Israel’s BRAZEN Attack On QATAR & Hamas Peace Negotiators!

Summary

The Jimmy Dore Show — September 12, 2025

Episode Title: Israel’s BRAZEN Attack On QATAR & Hamas Peace Negotiators!
Host: Jimmy Dore
Guests/Panel: Kurt, Nick Cruz, Zoran Mandami (clips/interview)
Running Theme: Exposing the contradictions and underlying motives of U.S. and Israeli foreign policy, the episode focuses on Israel's unprecedented bombing in Qatar during Hamas ceasefire negotiations, U.S. complicity, the collapse of diplomatic trust, and wider critiques of progressive U.S. politics.

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Episode Overview

Jimmy Dore dissects the shockwaves from Israel's airstrike on a diplomatic gathering in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas leaders—invited under U.S. auspices to discuss a ceasefire—were targeted. The conversation explores the implications for peace in Gaza, U.S.–Israel relations, regional stability, and the utter failure of diplomatic conventions. The show also pulls out the broader through-line of U.S. hypocrisy in foreign policy, a pattern of using diplomacy as bait for assassinations, and disillusionment with the supposed progressive champions in American politics.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Israel’s Airstrike on Qatar During Hamas Peace Talks

• Incident Recap:
  Israel bombed a building in Doha, Qatar, aiming to kill Hamas negotiators who had gathered to discuss a U.S.-proposed ceasefire. The strikes killed several people, including the son of a Hamas leader and a Qatari officer, but not the top Hamas officials present.
  "They were having meetings to try to end the war... and what did Israel do? They bombed it, tried to kill all the people who were there to negotiate." (Jimmy Dore, 01:00)
• U.S. Role and Contradictions:
  Qatar had hosted the Hamas representatives at the request of the U.S., with the tacit or explicit approval of both the U.S. and Israel.
  "So there is a Hamas office in Qatar, but that's at the urging of the United States to please have that office." (Jimmy Dore, 02:18)
• Timing & Political Fallout:
  The U.S. and Trump administration gave conflicting stories: the White House claimed Qatar was warned in advance, but Qatari officials said warning came only after the explosions began.
  "The attack happened at 3:46. The first call we had from an American official was at 3:56, which is 10 minutes after the attack." (Qatar Official, 08:44)

2. Diplomatic Norms Broken & Precedents Set

• Assault on Peace Negotiators:
  Attacking a diplomatic peace meeting is framed as a new low for international relations, worse even than the worst moments of medieval history.
  "Even the Mongols... understood that killing envoys was idiotic because it makes everyone less safe. And then you can never get to a peace deal." (Jimmy Dore, 18:54)
• Permanent Damage to U.S. Credibility:
  The strike signals to the world that negotiating with the U.S. (and Israel by proxy) is tantamount to signing your own death warrant.
  "Engaging in diplomacy with the United States is now worse than useless. It's actually fatal. Which is a precedent that's bad for everyone." (Arnault, via Jimmy, 17:43)

3. The “Greater Israel Project” & Destabilization Agenda

• Historical & Geopolitical Analysis:
  Dore frames the bombing and Israel's broader war posture as part of the "Greater Israel Project"—a decades-old plan to redraw the Middle East to Israel's benefit by occupying Gaza, the West Bank, and potentially other territories. "They want to take over Gaza completely and the west bank and parts of Syria, Lebanon, parts of Iran, Egypt. It's called the Greater Israel Project." (Jimmy Dore, 01:00)
• US/Israeli Pattern of Betraying Diplomacy:
  Frequent references to the U.S. using negotiations as pretexts to assassinate, with examples ranging from Iran (Soleimani) and Libya (Gaddafi) to now Qatar/Hamas. "This is becoming the Trump signature move. The same modus operandi he used with Iran, now deployed against Hamas..." (Jimmy Dore, 16:45)

4. Collapse of Trust in International Mediation

• No Safe Space for Talks:
  Analysis stresses the impossibility of peace negotiations if the fate of diplomats is assassination. "No one's ever going to enter into a peace negotiation again with the United States because they're going to fear they're going to be bombed." (Jimmy Dore, 17:38)

5. U.S. Military Imperialism & “Cartel” Justification

• Pivot to Venezuela:
  The latter third of the episode turns to U.S. military actions in Venezuela, drawing a direct parallel to Middle East interventions:
  "So now the new Hamas is now cartel..." (Jimmy Dore, 41:07)
• General Laura Richardson (U.S. Southern Command) Candidly Admits U.S. Strategic Interest:
  "It has a lot to do with national security and we need to step up our game..." (White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson, 49:33)
• Drug War as Pretext for Control:
  Dore and Kurt highlight how rhetoric about the “cartels” and drug traffickers provides cover for attempts at regime change and resource extraction.

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Progressive Disillusionment: Critiques Within Left Politics

6. Panel on “Liberal Zionism” and Progressive Sell-Outs

• Bernie Sanders’ Advice and the Zoran Mandami Dilemma
  Critiques focus on how progressive politicians water down advocacy for Palestinian rights to avoid offending Jewish constituents or the Democratic establishment. "Bernie Sanders says that Zoramdani needs to be more considerate of Jewish people's feelings when he talk about the issue of Israel at a time where Israel is slaughtering Palestinians and starving them to death." (Nick Cruz, 26:10)
• Disappointment With New Left Figures:
  Skepticism over Mandami, comparing him to Obama and AOC as figures who don’t fundamentally challenge establishment power or make real change. "No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain... I want Mandabi to be the guy he says he's got. He's not going to be that guy." (Jimmy Dore, 34:55)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Diplomatic Betrayal:
  "When the US is failing a moral test that the Mongol Empire passed, it's time to ask ourselves a few questions. So we're worse than the Mongols..." (Jimmy Dore, 19:17)
• On U.S. Imperial Consistency:
  "No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain." (Several times throughout)
• On Resource Wars:
  "Why does this region matter? Because of their natural resources. They just say it out loud." (Jimmy Dore, 51:41)
• On Progressive Figures:
  "Any true socialist leader would love to take these questions and educate people on why we should support Palestinians right to self determination. Zoran didn't do this, of course, because he is not a leader. He is a careerist who can't wait to sell you out." (Jimmy Dore reading Nick Cruz, 32:08)

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Event | |-----------|--------------| | 01:00 | Introduction to Israel's airstrike on Hamas peace negotiations in Qatar | | 02:18 | U.S. asked Qatar to host Hamas for diplomatic purposes | | 04:16 | Trump Administration's official response and spin | | 08:44 | Qatari official: U.S. warned Qatar after the attack started | | 17:38 | Discussion: U.S. now seen as untrustworthy/prone to killing negotiators | | 19:17 | "Worse than the Mongols" comparison | | 26:10 | Nick Cruz critiques Bernie Sanders, Zoran Mandami, and the progressive movement | | 34:55 | Extended riff on Democratic establishment failures | | 37:59 | Overview of U.S. global military bases and regions of intervention | | 49:33 | General Laura Richardson spells out U.S. motives in South America | | 51:41 | What U.S. policy is "really" about: resource extraction |

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Tone & Style

• Raw, profane, and direct:
  Jimmy Dore and his guests pull no punches in assigning blame and using dark humor or outright sarcasm to expose perceived hypocrisy and aggression.
• Cynical but passionate:
  The tone combines moral outrage, world-weary sarcasm, and frequent laughter at the bleak predictability of U.S. and Israeli actions.
• Deeply skeptical of mainstream narratives
  The hosts distrust official statements from the U.S. and Israeli governments or the "liberal" establishment, consistently exposing double standards.

