. It’s something that is being done. And it’s something that’s artificial and I think in the normal run of things most Americans, and most Brits, would not just out the blue decide to just destroy their own damn statues! It’s just not something that would happen.

 

And, of course, the big irony, the big grotesque irony, about the statues, is that in the end it turned out that George Floyd, well I don’t know. Again, I don’t know for safe saying this. But there’s a question about whether he was murdered by the police, or whether it was a fentanyl overdose, or drug overdose, and a heart attack. And everyone’s seen the footage now. I’ve seen the footage several times. And basically I think that the whole thing was built on a lot of shite! I think it was just a lie!

 

The whole summer of BLM, … And BLM now I saw, just before we went on air, I saw there’s a new video from Sargon, the lotus eaters, about Biden has apparently disavowed BLM. Which I don’t know if that’s, I’ll have to look into it. But it interests me, because it’s like, well they are the ultimate useful idiots, then.

 

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Hugh (OTO): They get activated like that when an election is growing and you’ve got something like Donald Trump in the White House. But yes, the video was, of course, disturbing. No one could watch it without going:

 

“Oh god! Looks a bit rough!”

 

But the guy’s off his face! He’s off his face on drugs. You watch the full footage. Yeah, the whole thing is a lie. Okay I basically agree with you.

 

It’s very interesting how the incentives work in this system. And how people will play along. I’m a big believer in incentives, you know, I think that’s probably a libertarian hangover, perhaps. Maybe a bit of conservative hangover they still have. But I think that people do react to incentives, to financial incentives, to social incentives.

 

Woes: Of course they do! Of course they do!

 

Hugh (OTO): The fact that you can say certainly and behave in a certain way, and be and be utterly rewarded, and praised as, you know, that they’re revolutionary as they engage in these acts of destruction. As they tear down statues.

 

Look at the people that tore down, was it Colston in Bristol, and threw him into the river, through the statue into the river. All young White people who basically who are in Bristol. Bristol is something like 87% White. It’s a hub of Extinction Rebellion.

 

I’ve got several friends from school who live. They’re all an Extinction Rebellion. Two of them are communists. One of them is a neoliberal. It’s painful, honestly! One of them, actually the neoliberal, contacted me and said that I was putting out “hate speech” on my channel. And that:

 

“What are you doing? It’s spreading hate!”

 

He was particularly upset that I wasn’t fond of five-year-olds being taught about homosexuality! He thought that was a real affront to liberty, or something [chuckling]! But if you’re not a particularly thinking person you’re just going to react to the carrot in front of you. You’re just going to follow it along. I think that a lot of it is to do with that.

 

And the Left have always been very good at sculpting a facade over reality to make it seem like they have the majority view. To make it seem like everybody agrees with them.

 

You see it in debates where those Intelligence Squared debates, where it’s not even particularly controversial. But maybe somebody is arguing that Islam is a problem say with terrorism. And the other person is saying Islam is all peace and love. And every time the person saying “Islam is peace and love”, everyone claps! Everyone’s like [sound of approval] and the other guy is getting woo noises [sound of disapproval] from the crowd. I think Jesus! You know, he’s making some all right points, doesn’t he? And then it comes down to the vote. And it turns out he’s one the guy. The guy who’s getting the woo sound effects has won.

 

[53:00]

 

And it was the same thing with Brexit. It seemed like everybody is against it, you know, the Left us so good at sculpting this false reality, to make everybody feel this. And political correctness is the ultimate example isn’t it, of that. Where you can mold reality to appear that everyone surely agrees with the general Lefty view.

 

But, of course, there are repercussions if you don’t! Because you’re violating political correctness! And then therefore people don’t! And therefore it appears that the majority view is Lefty. And so they continue to march.

 

Woes: Yeah, well I mean, that’s why that is so important that the vote is private, because if it were public, you know, ..

 

Hugh (OTO): Oh I wonder if they’ll change that?

 

Woes: Well [laughing] I mean, Brexit was a surprise to everyone, because the public mood, what you saw on TV and everything was just so pro-Remain!

 

I remember being very surprised. I thought that it would win, I thought that Brexit would win. But it was a weird situation, because I thought it’s clear that they’re absolutely going for it. And then the same thing happened with Trump in 2016.

 

The same thing absolutely happened this time with 2020. They’re demonizing them in the press constantly, non-stop! It’s remarkable. But you’re right the Left are experts at this. They’re experts at shaping a social situation to make something seem like:

 

“Yeah, this is the state. This is the consensus!”

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah.

 

Woes: If you go against it you’re some kind of weirdo.

 

Hugh (OTO): That’s the word I was looking for earlier. Yes. That’s exactly right. Yeah, go on mate.

 

Woes: Yeah, well they give you a set of options as to what you can be if you defy the consensus. And one of them is “stupid”. One of them is “uneducated”. And the other one is just a “bad person”. You’re just full of “hate”!

 

Hugh (OTO): Conspiracy theorist! You must have seen this word, this term that would come on just suddenly right? I mean, they’ve always used it for decades, “conspiracy theorist”. But it is very much explained, you know, :

 

“You’re a total conspiracy theorist if you think the Great Reset is happening. Also the Great Reset is happening!”

 

Lolg We should say you’re a conspiracy theorist if you don’t like lockdowns. Also lockdowns exist, and you can have an opinion on it.

 

Woes: This is the thing something I noticed this year was that I remembered that people used to say, it was a common phrase that you would hear people saying very frequently, like when we were kids. You’d hear someone saying:

 

“It’s a free country! Do you like. It’s a free country. Yeah, you can do that, it’s a free country!”

 

No one ever says that now. Maybe it’s just me. But I heard someone saying it a few months ago. And it was the first time I’d heard it in years! It’s just not something that people, … And this brings us back to the lockdown thing. Because I mean, it was really frightening in late March when it started. Because I got the sense of this is how easy it is, that this is how easily life can just change drastically, and people’s expectations can change drastically.

 

[56:32]

 

The other day I was hearing about some graduates who have begun their working lives, and in a certain set of professional sector. And they’re working from home on laptops. And now a year ago if they’d graduated the year before, they would have gone into an office. Now yeah we can say that’s got it’s own drawbacks. I’m just saying that.

 

The point I’m making is that this has already started to affect people’s lives, like their inauguration into certain new areas of their lives, are now colored by Covid, and the lockdown, and so on. You’ll get kids who begin school this year in lockdown with social distancing. Kids who begin nursery, kindergarten, this year with that, and so forth. And people who got married this year in lockdown, with social distancing! [laughter]

 

Hugh (OTO): That’s the one that I as well, the funerals. The no one’s allowed to attend. That’s an awful one! And the weddings as well. Like what should be a community event to celebrate these people announcing their intention to start a family, in a stable relationship. And they’re going to be engaging in high investment parenting. And it’s like:

 

“Well, no one’s allowed to attend anymore!”