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Takeaway

Jimmy Dore argues that Israel's bombing of peace talks in Qatar, with tacit or direct U.S. approval, is a new low in modern diplomacy—one that destroys the possibility of future negotiations and exposes the U.S. as a serial betrayer of both international law and its own promises. This pattern recurs globally, as "cartels" in Venezuela take the place of "terrorists" in the Middle East, always serving as pretexts for imperial control and resource extraction. Meanwhile, even progressive American politicians prove unwilling or unable to fundamentally oppose these agendas.

"No one's ever going to enter into a peace negotiation again with the United States because they're going to fear they're going to be bombed." (Jimmy Dore, 17:38)

Transcript

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[Jimmy Dore]

So what was happening is they were having a meeting in Qatar or Qatar, which is a huge we have the biggest military base the United States has. I think one of the biggest ones is in Qatar. And so they're a big ally of the United States. And they were having meetings to try to end the war, the Israel Hamas war. And what did Israel do? They bombed it, tried to kill all the people who were there to negotiate. That's what happened. Sources told Middle East Eye that the attack was blessed by President Trump. The Israeli military launched airstrikes in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday in an attempt to target Hamas political leadership, marking a major Israel escalation in the region that dims any hope of a ceasefire in Gaza. Cuz they don't want a ceasefire in Gaza. They want to take over Gaza completely and the west bank and parts of Syria, Lebanon, parts of Iran, Egypt. It's called the Greater Israel Project. A source told Al Jazeera that the attacks occurred while Hamas officials were gathered to discuss a ceasefire proposal. So the United States comes up with a ceasefire proposal, they get the leaders of Hamas in Qatar so that we can discuss it, and then Israel bombs them. So this is bad for the United States that this is happening, is it?

[Kurt]

We do this all the time.

[Jimmy Dore]

A member of Hamas's political bureau said Hamas's leadership survived the attack, while the son of the acting Hamas political bureau chief was killed along with several of his aides. Qatar's Interior Ministry said that the Qatari security officer was also killed in an attack Hamas later issued a statement that said none of its political leaders were killed in the attack. It said a total of six people were killed, including Al Hayy's son, four office staff and a Qatari officer. According to Israeli media, Israel warplanes dropped more than 10 bombs on a residential building where the Israelis, where Israel believed Hamas leaders were gathering an area. So this is the worst thing you could do is try to bomb diplomats as they're trying to. This is the word. This just goes to show you that Israel is the terrorist. The United States are also the terrorists enabling this and that. We don't want peace and we want to set the whole. Destabilize the whole Middle east, which is what Israel and all our wars have done. Whether it was Iraq twice, whether it was Iran in 53, whether it's Libya, whether it's Syria. Qatar has hosted hamas office since 2012, a step it took. So there is a Hamas office in Qatar, but that's at the urging of the United States to please have that office. Sources told Middle East Eye President Trump blessed the attack on Carter we which his major non NATO ally of the United States and hosts about 10,000 US troops. Although US officials speaking to other media outlets claim that the US was notified while Israel warplanes were in the air. So did they tell Trump ahead of time and he was okay with it, or did they tell Trump after they were already doing the attack? White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt later commentated the attack, saying it doesn't advance us and Israel hears. Here's what she said.

[White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson]

This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that is Israel was attacking Hamas, which very unfortunately was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar.

[Jimmy Dore]

I like how she says unfortunately. So it was just bad luck that Qatar happened to be hosting the Hamas negotiations like we asked Khadr to do. You mean that kind of. Unfortunately, unfortunately they were doing the thing we asked them to do and then Israel bombed them in the place we asked them to be.

[White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson]

Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace does not advance Israel or America's goals. However, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal. President Trump immediately directed Special Envoy Witkoff to inform the Qataris of the impending attack, which he did. The President views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States and feels very badly about the location of this attack. President Trump wants All of the hostages in Gaza and the bodies of the dead released in this war to end. Now, President Trump also spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, so that's why you have negotiations. That's why you have a Hamas negotiators in Qatar to negotiate the peace plan put forward forth by the United States. And then Israel bombs them. So you see why there's not going to be peace. It's not because of Hamas. It's because of the United States and Israel. Do you understand this? So she's still trying to pretend like this is Hamas's fault and we got to get to peace. The last thing Benjamin Netanyahu wants is peace. That's why he's bombing. The peace negotiators in an ally country. They were asked to be there by the United States negotiating a peace deal presented by Donald Trump.

[White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson]

Who after the attack, the Prime Minister told President Trump that he wants to make peace and quickly. President Trump believes this unfortunate incident could serve as an opportunity for peace. The President also spoke to the Emir and Prime Minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support in front of friendship to our country. He assured them that such a thing will not happen again on their soil.

[Jimmy Dore]

Oh, really? Oh, really? Or he's gonna. He's gonna get really mad at Benjamin Netanyahu the next time he does it. Yank. The Prime Minister of Israel said it was a wholly independent Israel operation Israel initiated. Israel conducted it, and Israel takes full responsibility. Yeah, so they're a terrorist state. That's what that. That's what they're. They're bombing peace negotiations. Trump recently issued a statement demanding Hamas accept his ceasefire proposal, which he said was his last warning for the group. Hamas responded to Trump's statement by saying it was ready to immediately enter negotiations. Okay, let's do it. The proposal that the US Put forward called for Hamas to release all the remaining Israeli captives without a guarantee for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire in the United States. And if the United States and Israel coordinated on the strike in Doha, it would mark the second time this year the two countries use negotiations as a cover for an attack. They did it in Lebanon. Israel launched the 12 day war on Iran on June 13th. Among US and Iran, nuclear negotiations two days before the US and Iran were set to hold another round of talks. The attack on Doha also has implications for the US Relationship with the Gulf Arab allies, although the fact that Israel warplanes would have had to use Arab airspace to launch the strike suggests there may have been some cooperation. Qatar said it condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly Israeli attack and said it was a blatant violation of all international laws and norms. The state of Qatar affirms that it will not tolerate the reckless Israel behavior and it continued tampering with regional security as well as any action targeting its security and sovereignty. Breaking news. Here's the Qatar Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdul Haman bin I can't say his name, says that the US warned them about the attack 10 minutes after it began, despite the White House saying they gave Qatar advance notice. Here it is.