 

That’s! I just can’t get over the unconscionable evil of this! The videos of old ladies. And I don’t want to get everyone depressed. So I’ll move on very quickly from this. But of the old ladies stuck in old people’s home begging for their families to visit!:

 

“I’m gonna die soon! I need to see my daughter! I need to see my grandchildren!”

 

Saying things like this. And you think, what possible end could this serve? This the amount of evil that’s going on here to deprive this poor old lady of human contact, in the last months of her life! Who gives a fuck if she dies of Covid! Really! Like let her see her kids! Let her see her family! She’s going to die in a few days! It could be weeks, days, or weeks, right? What is going on here?

 

And the fact that people have kind of been really conned into this to think that’s necessary. I saw a video of a woman being arrested for trying to take her grandmother home. She’s a nurse.

 

Woes: Yeah, I saw that.

 

Hugh (OTO): She was trying to take her mother home and she was arrested. And her granddaughter, the granddaughter is filming it on her phone, crying. And she says:

 

“It’ll be all right! It’ll be all right!”

 

You can tell the grandmother doesn’t really know what’s going on. And she’s in the car like, you know, dazed and confused. I just think this is such a far departure from the norm! We’ve really gone so, this is like getting ready for living in a pod and eating bugs, isn’t it? It’s like it’s really evil!

 

Woes: When that meme started about a year and a half ago it was completely outlandish! And a lot of people were thinking it was a sort of alt-light, civnat, talking point that was completely irrelevant and immaterial. But now, suddenly, …

 

See, this is a thing, this is interesting, because they were correct. And the more sort of ethnat side were wrong about this. Because I think they were more alive to the more cultural side of what the globalists are up to, and what they want, what they advocate. And it’s turned out to be quite correct. I mean, you’ve got them now talking about this kind of thing. Just a life where you, …

 

[60:06]

 

Hugh (OTO): [words unclear] about this, like two years ago and I was like well, ..

 

Woes: Are you serious? Who?

 

Hugh (OTO): Orwell and Goode.

 

Woes: Right, yeah.

 

Hugh (OTO): He was making videos about this like two years ago. And I remember thinking at the time, you know, mate, I don’t know. And he was like:

 

“It’s gonna happen! They’re doing it already. They’re dripping it in!”

 

He’s very connected to the media. And what they’re putting, the kind of signaling they’re putting out. And about two years ago they started the bodybuilders eating caterpillars, and stuff! And he was like:

 

“This is where they’re going with this. We’ve got to reduce our meat intake, and controlling our diet.”

 

Of course, the return on this for us is supposed to be greater security, healthcare, housing, secured. So it’s that old thing that conservatives have been talking about. And actually maybe they were right about giving up your liberty for greater security. And they are going now the full hog:

 

“Okay, you live in a little apartment, you don’t own anything, but you’re happy! You rent!”

 

And I look at my mates in London at the moment. Almost none of them are married. I think one of them is married from my school year, that I can think of one. Out of the guys I’m still in touch with, he’s minted! He made it in banking! He’s an investment banker, so he’s fucking people over, doing highly immoral stuff. He’s probably a psychopath. He was always a bit of a quiet weirdo. So he’s got a wife and he’s got a nice house.

 

The rest of them are in shared accommodation, even though they’ve got seemingly good jobs, you know. Their business cards look nice. They work 50 hours a week, minimum. Sometimes it’ll be like:

 

“You’re up for promotion.”

 

So you’ve got to prepare for this interview. So then they have to do like six months of preparation for their interview. Where they are worked to the bone! And it’s just every single day, seven days a week. Work! Work! Work! Work! Work! And they’re still all living together in shared housing.

 

Four of them bought a house together. They’re all renting. They’re all renting. None of them even own a car!

 

And my dad bought a house when he was 24 years old in a in a, you know, very low level position at IBM. He started off at the very bottom of the company. And he was able to buy a house. And you hear about stories from that era where firemen bought houses. Firemen! I mean, what’s a fireman buying a house? Get real, he’s on a council estate! Relies on the government for everything.

 

Woes: Yeah, it’s unthinkable. I mean, the people that I know of getting on the property ladder is just a pipe dream. It’s just not something that most people think about it. It’s not even an intention. It’s not even a thing that they want to do at some point. It’s not even on their minds, because it’s so difficult now. And well especially if you live in a city. That’s it, you know.

 

I mean, I know a guy who, he was in his early 20s, in the early 70s, and he bought a fucking four-bedroom house! A four-bedroom house, when I think he was 23, in London! I mean, that is just unimaginable now!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah.

 

Woes: And again how can that be a good system? But, of course, it ties in with what they want now. They don’t want you owning a house. They don’t want you having that autonomy. They want you renting. Yeah, they all want you on government, like the UBI thing.

 

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Hugh (OTO): The manipulation of the economy has so many benefits for the elites because first of all, everything they own goes up in value! Everything that they own. And they can pay you next to nothing with this mass importation of low wages, the constant competition, making you compete to ridiculous levels with the entire world’s population, now!

 

If you’re working in London you are competing with the entire world’s population! And every single square meter is demanded by the basically the adult population, let’s say. I mean, I could be more specific, sue me! But that is basically what’s going on. And this definitely serves the real bourgeoisie, if you want, the real ownership class.

 

Like not just people who own a restaurant, or something. They’re fucked too! Small business owners how screwed have they been over the last few months? While these big business owners, the transfer of wealth right from the High Street to Amazon, has been astronomical!

 

And it’s interesting, right, these antifa types who claim to be Marxists. Yeah, they’re not really Marxists, are they? When are they, where are they protesting? Do you see them outside banks protesting? You know, fractional reserve banking, which is completely fraudulent! [Woes laughing] Do you see them outside Nike getting mad about the exploitation of labour? Do you see them outside government buildings, you know, saying:

 

“Allow small business, ..”

 

You know, small business owners in the Soviet Union, like grocery store owners, used to put up signs saying “Workers of the world unite”! I mean, they didn’t believe in it. But they were considered part of like the working class.

 

And, you know, where are antifa for them? Antifa only show up when someone violates political correctness! All they care about is language! All they care about is opinion. It’s like:

 

“Oh! A Candice Owens is giving a speech! Let’s get upset!”

 

Like this is the last of your worries if you’re truly somebody, trying to start off a classist revolution, or whatever! I mean, these people are such frauds, it’s amazing they don’t seem to see it! I think obviously it’s like there is a bent of Stalinism. There’s a bent of the Maoist influence there, in terms of like the strategy tactics.

 

But in terms of what they’re really trying to achieve. They are basically defending the neoliberal order by shutting down anybody who’s politically incorrect, who’s challenging it. That’s really what they’re doing. It’s amazing.

 

[66:25]

 

Woes: Yes. And antifa are the stormtroopers, the shock troops of the establishment. That’s absolutely true. And it’s interesting that Occupy Wall Street was, … I honestly wonder how many connections, and how many disconnections are there between Occupy Wall Street from 10 years ago, and antifa of today? That would be a really interesting discussion in itself.

 

But one thing I wanted to say was that, this question of whether they’re communist? Because people say:

 

“This isn’t fascism you dumb civnat! This is communism!”

 

I don’t think that’s true either and, you know what you’ve just alluded to is part of, well it’s why? Because it’s happening via global corporations, and yeah, I mean, there was always a connection between big capital and communism which we know about. That’s true. But it was still communism that was being implemented in Russia. Now that was the project, the creation.

 

This is not communism as such. We need a new term, maybe neoliberalism is the term to use. But I think we need to define what exactly it is, because it is something that seems to be pretty unprecedented. And it also well unprecedented in real life. Perhaps not unprecedented in science fiction, especially cyberpunk.

 

Because I really I mean, I’m sorry! But it does seem to be like the world of Bladerunner, where the Tyrell Corporation can get away with whatever the fuck they want to do! It doesn’t matter.

 

I mean, look at Pfizer now, for Christ’s sake! Everything is owned by a small number of of huge, corporate, unimaginably huge corporations that are so wealthy! But in any case the money supply doesn’t really matter, because they can just print money. They can do that. So they’re so wealthy that you could actually imagine them being put in charge of, like in Robocop, OCP been being put in charge of the police force of a city.

 

You could imagine a global corporation today being put in charge of like “debt”, I don’t know, something like that, or healthcare, or policing, education. And literally they are the authority! It’s not just that they are a supplier in that sector. It’s that they’ve taken over the government. Like in the same way that Twitter has taken over the public square, and so forth.

 

But I think they’re going to probably spread this out from social media to, well reality. I wouldn’t be surprised if, …

 

[69:01]

 

Hugh (OTO): It’s happening! It’s happening already.

 

Woes: Yeah. Yeah, what you’re saying, you know, because these people are so obsessed with language the neoliberal elites, whatever you want to call them, the people that are really running things, maybe you call them capitalists. I mean, fair enough.

 

It’s so easy for them to adopt the language and just carry on the mechanisms that are making them money. So they can keep exploiting child labour in Pakistan, and meanwhile talk about how they’re fighting “systemic racism” and bringing “gender equality” to the workplace! It really is about language I think.

 

I was talking to you about this the other day when we were chatting about Derrida [an Algerian jew], the postmodernist philosopher, right? And he had this thing, nothing, what is the quote? I got a penned down here. Yeah:

 

“There is nothing outside of text.”

 

So text is shaping reality.

 

Woes: Here we fucking go!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah, well I mean, okay to you and I, this is kind of retarded, [laughing] because we think of, like a word. Like I don’t know “bottle”. If I say “bottle” we think that that is a real thing! That it exists ontologically, right. Bottles exist.

 

But he will say, well, he’ll say several things. First of all, about any word you could think of he’ll say first of all, that there’s a duality. So there’s like a word in itself it has no meaning without its opposite. There’s no, “up” means nothing without “down”, or “on” means nothing without “off”. And with prepositions this works quite well. What’s the opposite of a “hat”? I don’t know what the opposite of a hat is.

 

But anyway, then they’ll talk about there’s the “signifier” and the “signified”. So when I just mentioned “bottle” to you, right, and you’ve got an idea in your head. So you’ve got the “signified” I gave you. The “signifier” which is the word, and you’ve got the “signified” in your head, which is your image of a bottle. And maybe I’m thinking of this plastic bottle here, but you were thinking of a totally different bottle!

 

Woes: Aaahhh!

 

Hugh (OTO): Oh! Words are meaningless! Words are meaningless! Meaning is subjective! But then there’s also, this is quite a clever one though. If you were to look up. Hold on, I’ll get the definition of bottle up. All right, okay, bottle:

 

“A container typically made of glass, or plastic, and with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks, or other liquids.”

 

Okay? So we’ve got the definition. Now let’s say we didn’t understand any word in that definition. So we would then go to the dictionary and we would look up those words. And then we would get more words to describe that word. And then we’d look up all of those words. And then we get more words, and we’d look up all of those words.

 

And we could go on, and on, and on, and on, until the word “bottle” would re-emerge! And hence bottle is, it’s meaning, is reliant on all these other words that are connected to it. It’s connected to, ..

 

Woes: Just imagine how fucking annoying it would be to be stuck on a desert island with Jack Derrida! [loud laughing] Can you imagine that?

 

Hugh (OTO): Because, you know, doing this like little mental mind game though, they’re able to say that basically, words in and of themselves don’t really have meaning out in the real world. It’s within the text! It’s within the text, itself! And so therefore like, because we’ve already established that your interpretation of text is subjective, it’s all just discourse. And you read it and you imagine something different from everybody else so it’s subjective.

 

And therefore knowledge is situated in the time and a place, and how you read it. In England, in the year 2020 will be different from how somebody read it in 1900. And in, I don’t know, whatever.

 

[73:08]

 

Woes: Yeah, go on, yeah.

 

Hugh (OTO): I know I mean, it would be in the minutia right? But therefore there’s no universal truth! There’s nothing universal! And all of reality is actually constructed socially, via text. And I think when we talk about antifa, they’re heavily influenced by this!

 

Same with the trans movement. Derrida said like the connection between words. Like if you’ve got “bottle” and you’ve got “glass”, “structure”, and you could connect them. And those connections between would be, he called it “differance”, right? Like “difference” but with an “a”. And he said:

 

“Maybe the meaning is along those lines. And we need new words to fill those voids.”

 

So like “cisgendered”, or like “non-binary”, or like this. And he said:

 

“It was highly problematic that we privileged certain words over others. Like we privileged “presence” over “absence” and things like this. Again a lot of the words that are used very commonly today by the Left.”

 

And his method of critique was called “deconstruction”. That’s what he called it. And you hear this all the time:

 

“We need to deconstruct systems of privilege!”

 

You hear all this stuff. So it’s very, very important. You go to a restaurant and they’re serving you a “deconstructed burger”, or whatever! You know, he’s in pop culture.

 

But you look at someone like antifa, they’re not really communist anymore. Yes, there’s the bent of it. But it’s all about language shaping reality.

 

Like, if you misgender Ellen Page, that’s a big fucking deal! Because how we write about now, Elliott Page, you know, this girl right who was in Juno [2007 film], who is now a man, whatever, called Elliot. If people don’t know, movie star, weirdo., you know, thought that the justice similar thing was legit. Like cried about that on TV. Like total fucking loopy Lefty. Yeah it just looks like a damaged child, to be frank!

 

Anyway, if you misgender, you know, actually as long as we all use the Right language for her, then she does become a man, epistemologically. Because it’s all relative anyway. So as long as we say the words, as long as we write the words, then we shape society, then we shape reality. And therefore collectively we could just make her a man.

 

And you might remember that scene, I know it’s cliche to bring up 1984, but when Winston is in room 101. And he says, the guy who’s torturing him I forget the guy’s name, but he said:

 

“Yeah, I could float to the ceiling in my chair right now.”

 

And Winston says:

 

“That’s impossible!”

 

He says:

 

“No actually, if everybody says I float to the ceiling in my chair, it happened, then that’s history. If it gets written that’s truth!”