[Kurt]

Shit.

[Qatar Official]

The attack happened at 3:46. The first call we had from an American official was at 3:56, which is 10 minutes after the attack. And after that, President Trump has spoken with His Highness the Emir. He condemned the attack and the US Government positioned that they have no knowledge about the attack nor any coordination about it until it started to happen. Now when they got the alert, when the alert has reached us. That's an information that I don't know right now. What I know that the official channels that we have with the US got notified by the US after the attack by 10 minutes.

[Jimmy Dore]

So breaking. Trump said his tip to Qatar came too late to stop the attack. Backtracking on an earlier White House claims that Doha was warned in advance, a claim Qatar has firmly denied. Trump says the decision to strike Qatar was made by Netanyahu and not by him. US President Trump said Tuesday Israel's decision Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been mediator in trying to arrange a deal for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine military group after the strike, Trump spoke to both Netanyahu and the Emir of Qatar. He assured Qatar's leader that such a thing will not happen again on their soil. And. And he said he felt very badly about the location of the attack. Trump later told reporters in Washington he was not thrilled about the Israeli strike on Qatar. Yeah, how many times are you going to say this? So let's watch the Israeli strike earlier today. Well, I'm not thrilled. I'm not thrilled about it. I don't have to do that. I'm just, I'm not thrilled about the whole situation. It's not, not a good situation. But I will say this. We want the hostages back, but we are not thrilled about the way that went down today.

[Kurt]

Slash AIRCRAFT carrier.

[Jimmy Dore]

Israel's bomb this is Jeremy Corman. Israel is bomb cotter a sovereign nation. This reckless act of escalation is a disgraceful and deliberate attempt to destroy any chances of a ceasefire. It is clear Israel has no intention of ending its campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing. End all arms sales now. Breaking China official statement on Qatar bombing. Israel's bombing of Doha is extremely dangerous and proves that there are no limits to Israelis violations of the rules. Congrats to Israel for violating Vienna Convention and state sovereignty for bombing nine countries in one year. They've bombed Palestine, Gaza and the West Bank. They bombed Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Tunisia, Portugal and Qatar. Only Israel can bomb nine countries and still be perceived as the victim. The Arabs continue to overlook a fundamental reality. Regardless of how much you cater to Israel's interests or seek peace with it, you are still viewed as nothing but goyim by the Zionist entity. The assault on Qatar exemplifies this clearly. Netanyahu says he's on a historic and spiritual mission, feels a connection to vision of greater Israel. So here it is. Is that it? Yeah, we just want peace. Yeah. They want a piece of Jordan, they want a piece of cereal, they want a piece of Lebanon.

[Kurt]

Yeah, they. I mean, this reminds me of Bill Maher laughing at Islam being the religion of peace.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Kurt]

And as it turns out, the region has a lot of that going around, ain't there?

[Jimmy Dore]

Again, the terrorists, by the way, were invented by the United States and Israel. The Al Qaeda, the ISIS invented. And now we're in bed with them in Syria.

[Kurt]

Well, Saudi Pakistan helped Saudi civilians coalition.

[Jimmy Dore]

Of the willing and you know, people like Bill Maher and Sam Harris like to pretend that it's their religion.

[Kurt]

Yeah, this is just a religious dispute. That's all it is.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes, that's. It's just a religious. No, this is the Greater Israel Project. And the people who are the homicidal terrorists is Israel and the United States. So I just told you about how Israel bombed Qatar where Hamas leaders were there trying to work on a peace deal that Donald Trump proposed. And they were there at the behest of Donald Trump in the United States. And then Israel bombed in peace meeting of diplomats trying to come to a peace negotiation. And that's because Israel are as a terrorist and they don't want any peace negotiated. That's why. And why is that extra bad for the United States? So here's why this is extra bad. So it says Israel strike targets Hamas leadership in Qatar, a Gaza war mediator. So that's. So remember that Carter agreed to host the Hamas political office in Doha and pay civil service salaries in Gaza before 2023 with the explicit support of Israel and the United States. Not because Qatar openly supports Hamas, but because everyone agreed that this was Useful to have a space to talk. So that's why there's Hamas offices in Qatar, because everyone from Israel and the United States asked Qatar to host them so we could have a space to talk.

[Kurt]

How would Bibi pay Hamas if not for Qatar? The go between bringing the briefcases of cash to Hamas to support Hamas to have Hamas attack Israel. Qatar is like not even a country. It's like one family is the whole country. They literally just do this.

[Jimmy Dore]

And so here is the Qatar prime minister confirms that the United States put the Hamas office in Doha. You have a Hamas office here. And Hamas has been designated, I think, repeatedly by the US Government and certainly by the Congress as a terror organization. And people say, well, how could you have a Hamas office here? What is that?

[Qatar Official]

We have to go back to the root of this office, like why it's here in the first place. And Hamas office, when it was opened here in the first place, it was opened with full transparency and full consultation and actually even request from the U.S.

[Jimmy Dore]

The U.S. asked you to put a Hamas office here?

[Qatar Official]

They have asked us to open the channels with them and to have an established communication channel with the same case what was applied to Taliban as well. At the end of the day, if you have a presence of someone in your country and you are engaging and talking, it doesn't mean that you are endorsing his ideas. It doesn't mean that you are supporting him. The purpose of this office was to facilitate peace, to stabilize the region, and to make sure that always it's serving the purpose.