 

And this is really the game that they’re kind of engaged in. It’s just:

 

“Make it up! Sing it in chorus! If anybody says the wrong thing, beat them up! And prioritize language above all else, because there’s nothing outside of text!”

 

Woes: I don’t want to contradict you too much. But I think that, it’s been a long time since I read 1984. But I think what O’Brien says is:

 

“If everyone believes that I floated to the ceiling, then it happened, then it’s reality.”

 

Hugh (OTO): Contradict me all you like! [chuckling]

 

Woes: But yeah, I’m just interested, because it’s a sort of prototype of what you’re talking about. Where it actually requires people to believe it, whereas by the time of Derrida, it just requires that we say it, is the case!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yes.

 

Woes: And then it becomes the case. Then everyone just will believe it, because it is the case! It is the truth! I mean, that is, …

 

[77:08]

 

Hugh (OTO): With Derrida though, I just want to make one very quick point. I don’t know that he meant it to go this far! I started reading his book on grammatology. It’s a very difficult book to read. I thought it was a retard, because I couldn’t understand it. Well, I was finding it very difficult to read. And then I watched the Yale lecture and the guy was like:

 

“It’s really difficult to understand.”

 

And I was like:

 

“Oh! You’re professor at Yale and you found it hard, all right. I don’t feel too bad about myself!”

 

But anyway, I don’t know if you meant it to go this far. I feel like if you told him his ideas were being used to chemically castrate young boys, I don’t know that he would be entirely on board. He was definitely a liberal. But, I don’t know how liberal! [laughing] Yeah, I don’t know if we go that far! And I think that they’ve taken his ideas, midwits, have probably taken his ideas to this possible conclusion.

 

Woes: It’s possible that ideologues and, you know, destroyers have taken the ideas of a curious, inquisitive, fluffy, woolly minded, intellectual, and weaponized them. Because another one was, I think it was Gramsci Antonio, I think it was him. One of the Frankfurt School was apparently shocked when he saw the hippie movement. He saw the students outside his university, you know, being layabouts, and so on. And he thought:

 

“That’s not what we were all about in the Frankfurt School! This isn’t what we wanted. It’s not what we were building towards. But it’s what it has become.”

 

And now again I’m not trying to defend the Frankfurt School, or let them off with anything. I’m just saying it’s an example of a sort of high-minded intellectual [Really? Not subversive? — kat] whose ideas become, well, weaponized.

 

Hugh (OTO): Right, well Marx wanted zero states, right? A stateless society. I don’t think Stalin was what he envisioned at all.

 

Woes: Yeah.

 

Hugh (OTO): I mean, his ideas are wack, you know, there’s no two ways about it. They’re crap! He doesn’t understand human beings, as far as I’m concerned.

 

But, like you can see logically now, with the perspective of history, but in hindsight you can see how it led to that, because his ideas were so rubbish. But yeah, I think he probably would have been horrified to see, like Ukrainians exterminated. I don’t think that was his intention. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe other people in chat can correct me there? But I don’t think.

 

Woes: So yeah, I’m sure. Yeah he’s gonna be a more complex, … I don’t think he was just a genocidal maniac.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah.

 

Woes: Probably. I don’t think he was a very nice guy at all. But I don’t think he would have approved of what happened. But yeah, so I guess, I probably should be wrapping this one up. Which seems ridiculous, because we only started an hour 15 minutes ago, an hour and 20 minutes ago, although I’ve been absent for several of those minutes. And I do apologize again.

 

I guess I would ask, I mean, there’s just so much that we could talk about. We’ve been skating over this at a very rapid pace! There’s so much to be said.

 

Hugh (OTO): It has felt quite frantic, I’ll be honest [laughing] it has felt like:

 

“We’re on! Millenniyule! First guest!”

 

Woes: Well I should actually, because there were many things that I wanted to see at the start. I should have made a list! Because one of the things I wanted to say at the start was usually Sargon opens Millennial. That’s been a tradition for the last, because this is the sixth Millennial, …

 

The first one was in 2015, and he gate crashed the very first one. And so ever since I thought it would be funny, and fun, for him to open it every year. So he had the first stream every year. And this year I asked him, and he said:

 

“No.”

 

But I want to make it clear that it wasn’t, because he said that he didn’t like it. He said that he felt bad saying no, but that he now has five employees, plus his family, depending on him for his income. So he didn’t think it would be sensible to risk that.

 

[81:13]

 

Hugh (OTO): Well clearly it was censorship.

 

Woes: Oh, Yeah, it’s the censorious climate on YouTube that is the reason. And yeah, that was I think a respectable reason to give. Because after all, I mean, everyone does have to think about practicalities. So I just wanted to put that out there, because it’s not like he just blanked me, or gave me some bullshit reason, or whatever. So I want to make that clear to people. So don’t go after Sargon. I mean, who knows, maybe next year the situation will be different.

 

But that does bring us back to what we were saying earlier. Do you think that if, okay predictions! We may as well wrap up on that. Do you think that Trump is going to win? Or do you think that Biden is going to be, ..

 

Hugh (OTO): Oh god! Don’t do that to me! I don’t know! Fuck, I don’t know mate. I think, I don’t want to demoralize people. No. I don’t think Trump’s gonna win. That’s my honest, it’s my honest take. I don’t think, I don’t know that, but that is what they want me to think, you know? That’s what they want me to think, it’s game over! I’m not sure where this big thing is? You know, I’ve got a mate who, oh fuck, I can’t even repeat what he says. Because he’s just like:

 

“Military tribunals will be taking place, within two weeks.”

 

And it’s martial law, and Trump’s gonna win! And I don’t see it! I don’t see it! I don’t see martial law! I don’t know mate, yeah. What do you think? Is Trump’s going to win?

 

Woes: I did think so until about a week ago. And then it just seemed, … I don’t know I can’t remember what it was that made me switch. But I think, at this point, it does seem like fate is closing in on this. And yeah, I don’t know! I hope he wins. But I think he’s probably going to lose. Unless something changes, something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks.

 

[83:17]

 

Hugh (OTO): The power he’s up against! The forces he’s up against. Extraordinary power! It’s they were happy enough to take the speed bump. I think they want the show to be over.

 

And it’s like, how much support does he truly have? The Conservatives on the whole are cucks! The Left are obviously against him. The military are they with him? Maybe 65, 70 percent are. So it’s like, what can he actually do? What can he pull off. And what are the consequences of him actually winning for the United States? Is it even the best thing now?

 

Because imagine if he takes power. What’s going to happen to America in terms of like who will work with America? Who will trade with America? Like what’s the UK going to do? Is Boris Johnson going to abandon that relationship? What’s France going to do? What’s Japan going to do? It’s like it might not even be necessarily the best thing. Because it’s going to be discredited across the board, at least in public discourse, as being this guy’s a tyrant! This guy’s, he’s become the dictator we warned you about.

 

Woes: Yeah.

 

Hugh (OTO): I’m not sure that’s even necessarily that good for Americans. How much will they have to suffer if Trump wins? And, you know, relative to the suffering under Biden, I don’t know, though. We have no idea how crazy Biden would be. How far, I mean, Biden it doesn’t even seem like he knows what’s going on! So who’s running the show?

 

Woes: And then the other thing there is, is that he probably wouldn’t, going by the look of things, he probably wouldn’t actually be the President for long. Like a year, or two, and then Kamala takes over. And at that point you’re in, you know, it’s SJW world at that point.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah. And it’s like full-on globalist world! Which I think would happen even if Biden is still there. But don’t you think like Sam Hyde said:

 

“They’ll hit him with the heart attack gun!”

 

The freak accident! [laughing] he’s got bye-bye. He killed by Covid!

 

Woes: Bye! Bye! Bye!

 

Hugh (OTO): He’s out of the scene now that now they’ve taken over. But I’m like, I find it impossible to predict politics now. It’s so much crazier! And every time I talk to you I feel like we go:

 

“God! It’s really fucking crazy now!”

 

We live in a, you always used to say:

 

“We live in a fucking mad house!”

 

[laughing] And it’s like it’s gone beyond, it’s like when in spinal tap, when they say:

 

“Well, we’ve got it up to 11!”

 

You know, it’s like we’re on 15 now, or something. I don’t know where we are. But things are just beyond anything I could have foreseen a year ago. It’s nuts now! It really is.

 

Woes: Yeah, it really is. I remember in 2008 thinking that with the Parliamentary expenses scandal, I thought:

 

“Surely the British are going to revolt.”

 

[86:36]

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah [laughing]

 

Woes: I really thought that I thought:

 

“Surely it’s gonna happen now!”

 

I mean, all the shit that’s going on in the country and I was concerned about other issues, … Well, yeah issues that I’m still concerned about now.

 

But I was, yeah concentrating on immigration then, and things like that, and the loss of civil liberties, and so on. And I thought, surely the Parliamentary expense, that exposes the system is completely corrupt! The establishment is useless now! No, nothing happened!

 

And then the Rotherham Report in 2014. Nothing happened. The migrant crisis in 2015. Nothing happened. And now this. That’s the British context. And it just goes, it just gets crazier, and crazier!

 

But then in America! I mean, it just sounds, … Like I don’t know how Americans, I don’t want to black pill them. I mean, it’s not like they’re that much worse than us, it’s just, I think it’s louder, over there, than it is over here. I think it’s a bit quieter. But it’s the same insanity.

 

It’s just that in America you have like, you know, street gangs of antifa and BLM literally intimidating people in their homes, on their streets, and their businesses, torching businesses. I mean, it’s just insane. And I remember someone said, I think it might actually have been Kamala, who said the rioting will go on even after the election, and it should do!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah.

 

Woes: Yeah, protests, protests, yeah. So again, I mean, that’s our President, probably going to be the President, if not, well she’s definitely the fucking Vice President of America, saying widespread protests, involving rioting, murder, looting, arson, it should go on, and on! [loud laughing] I mean, that is absolutely insane! There’s no, I cannot think of anything like that remotely like that in my lifetime!

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah. You got to fight till all the injustice is gone! You gotta burn down all the businesses until everyone’s equal! You know, make everyone “equal”! Yeah, it’s gonna be done.

 

Woes: All right, okay. Well on that bombshell, let’s wrap this one up.

 

So, well this has been fun. I’m so sorry about the delay at the start. And I’m sorry about my technical, the modern cutting out twice. Very annoying. But nonetheless I think this has been an exciting, and interesting, and very fast-paced discussion.

 

So Hugh, thank you very much for opening Millenniyule 2020!

 

Hugh (OTO): Mate, it’s absolute pleasure. Yeah, I’ll be back next year.

 

Woes: And I should say that, because people were asking that you haven’t put up many videos on YouTube this year, rather like me.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah. Not even seven months I think, I haven’t published. I would say subscribe to me on Bitchute. I will be putting up content there.

 

Woes: Yeah. Hugh is another one like me who feels that it’s just a minefield putting stuff up on YouTube nowadays.

 

Hugh (OTO): It really is.

 

Woes: You put one up on Bitchute the other day. And also you’re very active on Telegram, it’s worth saying.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah, I am, yeah.

 

Woes: Again people really should get onto Telegram, because it’s a fantastic platform. And people who aren’t that active on YouTube anymore a lot of us are very active on Telegram. So I think that like daily stuff, daily commentary. I’ve been doing voice notes, I’ve been doing essays. I’ve been doing all sorts on there. And polls as well. I quite enjoy that. So yeah, that’s something that people should do. So excellent!

 

Well, thank you very much Hugh, On the Offensive. And I hope to see you again next year, or hopefully before then. And well, god knows where the world will be by then. But anyway.

 

Hugh (OTO): Yeah! [laughter] who knows? But Merry Christmas everyone! Try and enjoy it.

 

Woes: Okay, all right. Excellent On the Offensive. And I’ll see you in about five minutes with the Writer’s Block Crew. So all right see you then. Bye bye for now.

 

[90:49]

 

 

 

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See Also:

 

Millennial Woes with Morgoth on Brexit — Jul 2, 2016 — TRANSCRIPT

A Woes By Any Other Name — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes – To Be a Man in 2017 – Speech at Erkenbrand dinner — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes – One Hour from Now – Speech to Erkenbrand — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes’ Millenniyule 2017 No. 66 – Morgoth — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes – The Passion of Jordan Peterson – Speech to Blue Awakening — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes at the Scandza Forum, Copenhagen – Oct 12, 2019 — TRANSCRIPT

Millennial Woes – Millenniyule 2019 – Daughter of Albion – Dec 28, 2019 — Transcript

Millennial Woes – The Strife of Tongues – Nov 30, 2020 — Transcript

 

 

Millennial Woes – Millenniyule 2020 – John Waters – Dec 22, 2020 — Transcript

Millennial Woes – Millenniyule 2020 – On the Offensive – Dec 15, 2020 — Transcript

Millennial Woes – Millenniyule 2020 – Dangerfield – Dec 21, 2020 — Transcript<

Millennial Woes – Millenniyule 2020 – The Jolly Heretic – Dec 29, 2020 — Transcript

 

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Freddie: Hello and welcome! You’re watching Lockdown TV from Unheard. Throughout this pandemic we have been bringing you interesting and influential thinkers to help us understand what’s really going on in this world. Today we have a very special guest. Joining us from Australia is Malcolm Turnbull. And hello Malcolm! Can you hear me?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Hello Freddie! I certainly can. I can hear you and see you.

 

Freddie: Very good! So Malcolm Turnbull was two times leader of the Australian Liberal Party, Prime Minister of Australia between 2015 and 2018. And his book “A Bigger Picture” is out. Now so lots we’d like to talk to you about. But let me start with something a little bit closer to our home. Yesterday we had the fourth consecutive day of protests. And in this case the University of Oxford was the center. And students there were demanding that a statue of Cecil Rhodes in one of the colleges must be taken down, and chanting:

“Rhodes must fall!”