[Jimmy Dore]

Friend of the show Ryan Grimm reports. Here's what just happened. Trump sent a peace deal to Hamas. Hamas met to discuss it in Doha, where the US Is mediating talks and has a base and Israel bombed them, presumably with US support. The strike in Doha was aimed at Hamas negotiators who were gathered to discuss Trump's ceasefire offer, according to a Hamas official speaking to Al Jazeera. Much as Trump carried out fake nuclear talks with Iran in order to kill Iranian negotiators, that might explain why Trump's offer was so short and scant on details. The whole point was to gather people together to discuss the peace offer so they could get them all together and kill him. Israel is taking credit for the attack, citing October 7th, though most of Al Doha didn't even know about 10, 7 until it happened. IDF and the ice. So this is what the IDF and ISA announced. The IDF and ISA conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization as they were at peace negotiations for years These members of Hamas leadership have led the terrorist organization's operations, are directly responsible for the brutal October 7th massacre, and have been orchestrating and managing the war against the state of Israel. Prior to the strike, measures were taken in order to mitigate harm to civilians. You know how Israel likes to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and additional intelligence. The idf, the isa, will continue to operate with determination in order to defeat Hamas terrorists. So you're not supposed to do that at a peace negotiation. This is becoming the Trump signature move. The same modus operandi he used with Iran, now deployed against Hamas, pretending he wanted to engage in diplomacy and as a trap to facilitate bombing them. So you know what this means is that no one's ever going to enter into a peace negotiation again with the United States because they're going to fear they're going to be bombed.

[Kurt]

Why did they ever. When has the United States kept a treaty that you can recall? I can't.

[Jimmy Dore]

So here's what Arnault says. He says, which reinforces the precedent. Engaging in diplomacy with the United States is now worse than useless. It's actually fatal. Which is a precedent that's bad for everyone. This is why it's bad for the United States. The US first and foremost. Not exactly in its interest to teach the lesson never negotiate with America. Because that's what this, what Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are right now teaching the world. Never negotiate with the United States because if you try to negotiate with us, we're going to bomb you and kill you.

[Kurt]

I'm going to have to put this on the world, Jimmy. Because they should have learned that from Libya and Serbia.

[Jimmy Dore]

Exactly right.

[Kurt]

The other multiple places that wanted to negotiate that we double crossed and blew up anyway. Why do they not know this at this point?

[Jimmy Dore]

So, and how bad is this? Even in medieval Europe, in the darkest days of the so called dark Ages, rulers were honor bound not to violate diplomatic immunity and common sense. Bound to, as they understood it wasn't in their interest to be known as oath breakers.

[Kurt]

You talk about Israel.

[Jimmy Dore]

Heck, even. Even the mongrels, not exactly known as sentimental humanitarians, understood that killing envoys was idiotic because it makes everyone less safe. And then you can never get to a peace deal.

[Kurt]

The Mongols, as a matter of fact, did their most brutality for the crimes Israel just committed. That's when the Mongols got real brutal for that.

[Jimmy Dore]

When the US is failing a moral test that the Mongol Empire passed, it's time to ask ourselves a few questions. So we're worse than the Mongols, we're. Again, we're the. We're the terrorists. We're the psychopaths. Don't.

[Kurt]

Israel doesn't have things like honor. I mean, just even bring up honor. We're talking about Israel here. They will do literally anything. In fact, they're proud of it. And people go, well, don't they have to do absolutely anything? And violate every single law we came up with after the Holocaust to prevent another Holocaust?

[Jimmy Dore]

Don't forget. So this is the pattern of Donald Trump in the United States. Don't forget North Korea. While he was pretending to negotiate with Kim, the civilian fishermen were killed and mutilated by Seal Team 6, even when they knew the mission had failed and there was no need to proceed. Don't forget Soleimani. You remember that the Iranian general who. Who was in Iraq for discussions with his US Counterpart on Iraq, Syria, and ISIS suffered the same fate. Don't forget Gaddafi. When he was killed, he was also negotiating with the United States to give up his biological weapons program and open up his economy to US oil companies. @ this point, it's the rest of the world, which is composed of fools who can't see the modus operandi. Regardless of the authoritarian dictatorship of these individuals. You do not break the code, the code of honor and tradition that even the absolute scum tend to follow. You do not harm envoys or diplomats or messengers, period.

[Kurt]

Yeah, we do. American Israel have done that habitually for many years.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes, I know, Kurt, but you understand that's not what I'm saying, right?

[Kurt]

I meant that guy who tweeted you.

[Jimmy Dore]

Okay?

[Kurt]

I mean, you.

[Jimmy Dore]

Mean the. Here's Rick Sanchez. Here's what he has to say happen in Doha, right?

[Kurt]

What's going on in Qatar?

[Jimmy Dore]

Here's what we know. Just like the Native Americans, just like Gorbachev, just like the Russians in the 90s, just like the Iranians. It appears that the Qataris and the Hamas negotiators were played.

[Zoran Mandami]

They were fooled.

[Jimmy Dore]

They were hoodwinked. And maybe they should have listened to.

[Zoran Mandami]

The immortal words of another famous American, right? Not just Pompeo, maybe somebody bigger.

[Jimmy Dore]

How about somebody like George Walker Bush when he said this?

[John Perkins]

There's an old saying in Tennessee. I know it's in Texas, probably in.

[Jimmy Dore]

Tennessee, that says fool me once. Shame on. Shame on you. It fooled me. We can't get fooled again, huh? Anyway, I think somehow the Qataris maybe get the picture. Sturgeon's Law says much of the world's takeaway from the US Greenlighting the assassination of Hamas political leadership during negotiations will be that negotiating with the United States and its rabid client Israel can be as dangerous as war with it. As usual, the United States pays a steep price for Israel's sake. That's exactly right.

[Kurt]

No price is too steep, Jimmy, when it comes to Israel getting every little thing that the craziest people that live there want.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yep. So. And believe me, there's a false flag coming. There's a false flag coming so that it will be understandable when something horrible happens in a major city.

[Kurt]

Well, the Samson option, if Israel's ever going to lose.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Kurt]

They're going to blow up everything around them.

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[Jimmy Dore]

Nick Cruz says I thought the entire point of the left being excited over Zoran Mandami because we wanted someone who finally speaks on behalf of Palestinians and tells the truth about Israel. This is literally not happening. 100 Palestinians are being murdered per day by Israel. Meanwhile, Zoran Mandani is running a campaign about protecting Jewish feelings. So we told you this guy Mondavi, right? So he appears like the. Remember what Barack Obama when he popped up in 2007, I thought he was going to be new and different. He wasn't. He wasn't different than George Bush. He was a continuation. He took us from two wars to seven. He kicked 5 million families out of their houses while he made sure the bankers got their bonuses. He gave us a right wing health care plan with no public option. Everybody's pay went down. Wall street got richer. He got started again. The war, the whole thing. Barack Obama was a Santa Claus for Wall street and screwed over everybody else. Just like Joe Biden. Just like Joe. So no matter who you vote for, you get John McCain, AOC again, she's also a tool of the establishment. We showed you that they would never, she would never use who leverage for force to vote. They would never do it. So here's the new guy. He's the latest guy. He's a Democrat. So that means he's going to support the Democratic Party. He's going to support Richie Torres, who's a Zion. He's going to. He's going to. So that's who he is. And our friend Nick is onto this over at Revolutionary Black Network. He's on to it. Let's Nick Cruz. Let's listen to what he has to say.