 

So, you went to Oxford. You were actually a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Must Rhodes fall?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well I’m not a fan of tearing down statues. I can see that there are situations where you could reasonably relocate a statue. And, you know, replace it with one, a monument that is more relevant, or contemporary. But I think that everyone’s history has got plenty of heroes who, heroes and villains, and people who had both heroic and villainous aspects to their lives and work, but who were nonetheless very important figures. So, you know, statues and monuments are a form of propaganda. They’re a form of political speech at the time. But, you know, you can’t erase, you can tear down a statue, but you can’t tear down the history.

 

Freddie: What do you make of the “Black Lives Matter” movement more generally? It’s hit Australia as well.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Yeah.

 

Freddie: There’s been wide-spread protests in Australia. And will you be “taking the knee”?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well I haven’t had the opportunity to “take the knee”. But I certainly support, you know, action being taken to eliminate discrimination on the basis of race. All my life I’ve stood up for and, you know, equality and mutual respect, equality before the law, a mutual respect for people of different races, religions, you know, ethnic backgrounds, and so forth.

 

I mean, Australia, far from perfect, nonetheless is in my view the most successful multicultural society in the world. And while there are plenty of people in politics and in the media who want to divide the country and turn one part of the country against another, I’ve always stood for mutual respect and the inclusiveness that is absolutely critical to maintain a successful multicultural society.

 

Freddie: Let me ask you about China, if I may. You are thought of as a kind of moderate liberal. Just so people who are viewing understand the Liberal Party in Australia is roughly equivalent to the Conservative Party in the UK. Now you are sort of in the moderate wing of that. But one issue that your thought of as kind of hawkish over, is China. And what is it that you’re most worried about? What’s the worst case scenario that we need to avoid?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: I don’t know where “hawkish” is the right term. I would say I’m very clear-eyed and pragmatic in terms of dealings with China. I’ve had a lot to do with China over the years, from doing mining deals. I set up the first Sino-Western mining project in China in the mid 90s. So I’ve had a lot to do in both business and in government, politics in China. You know, our son is married to a Chinese woman, so two of our four grandchildren called me “Yer Yer”. So, you know, and two of our four grandchildren are among the nearly one and a quarter million Australians of Chinese heritage. So China is, and Chinese people are family for Australia! And in the case of my family in a very literal sense!

 

[04:37]

 

But, the reality is that China, the government of China has changed it’s approach in recent years. It’s been very forceful in asserting it’s claimed rights in the South China Sea. It increasingly resorts to very bellicose rhetoric! We’ve seen examples of that recently, some very bullying rhetoric. And from our point of view, our simple proposition is we respect China and it’s sovereignty. And we expect China to respect ours. So we don’t want to see any country, including China, it doesn’t matter how big, or small they are frankly, interfering in our affairs. And as far as 5G is concerned, because we were the first government in the West to be very plain that we would not have what we called “high risk” vendors in our 5G system. Which in practical purposes meant Huawei and ZTE. The proposition is simply this. We’re not saying that Huawei is doing, is spying for China! We’re not making that assertion. At all!

 

However, the reality is that Huawei and ZTE, if they are required to, will have to support and basically do, whatever the Chinese intelligence services ask them to do. That is a given! I mean, anyone that denies that is honestly in la-la land! So that’s the reality.

 

So the question is, do you want to have such a key part of your technological landscape, one of the, probably the most important enabling technology in this whole internet of things, your 5G system. Do you want to have that in a situation where it could potentially be vulnerable and could be interfered with, or it could be interrupted, or disrupted in some way by a vendor who you know will be required to do the bidding of a foreign government? Which foreign government is increasingly, frequently, resorting to threats and bullying!

 

I mean, we’ve had now in two instances, in two years. The Chinese ambassador in Australia openly saying that he objects to things that Australian government is doing and that there will be adverse trade consequences! And then they say:

 

“How unreasonable of you to think that we would ever do something as mean as meddle with your telecom system!”

 

You’ve got to say:

 

“Well hang on, you’re using the language, you’re using bullying language!”

 

And you got to remember, Freddie, that a threat is the combination of “capability and intent”. Capability can take decades to put in place, or may never be able to be put in place. But intent can change and a heartbeat! So if you’ve got, you know, you’ve got to think very carefully about what capabilities you want to put into the hands of other parties. Particularly other nation states, which may not always be benignly disposed towards you.

 

Freddie: So we’ve had this in the UK as, you know. A big decision as to whether to allow Huawei into our 5G network. I know that you spoke to Teresa May, spoke to Sajid Javid. And you lobbied them quite hard to say no to Huawei. And then they went ahead anyway! Were you disappointed by that?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well I was surprised, frankly. Because all of the “Five Eyes” have got access to the same technical advice. But I think that was a trade off. I assume a political trade off. Assuming that they wanted to accept a certain amount of risk, rather than offending a potentially important economic partner. I think, if I may. Say so, I think we handled it the right way. Look, ultimately the British government’s got to make it’s own decisions, and it’s perfectly capable of doing. So but I think most people in the “Five Eyes”, Signals Intelligence world, would say that Australia has taken a more prudent approach.

 

Freddie: Although it looks like they’re coming around to your way of thinking. Since the coronavirus the pressure on the Prime Minister to reconsider the Huawei involvement has increased. And it looks like he is moving on it. And he’s even talking about this alliance of Western nations to develop our own 5G capability. Which I think is an idea you pitched?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Yeah. Well, I mean, you’re right, Freddie. I mean, this is a argument I’ve been making for some time. I first made it in Washington, and in London in 2017, you know, that it is passing strange, you would say, that if you are a telco and you want to acquire 5G capabilities, you’ve currently got four vendors. Two of them are Chinese, Chinese companies, and therefore subject to direction, under Chinese law, from Chinese intelligence agencies. And the other two are Scandinavian, Nokia and Ericsson. Samsung is trying to develop those capabilities from South Korea.

 

But what is extraordinary is there wasn’t a British company, an American company, a Canadian company, an Australian company, and so forth. Or, you know, French, Japanese. So it’s the leadership on wireless has been lost by the Five Eyes nations, in an “absence of mind”, much as the British Empire was supposedly acquired.

 

Freddie: Do you think there’s any danger, or is it a likelihood, … People talk about us being in a new Cold War situation.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Hmm.

 

Freddie: And with kind of America and China being these two big poles. Do you think there’s any chance of this “Cold War” heating up?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: . I don’t think any need for this confrontation to become any more intense. President Trump is dialing it up at the moment for electoral reasons, obviously. And to distract from his own failures with respect to the coronavirus. I mean, you can’t get around it, that the American experience is probably, is still the worst, is now the worst in the developed world. The UK being, I would think, a runner-up in that regard. And while there may well have been, you know, bureaucratic, administrative denial, even cover-ups in China, at the outset, the fact is that there are other countries which became aware of the virus at the same time as the United States did, that handled it much better! That’s a reality, right? That’s a political reality! It’s not a partisan comment at all!

 

So Trump got a vested interest in trying to point as much blame in China’s direction. He does take a very rather risible approach to China. He feels they’ve been cheating on trade, and espionage, and so forth. And while his arguments are often coated in a lot of rhetoric and exaggeration, they’re some strong points there. I mean, ideally the trade playing field between China and the United States should be level. You should have fair trade, as well as free trade. And that’s been one of the things the Americans have grappled with. But there’s certainly no justification for getting into hostilities!

 

And I frankly think the Chinese response, at the moment their so-called “wolf-warrior” diplomacy is completely counterproductive! I mean, while Trump is being erratic, and bellicose, and unsettling friends and foe alike, rather than China emulating that, they’d be better off being quite the reverse, wouldn’t they? You know, being consistent, and measured, and patient, and not overreacting, but under-reacting. I mean, the overreaction to the Australian Government’s call for there to be an independent inquiry into the virus and it’s origins and responses to it, is really that, … It was ludicrous!

 

Freddie: Hmm.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: I mean, that was one, someone in Beijing should have said:

 

“Look, maybe these guys are going along with Trump but, you know what? We’ll just let that one go through to the keeper — to use a cricketing metaphor — and we’ll just say; ‘Yep, we look forward to there being a full and open review by the World Health Organization.”

 

And not rise to the bait.

 

Freddie: Isn’t the reason we’re in this situation, with these heightened tensions, precisely, because politicians, such as yourself, felt that the world should operate on kind of pragmatic business principles. And there were sort of liberal conservatives around the world feeling the same. And that we should bring China into the world trading system, we should have open borders, and we should focus on international trade. And China would liberalize. All of that. And it’s sort of proven not to be the case. Isn’t there a naivety in thinking that the world can ever be so pragmatic?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: China’s growth has been a plus for everybody. There’s always tensions from the rising power, you know, this is the so-called “Thucydides Trap” that Graham Allison* popularized. But, as long as people keep their heads, and are respectful, and play by the rules, then you can avoid falling into that trap.

 

[* Allison, Graham, 2017, “Destined For War: Can America and China escape Thucydides’s Trap”]

 

[15:01]

 

The point that Thucydides makes in the first chapter of his history where he goes through all of the reasons the war started between Athens and Sparta. And the Corinthians are doing this, and the people in Kirker [sp] were doing that, and the people in Epidamnus were doing that. But then he says:

 

“Look, the real reason was that the Spartans were anxious about the rising power of Athens. And that’s what triggered the war.”

 

But the more pertinent book, is book five, where the Athenian ambassadors go to the little island of Melos, you know, the independent island of Melos, which says:

 

“We just want to stay neutral.”

 

And they have this great debate led by [word unclear] head of the Athenian ambassadors. And the Athenians finally lose their patience with the Melians, and they say:

 

“Look you can rattle on about justice as much as you like. But, you know, as well as we do, that in the real world justice is found only between equals in power. As for the rest, the strong do as they will and the weak suffer as they must!”

 

And that’s what we reject! So we reject that in Australia. And we reject it in the region, because we say:

 

“Might is not right!”

 

We demand that our sovereignty is respected, just as we respect others. And that’s ultimately what is that stake here. We have to ensure that the rule of law, the international rule of law, is maintained, and the strong are not able to do as they will.

 

Freddie: So you’ve been at the sort of hot center of some internecine struggles within the Right of Australian politics. Do you think there are lessons to be learned from that for conservatives in the UK and in the US? I mean, let me start with the UK.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Yeah.

 

Freddie: There was one particular feature of your long-standing struggle with Tony Abbott — this was something you write about in your book — where he was overly dependent, so you thought, on a particular aide, the lady Peta Credlin, and lots of his colleagues wanted him to get rid of her, but he kept on to her. And that was actually part of his downfall. Clearly we have something a little bit similar going on with Boris Johnson and Dom Cummings. Do you read a parallel there? And are there warnings for Boris Johnson?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well, I mean, Abbott was, as I say, in the book, I’ve never known a person in a leadership role more dependent on another, as Abbot was with Credlin. I mean, he felt she had created him effectively as Prime Minister. And she certainly felt, believed, she had too. And it was a very odd relationship. Certainly the relationship between Boris, whom I do know, and Dominic Cummings, who I don’t, appears to be very close, … The episode with the drive to Castle Barnard, or Barnard Castle. And going for a drive to check your eyesight! I mean, that seems a pretty wild, [chuckling] I mean, that seems like a pretty wild thing to do! So it was a, … Yeah, well I mean, clearly, …

 

Freddie: What’s the warning? Do you think it’s a danger for any politician to be overly reliant on staffers?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: We all rely, in politics, everyone relies on their staff, on their advisors. You can’t, you know, the Prime Minister can’t just sort of get up in the morning and then single-handedly run the nation. So there’s, you know, it’s a team effort. But it is very important that the Prime Minister is not seen as being in effect under the dominion of another. Because then people say:

 

“Well hang on! We voted for him, not for the advisor!”

 

So I don’t know whether that’s how people are seeing Boris Johnson. But they certainly, [that’s] how they saw Abbott. They, people absolutely saw Credlin’s running the country! And that definitely undermined Abbott. So, I had very good advisors for over many years. Some of whom were with me for pretty much all the time I was in politics. But there was never any doubt as to who was making the final decisions. That, of course, was me.

 

Freddie: So the kind of currents in British politics, and Australian politics, are quite parallel, I think. You know, you have this kind of Liberal, Tory, kind of agenda which is very much sort of global, it’s business focused, it’s pragmatic.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Hmm.

 

Freddie: Critics would call it “neoliberal”. And then there are these more nativist, more nationalist kind of elements. Which one is dominant, do you feel? And which one do you think Boris Johnson really belongs to, in his heart?

 

[20:00]

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well, you know, the secrets of Boris Johnson’s heart are known, well I don’t know how many people they’re known to, but they’re certainly not known to me! But I would say he’s one of the less enigmatic political leaders, I would think would be fair to say.

 

Look! I mean, the reality is that, as I always say here, most people who claim in politics to be conservatives nowadays, wouldn’t know the difference between Edmund Burke* and Tony Burke! Tony Burke being a well-known Labour politician here. And a lot of people who are called “conservatives” are the absolute antithesis of conservative!

 

[* Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750. Source: Wikipedia]

 

There is a lot of right-wing, nativist, populism, flying around! Which is radical in the sense that it does not respect established institutions, and certainly has no interest in the continuity of them. Now, you know, Trump is clearly not a conservative! Whatever he is, he’s not a conservative! That’s ludicrous to describe him as such! Boris, you’d be better able to draw a bead on him, than me. You know, the one thing you’ve got a hand to him, is that he is very thoughtful and well-read! He probably, you know, he probably flashes his classical studies, to a great effect. But I think he has a keen interest in British political philosophy. And, of course, within that conservative tradition in Britain, you’ve got a lot of scope!