[Nick Cruz]

Bernie Sanders met with Zuramdani and told him that he needs to chill out regarding how he talks about Israel and their genocide of the Palestinian people. Bernie Sanders says that Zoramdani needs to be more considerate of Jewish people's feelings when he talk about the issue of Israel at a time where Israel is slaughtering Palestinians and starving them to death. Why is Bernie Sanders spending his time time centering the opinions of genocidal Zionists who smear Americans as anti Semitic. Zionist propagandists like Bernie Sanders are pretending that Zora Momdani is scaring the Jews even though Zuramdani won the Jewish vote. You guys also see how the liberal Zionist Bernie Sanders is legitimizing the anti Semitism hoax that is used to censor Americans. Why aren't you centering the feelings of Palestinians who family are being slaughtered while they are being smeared as being anti Semitic because they call out the crimes of the State of Israel. Zuramdani has never said globalize the Intifada. Liberals are just extremely racist and feel like that Muslims should take collective responsibility for each other's actions. Intifada just means Strong struggle globalize. The intifada means the globalized fight against Zionism in their attempts to censor us and corrupt our society. This is why we must reject liberal Zionism. Bernie Sanders pretends to emphasize with the Palestinians. But the second that the Palestinians resist their criminal genocidal occupier, Bernie Sanders wants them dead.

[Jimmy Dore]

And so this brings me to Nick's tweet. Zoran Mandami condemns Palestinian resistance and throws the Palestinian movement under the bus on msnbc. The progressive movement is an utter disgrace. So here we go.

[Zoran Mandami]

Years said and been involved in things that I've later said was misunderstood and some things that I regretted. Mrs. Coretta Scott King told me, you got to watch language. Gotta like watch what you say. Now let's talk about antisemitism. New York City is the home of the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. The mayor must build a relationship. Whoever the mayor becomes, trust in all communities of the city. The term globalized, the int FATA has become a flashpoint for Jewish New Yorkers who say they are concerned about how your views on the Israeli Gaza conflict will influence how you govern the city. You said on Meet the Press in July that's not language you would use, but you don't want to police the speech of others. But we both know words matter. The Department of Defense means something different than the Department of War. I've experienced this throughout my own civil rights career and I've had to correct myself. To deal with what people receive may not be what I meant. And words have consequences. And sometimes we need to examine our own positions to build unity. Has your personal views on the phrase of global infrattada changed since you've been running for mayor? Do you understand those that see it in a more threatening way than saying, I'm just not going to police other people's language?

[Zoran Mandami (Interviewee)]

Yes, they have. And you know, when we won the primary election, I said on that stage that I know that millions of New Yorkers care deeply about what happens in Israel and Palestine. And I'm one of those New Yorkers. And I commit to. To reaching even further to understand disagreement, to wrestle with the complexities of those differing viewpoints. Because what this city deserves is a mayor that looks not only to represent the close to 600,000 New Yorkers that voted for me, but rather the eight and a half million people that call this city home. And in the meetings that I have had since that moment, I've met with Jewish elected officials, with rabbis, with community leaders. And there was one rabbi that spoke to me about how that phrase for her brought back memories of bus bombings in Haifa, of restaurant attacks in Jerusalem. And I knew that from what she was sharing with me that she had a fear as she said that that could come home to New York City. And so in having that conversation with her, I knew that the gap between the intent that I have heard some New Yorkers share with the use of that language of calling for the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land was disconnected from the impact it was having in that same conversation I was having with that rabbi. And so I have said after having that conversation that this is language I would discourage.

[Zoran Mandami]

Now, you've been running on the platform of affordability.

[Jimmy Dore]

So there you go. So there you go.

[Kurt]

Told you so. To Russell Dobula, who I love, but the big told you so. I knew he had AOC energy off him from the start, this guy.

[Jimmy Dore]

Oh, I really. I thought that they were calling him out for his AOC energy. They're not.

[Kurt]

They might already have called it out, but initially they were. I think this could be the guy.

[Jimmy Dore]

No, I've lived through this too many times. He's gonna. The guy's gonna support Richie Torres. He's got it. He's a Democrat. He can't go.

[Kurt]

Mean it when you say Grover eyes the empanada.

[Jimmy Dore]

So here's what I thought. The. That's funny. Nick Cruz says. I thought the entire point of the left being excited over Zoran Mandami because we wanted someone who finally speaks on behalf of Palestinians and tells the truth about is. This is literally not happening. 100 Palestinians are being murdered per day by Israel. Meanwhile, Zoran Mandani is running a campaign about protecting Jewish feelings. This guy can go F himself.

[Kurt]

Yeah. Hey, well, hey, Marxist friends. It's called the dialectic. You just got dialectic.

[Jimmy Dore]

He goes on. He goes. Any true socialist leader would love to take these questions and educate people on why we should support Palestinians right to self determination. Zoran didn't do this, of course, because he is not a leader. He is a careerist who can't wait to sell you out. Zoran Mandami directly violated. No, I never heard of this. Have you heard of this? The Thawabet. Like a socialist democrat scum regularly too. So uphold the thawabad. Can you look up what the thawabit is?

[Kurt]

It sounds like jihad.

[Jimmy Dore]

It says, reject colonialism and all its manifestations. Resistance of the Zionist movement is. Is. Is a duty. Fight for liberation from the river to the sea with Al Quds as the capital of Palestine and preserve Palestine Self determination and self autonomy secure the right of return for all Palestinians. So he's saying that Zoran is not upholding this. The Thawabet. Have you found out what it is? The thaw bet is the right to resistance, the right to self determination, statehood, Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, and the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands in what is today Israel in accordance with UNGA 194. And they said this was. Palestinian National Council began this in 1970, coined this in 1977. The tha bit.

[Kurt]

You know, maybe call it something better next time. Just.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Kurt]

But also, don't trust Vivek Pastrami of left of the left.

[Jimmy Dore]

Zoran Mandami committed to use the NYPD to fight anti Semitism. And now he's running on legitimizing the anti Semitism hoax and protecting Jewish feelings, destroying this clown. Tonight he's going to do it on his show. In the same interview with Al Sharpton, Zoran Mandami also said he met with landlords so he can address their concerns. This bro is cooked and it's wild. People don't see it. I'm with Nick on this. Nick is very perceptive and I've been through this too many. Hey, I want, I want it to be true. I wanted Bernie Sanders to actually be a fighter for people. I wanted AOC to stand up to the Democratic establishment and Nancy Pelosi. I want, I wanted Barack Obama to break up the banks and give us a health care, a functioning health care system and a functioning banking system. I wanted him to do all the. He didn't do any of those things. They don't do any of those things. No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain. I want Mandabi to be the guy he says he's got. He's not going to be that guy. It's not happening. He's a Democrat. He's already prioritizing Jewish feelings.