 

If you look at the way, say Quintin Hogg described conservatism, in that great little book he wrote just after the Second World War, “The Case for Conservatism”, he talks about the practical patriotic aspects of British conservatism. Which, I think, Boris could quite legitimately place Brexit, and all that goes with it, within that tradition.

 

But ultimately what is most dangerous is when people who purport to be conservative start undermining and attacking the rule of law! You see it happening all the time in the United States! I mean, the attacks on the judiciary! And the sense that the arguments that the President is essentially unaccountable, all of these cases are going on in the courts. It’s quite a different environment. Of course, it’s important to remember just from a historical point of view, that the United States presidency was modeled on a British monarch, not on a British Prime Minister! In the days when the monarch actually, you know, had real executive power. So it’s a very different system.

 

I think in Australia, in the UK, we look at the US and we don’t fully appreciate how very different a political system it is. But. It’s one of the oldest democracies in the world, and that says a lot for it’s durability. But it’s really being put under stress at the moment, because of attacks on established institutions, putting established institutions under stress, and, of course, this point about division. This is the thing that Jim Mattis said about Donald Trump is absolutely fair comment! That he said in his lifetime he’s never known a President that has failed to seek to unite the country! But instead, for political reasons, is pursuing the politics of divide and conquer. That maybe successful electorally, but gee, you pay a very high price!

 

Freddie: You brought us to “The Donald”. So I’m afraid I have to ask you about that. You had a good relationship with him, apparently when you were Prime Minister. It was a pragmatic relationship. You described how you got on well. But then you call him a bully in your book. And from what you’re saying now, it sounds like you are not very positive about him.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well, I mean, Trump is a bully! Look Freddie, saying that Trump is a bully is like saying the Pope’s a Catholic! I mean, that isn’t a criticism, it’s an observation. I mean, he’s got a big, his modus operandi is that of a big, bullying, hard driving, tycoon! That’s how he’s operated. And he continues to do that in our office. You know, with supreme self-confidence, and it’s a type. And I’ve dealt with people like that before. Whether it’s Packer or, Jimmy Goldsmith, or Bob Maxwell. All of these characters, or many of them are in my book. And so yeah. I don’t think saying Donald Trump is bullying, is again, I think that is a penetrating glimpse of the obvious! And one that he would probably agree to, I think.

 

Freddie: Has your opinion of him changed? From those years to now?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: No, not at all. Look, I didn’t know Trump, I knew of him, and I knew plenty of people, we had plenty of friends in common, if you like. But I didn’t know him. I mean, like most people I thought that he would be changed by the office. That he would become institutionalized! The system would make him a more conventional President.

 

But, in fact, that expectation which I would say was almost universally held, certainly in the international community, was completely confounded. So, you know, he is the most idiosyncratic President in my lifetime! There’s really only one decision-maker in the White House, it’s him! The system has not reformed him, tamed him. He is the same guy that went in, I guess. Just a little older and he’s as determined as ever to do it in his own way. I’d say so, having said that in my dealings with him, I found him, in my dealings, to be practical, pragmatic, to listen, and to be thoughtful, right? And he was very businesslike in virtually all the dealings I had with him. And that’s a good thing.

 

But, do I agree with his policies? No! I mean, I think his policies on trade have been quite counterproductive, internationally. I think pulling America out of the Climate Treaty, the Paris Climate Treaty is a terrible mistake! Defunding the World Health Organization, even worse! I mean, part of the problem is, people will say, or they’ll think they’re criticizing Trump, by saying America has less influence in the world today, because of Donald Trump. That’s a fact! It does have less influence. But in large part it’s, because he wants to have less influence! You got to remember, Trump’s gigantic personality, it tends to overshadow everything! And including the fact that a lot of the views and positions that he represents, or speaks for, are ones that have been part of the American political landscape for a very long time.

 

I mean, he is very much in that isolationist, don’t tread on me, stay out of foreign entanglements tradition of American policy! He has essentially a dystopian view of the world. Whereas the (((neo-cons))) thought that they could make, you know, turn the Middle East into a democratic region, Trump looks at the Middle East and says:

 

“These guys have been trying to kill each other for hundreds, if not thousands of years! Nothing’s going to stop that! We’ve got a couple of vital interests we’re going to protect. One of which is the security of Israel. But beyond that, nation-building is naive!”

 

Right? Now, is that an entirely unreasonable point of view?

 

Freddie: So bearing in mind all of that, looking ahead to November, you see a reelection of Donald Trump in America?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well I think he easily could win, yeah. You know, he’s behind, and I can well understand why he’s behind. But whether Biden is going to be able to motivate enough people to get out and vote is the question. I mean, Trump has a very devoted base! And you see, this is the point, he has energized and mobilized a base, which is less than it used to be. And it was Trump who said, you know, that:

 

“He could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and still get reelected!”

 

The fundamental argument I think the Democrats will be making is that they will say:

 

“This is a referendum on Trump. You’ve got to get rid of him, this is the only way we can get rid of Trump.”

 

And they’ll say:

 

“Joe Biden is a safe pair of hands!”

 

And Trump will say, as he does:

 

“You need a tough guy to lead this country, in a tough world! We’ve got so many enemies! We’ve got internal dissent. We’ve got China. We’ve got the Europeans trying to rip us off! Everyone’s trying to rip us off! You need me, the strong man to defend you!”

 

Freddie: We’re nearly out of time!

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Okay.

 

Freddie: So let me leave you with a final question which is really, to sort of zoom out, and you’ve now left politics, you have no constituency anymore to worry about. Are you frightened about the future of the world? Do you see America weakened, China rising, there’s no firm international order? Do you worry for your children and grandchildren, what kind of future they’re growing into? How do you feel “big picture” about this?

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Well I don’t. I mean, I worry. But I’m not curled up in the corner, fretting about it. I mean, I think that the important, that there are important principles that if we stick with, we’ll be in good shape. We’ve got to respect the rule of law, both domestically and internationally. We’ve got to be absolutely, you know, we’ve got to reject racism and discrimination on the grounds of religion and other things. And speak out strongly against those who do try to create division.

 

And we have to reject the proposition that “might is right”. We have to do that domestically within our own societies, but also internationally. I think we’re in a position to do that. I think for middle powers, like Australia, and I mean, the UK is obviously a bigger country and a bigger power than Australia. But I guess we’re all middle powers, if we’re not super powers. What we’ve got to do is make sure that we work together! You’ve got to make sure that we have a common cause. And even though Britain stepping out of the EU, I think Britain should, I hope, will still be able to work very closely with the European Union on these big geopolitical issues, and continue to be a voice for the rule of law and for resisting bullies, wherever they may come from! From whatever direction they come from.

 

Freddie: Malcolm Turnbull! Thank you so much for your time! Some fascinating thoughts there. Thank you.

 

Malcolm Turnbull: Thanks freddie. Good to talk to you, and to see you.

 

Freddie: You’ve been watching Lockdown TV. That was Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia, sharing his views on everything from Donald Trump to the rise of China. I hope you enjoyed it. We’ll be back tomorrow!

 

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Published on Feb 6, 2020