[Kurt]

Well, he didn't take into consideration how the, by the way, genocide, I believe was the word, was invented by a Jewish lawyer after the Holocaust, not just for Jews, but for Armenians because they, they didn't have a name.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right. Okay, I think that's it for today. I have, I have two more stories to do. There's one about the Holocaust Museum of la. Well, Valet, which is just mind blowing, but I think I could. I think these two stories can wait till Wednesday.

[Kurt]

I mean, how many Holocaust museums are there, Jimmy?

[Jimmy Dore]

Right?

[Kurt]

Do you have enough exhibits?

[Jimmy Dore]

Jackie Flynn used to have the funniest joke. About? I went to the Museum of Tolerance today. I took a shit right on the floor. Nobody said nothing. It is amazing. It's amazing what they will tolerate at that place.

[Kurt]

Some comic had a joke. I don't know his name, but Marin told me about him a long time ago. He goes, you ever go through the Holocaust Museum backwards? It's way better. It's like Hitler built factories that made millions of Jews.

[Jimmy Dore]

Has Marc Maron responded to you, by the way?

[Kurt]

No. I mean, I didn't really tag him or nothing in it. I like the Saudi Arabia festival, the Riyadh Fest.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Kurt]

Did I say. This is like, to me, the funniest thing he said yet. Marc Maron, for one, hates the idea of comics being offered ridiculous amounts of the bloodiest money on the planet. Saudi money. Okay. While Marin admits he wasn't asked to attend, he likes to think he'd have turned it down. Does history not matter at all? I mean, literally, it's like the Riyadh Comedy Festival from the guys who brought you nine, 11. You interviewed Obama, you son of a bitch. He likes to think he wouldn't do it if they offered him seven figures to go to Riyadh and go tell Joe. You know, in 25 years, I've never heard of this being a problem. Going to Saudi Arabia to do comedy like, Russell Peters was not condemned for this, you know.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, it's because of Jamal Khashoggi.

[Kurt]

They're trying to sell that.

[Jimmy Dore]

I thought it wasn't. Wasn't he a he. He was an asset.

[Kurt]

Khashoggi, Turkish OSI is what I heard. Yeah, his uncle or grand uncle is Adnan Khashoggi you might have heard of.

[Jimmy Dore]

From the Epstein thing, maybe.

[Kurt]

No, they are definitely related. You could Wikipedia that. I don't know about the Turkish osi, but it stands to reason if the press gave a shit about him, he wasn't a real journalist. Look at how they treated Julian Assange.

[Jimmy Dore]

So if you're a real journalist, they don't say anything about you, like Julian Assange or Edward Snowden.

[Kurt]

If Aaron mate gets locked up, they ain't going to say shit for him.

[Jimmy Dore]

No. I want to show you this. So this is the United States. All these blue dots are United States military installations, right? This is our military bases. Look, look. Look where they are. So Venezuela's over here. We got all these military bases here, here, here, here, here, here. Look at. Look at all those. They're every.

[Kurt]

It looks like a sex offender registry.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, right. Look at that. So that's. That's the United States military bases. Right. So why do I show you this? Well, because the is now sending battleships to Venezuela. They're blowing up fishing boats in Venezuela under the guise of. We're fighting drug cartels. Now, I showed you the other day, the drugs are not coming from Venezuela. They're coming from vassal states of the United States like Ecuador, places like that. And so this is all, again, we want to steal their natural resources, which is oil. Venezuela has more oil than Saudi Arabia. And once you know that, you know why Trump is sending battleships to Venezuela, why he tried to overthrow Venezuela, Maduro, and in his first term, why George Bush did it in 2002, why President Obama. They all try to do it, no matter who you vote for. You get John McCain. And now they're doing it under the. They're just slaughtering people. So they just killed 11 people with. Without a court case, without arresting them, without anything. And J.D. vance says killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military. Okay, so now all you have to do is say, somebody's in a car, like I told you. If they can take away the rights of a terrorist, all they'll do is just call you a terrorist. So now the new Hamas is now cartel, so they decide to call you a cartel member so they can do whatever they want to you. And so he says, killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military. And I didn't know that JD Vance wants to kill the CIA because the CIA are the cartel members who poison our fellow citizens.

[Kurt]

Spare Sean Ryan, please.

[Jimmy Dore]

JD It's. And so underneath, Brian Krasnstein, who's a jagoff, says killing citizens.

[Kurt]

What is the Jag Off, Jimmy?

[Jimmy Dore]

I don't think I need to.

[Kurt]

Sustained.

[Jimmy Dore]

Oh, is it going to work, by the way?

[Zoran Mandami (Interviewee)]

Would you explain what a Jag off is? I don't think I need to, sir.

[Jimmy Dore]

I don't think I need to. Jag Off. Krasnstein says killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process, that's called a war crime. He happens to be right about that. J.D. vance says, I don't give a shit what you call it. So, wow. Rand Paul says, JD I don't give a shit. Van says killing people he accuses of a crime is the highest and best use of military. Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation? What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is. To glorify killing someone without a trial. And that's exactly what he's doing. But Ron, Ron, didn't you ever hear of Israel? You've never heard of that? Anyway.

[Kurt]

I'm going to be a lot more like Israel and a lot less not like Israel.

[Jimmy Dore]

So it's not a war crime, Kurt, when it's us in command. It's instead it's a pitch for an HBO miniseries when we do it. I hear Tom Hanks is available for work at the moment. J.D. vance has got ants in his pants when it comes to killing civilians in their civvies. So cartel members is the new Hamas. So when we disagree with someone online, they're automatically El Chapo. That's what's happening. The weirdest part is to realize that not only did the United States fund Hamas, but virtually all cartel money is also our money too. America is the most involuntarily generous nation in the world.

[Kurt]

Yeah, that's true. Well, also Venezuela, you know, there's. I don't know how many countries are between us and Venezuela that have to do what we say. It seems odd that you would go to Venezuela when any one of our many allies in South America could just block the right. Well, very strange.

[Jimmy Dore]

Very strange. But then there's these people who back it up. That's my future president. Incredible. And the Internet has been one for the day.

[Kurt]

Based on what does based mean? I would like a legal definition of that.

[Jimmy Dore]

I would also like based. Military based. I think that's what that means. How about that? So Rand Paul strikes back. Kentucky Senator Rahee tore into Vice President J.D. vance defense of the U.S. military strike on the alleged drug vessel leaving Venezuela. He called the long loved literary classic to prove his point. So I just showed you this. He was referring to Harper Lee's widely read 1960 novel, the source of a classic 1962 film. The strike ordered by the White House and announced by President Trump at a press conference last Tuesday was an escalation of the administration's brewing fight with the government of Venezuela. And the trend are a gang which it has sought to tie together. Trump said the attacks killed 11 suspected traffickers inside the administration officials say to expect more direct action. Wow. Is it really a good idea to be attacking Venezuela? I mean, what if the Ukraine war continues? We have to go beg like bitches to Maduro for oil again. Remember when we had to do that?

[Kurt]

We asked that poor guy to blow Maduro for some very sticky oil.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah. Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and Best use of our military, Vance wrote. But others in Washington question the attack's legality. Of course, they're looking for answers as to why the administration elected to fire on a cartel rather than rounding them up. And some are wary that the strike could expand the President's authority to call upon his war powers. Yeah, why not just round them up?

[Kurt]

It was just suspected, correct?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes. Not even. Not even definite. Great job, everybody. There has also been questions about details of the attack and the desire for proof that the boat itself was actually what the administration said it was. What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial. Rand Paul says. Update. Senator Bernie Marino excoriates Rand Paul for attacking J.D. vance, saying the military should be used to take out narco terrorists coming from Venezuela. What's really despicable is defending foreign terrorist drug traffickers who are directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in Kentucky and Ohio. Hey, you know who's actually direct drug dealers? It would be the Sackle family.

[Kurt]

Sackler?

[Jimmy Dore]

You mean the Sackler family? Yeah.

[Kurt]

Also Joe Biden and all the people in office that let this stuff come over the border. We're being spied on for the last 20 years. You didn't catch none of it? Yeah, I didn't even get in here.

[Jimmy Dore]

It would be wise for those criticizing J.D. vance to recall that his mother was a drug addict who nearly died multiple times right in front of him. This issue is extremely personal to him, and he cannot be expected to have any sympathy with cartels. Okay, that's called propaganda. This is not about drug cartels. As we've already showed you, the drugs are not coming from Venezuela. This is about them trying to overthrow Venezuela and Maduro so we could steal their natural resources, oil being the biggest thing.

[Kurt]

Jimmy, I'm just gonna. I'm an old country judge, as you know. But I suspect this has some, in some way has something to do with Israel. Israel must not like Venezuela.

[Jimmy Dore]

I'm guessing you're right. My mother struggled with addiction my entire childhood and died of an opioid overdose when I was 18. Yet I've chosen not to be a war criminal. It seems to me that Greenberg is confused about those criticizing Vance. They don't have sympathy with cartels. It's the constitution that they're devoted to. Yeah, either. So, again, we're the terrorists. We don't. We don't abide by international law. We don't even abide by our own constitution. JD Vance is out there cheering on Criminality by the state.

[Kurt]

Jimmy Anti checks on you.

[Jimmy Dore]

Why is that?

[Kurt]

Israel doesn't even have a constitution. What are you talking about?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah. Max Blue thought says. This is sad. J.D. vance, little Marco has taken over the entire national security bureaucracy, and you've been reduced to a hype man for his criminal cusano games. Congratulations on getting rolled by the South Florida Fifth Column. Congratulations.

[Kurt]

Narco Rubio was his dick. He's come a long way. Like I see playing a cop on Law and Order. It's like that. That much of a sea change.

[Jimmy Dore]

What distinguishes Vance is that he knows better and he actively chooses to be a vulgar, vulgar ignoramus. That's true. J.D. vance does know better. And I just want to show you this one more time. That's the United States military bases. And Trump sent more. So that's what's happening.

[Kurt]

You have to remember that Peter Thiel made JD Vance in a lab.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Kurt]

Or he made him fat in a lab.

[Jimmy Dore]

Sorry, I misspoke. Oh, that's. There's all our military bases over in Africa, the Middle East.

[Kurt]

It's like a herpes outbreak. Of US Bases?

[Jimmy Dore]

Of US Bases. I thought Donald Trump was going to close those down and invest that money back at home. No, no, no.

[Kurt]

Trillion dollars. First time ever, actually, is what's going to happen.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah, he brags about spending a trillion dollars a year now on the military. Something we probably could get away with spending $60 billion a year, tops.

[Kurt]

Well, I'm just considering we haven't won a war in 80 years. You would think.

[Jimmy Dore]

So. Trump is now saying you can. He's going to shoot down Venezuelan jets. I'm not going to take a chance. What happens if Venezuela flies jets over US Naval vessels together? Well, I would say they're going to be in trouble. We'll let them know about that. We heard that happen, but it wasn't really over. Not like they described. But I would say, General, if they do that, you have a choice of doing anything you want. Okay. If they fly in a dangerous position, I would say that you can. You or your captains can make the decision as to what they want to do. All right, sure. Sir, we have one president who said.

[Zoran Mandami]

They didn't go over.

[Jimmy Dore]

Say it. How close did they get? You said the planes did not. Well, I don't want to talk about that. But if they do put us in a dangerous position, they'll be shut down. Thank you very much, everybody. So we're going to now cover the G20. Trump says Venezuelan jets will be shot down. If they endanger US ships. So I want to let you know what this is really all about. Again, I've been telling you this. Venezuela has more oil than Saudi Arabia. Trump tried to overthrow Maduro in his first term and install Juan Guaido. Didn't work. Just like George bush did in 2002. Same thing. They've been trying to overthrow Venezuela so we could steal their oil and other natural resources. And that's why we do economic sanctions and that's why 7 million Venezuelans have left Venezuela. A lot of them immigrated into the United States because we were wrecking their economy. And here is General Laura Richardson. She's, she's going to tell you what the real purpose of the U.S. military in Central and South America is really all about. This is what it's about.

[White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson]

If I talk to my number two adversary in the region, Russia, I mean I've got of course the countries Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua with Russia relationships. But why this region matters with all, all of its rich resources and rare earth elements. You've got the Lithium triangle which is needed for technology today. 60% of the world's lithium is in the lithium triangle. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, you just have the largest oil reserves. Light sweet crude discovered off of Guyana over a year ago. You have Venezuela's resources as well with oil, copper, gold. We have the Amazon lungs of the world. We have 31% of the world's fresh water in this region too. I mean it's just off the charts. We have a lot to do. This region matters. It has a lot to do with national security and we need to step up our game.

[Jimmy Dore]

So I like the point Adam makes. He says no mention of democracy, no mention of human rights or self determination, just resources.

[Kurt]

What about hydrocarbons?

[Jimmy Dore]

So that's of course, that's what she's talking about. She's talking about all the oil, among other things, gold, lithium.

[Kurt]

Well, Jimmy, people are made of carbon.

[Jimmy Dore]

So that's, that's right. So, so that's what this is really about. So when Trump is pretending he's, he's saber rattling with Venezuela again, this is what it's about. It's about the United States being the terrorists. We come in and we steal people's natural resources and we put economic hurts on you. And if that doesn't work, if that doesn't work, then we send in the jackals. And then we send it. Oh, I wish I had that video of that guy. Talk, talking about how it works. Jimmy, do you find that video of that guy explaining the ex CIA guy Explaining how it works, how they go in and they try to persuade you. And if that doesn't work, they put economic hits on you. And then if that doesn't work, they bring in the Jackal and they do assassinations. And, and if that doesn't work, they bring in the military. And that's what, that's where we're at at this point.

[Kurt]

It's all mafia tactics.

[Jimmy Dore]

And what is it all about? It's about Nat. She just said it. Why does this region matter? Because of their natural resources. They just say it out loud. And Trump now wants to shoot down their jets for protecting their own country. What do you want to say, Kurt?

[Kurt]

So she said the lithium triangle, but the last lithium triangle was Afghanistan, where we left all the equipment behind.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Kurt]

Remember that? A little bit of a payment.

[Jimmy Dore]

Yeah.

[Kurt]

We always make it a triangle because we got to rape their land.

[Jimmy Dore]

That's right.

[Kurt]

Every single time.

[Jimmy Dore]

The President's warning comes after Venezuela flew military aircraft near a US Vessel off South America for the second time in two days. The report follows a US Strike against what Trump officials said was a drug carrying vessel from Venezuela operated by a gang, killing 11 people. They have no proof of that. They have no evidence of that. They just made it up. They, they didn't go and arrest those people and put them on trial. They just blew up the boat. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that the United States allegations about this country are not true and that the difference between the nations do not justify a military conflict. Venezuela has always been willing to talk, to engage in dialogue, but we demand respect. When asked by reporters in the Oval Office on Friday what would happen if Venezuela just flew over U.S. vessels again? TRUMP said Venezuela would be in trouble. Trump told his general standing beside him that he could do anything he wanted if the situation escalated. Since his return to office in January, Trump has steadily intensified his anti drug trafficking efforts in Latin America. Okay, the biggest drug traffickers are the pharma. Big pharma in the United States. Those are the drug traffickers. Ok, just so you know, the opiate addiction killed way more people than any drugs coming from South America. And by the way, they're not coming from Venezuela. Maduro has accused the US of seeking regime change through military threat. That's exactly what's happening right now. When asked about the comments, Trump said, we're not talking about that, but mentioned that what he called a very strange election in Venezuela. Maduro was sworn in his third term in January after a contested election. Trump went on to say that the drugs are pouring into the US From Venezuela. That's a lie. That's not where they're coming from. The US Military has moved to bolster its forces in southern Caribbean, including through the deployment of additional naval vessels and thousands of Marines and sailors to stem the flow of drugs. That's not what they're there for. The White House said on Friday that It is sending 10 F35 fighter jets to to Puerto Rico. When asked about the buildup of the military assets in the Caribbean, Trump said, I think it's just strong. We're strong on drugs. We don't want drugs killing our people. Trump is a long time. He's a longtime critic of Maduro and doubled a reward for information leading to his arrest in August to $50 million, accusing Maduro of being one of the largest narco traffickers in the world. Okay, that's all made up. It's not true. Trump, when asked if he plans on carrying out a strike inside Venezuela, here's what he said. Are you considering attacking the car shells inside of Venezue? What? You're going to find out. So when, when asked if he's going to attack inside Venezuela, he said, you're going to find out. So again, this is your peace President. No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain. No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain. And Donald Trump is not what he campaigned on. He is not what he was. We could end all this with a phone call. He's again, he's doing this. He's still funding the war in Ukraine. He's still funding a genocide. He's bombing Iran, bombed the Yemen people. And now he's trying to overthrow with military this time, not just economic pressure, not just with a coup. Now he's actually presenting military and he says that they're going to strike inside Venezuela.

[Kurt]

So Jimmy, doesn't, doesn't Trendelaragua, the Venezuelan gang, remind you of Patriot Front?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes.

[Kurt]

Like something that the government busses into the country on purpose?

[Jimmy Dore]

Yes. Yeah. So I'll be making jokes about this in Appleton, Rosemont, Illinois, Chicago, Louisville, Fort Wayne, Hermosa Beach, Sacramento and San Francisco. Go to jimmy dore.com for a link for tickets. This is, there's again, you don't live in a democracy. You live in a militarized oligarchy. And they're going to do whatever they want. And they would. It doesn't matter who's president. Barack Obama would do the same thing. George Bush did the same thing Bill Clinton, same thing that George Bush the first. They're all the same, Kamala would do.

[Kurt]

It with a virus locked out. We'd have a chicken virus locked down on top of it.

[Jimmy Dore]

Here's how they do it. You try to figure out which stage of the game, the economic hit that the United States is in right now, with Trump sending warships and threatening to strike inside Venezuela, those very people, the.

[John Perkins]

Whole country is left holding a huge debt so that it can't pay for education and social services and health care for its people. In fact, the debt is so huge by intent that at some point, we economic hitmen go back and we say, listen, you owe us a lot of money. You can't repay your debts, so sell your oil real cheap to our oil companies without regard to the environment. Vote with us on the next critical United nations vote. Send troops in support of ours to someplace in the world like Iraq. And in that way, we've created this empire. On the few case times when we economic hitmen fail, as I talk about in the books, as I failed in Ecuador with Jaime Roldos and in Panama with Omar Torrijos, then the jackals go in, and these are men, maybe a few women, who overthrow governments or assassinate their leaders. So if I'm unable to bring them around, if the economic hitman is unable to bring them around through legal means, what we do is we use legal means through the World bank, but it's basically corrupting the leaders of these countries. If we're unable to corrupt them, then the jackals go in and take care of them. So when I failed with Jaime Roldos in Ecuador and Omar Torrijos in Panama, the jackals assassinated them. And if the jackals fail, which is what happened in Iraq, both the economic hitmen and the jackals failed with Saddam Hussein. Then and only then does the military go in.

[Jimmy Dore]

So that's. That's how they do it. Hey, become a premium member. Go to jimmy dorecomedy.com sign up. It's the most affordable premium program in the business. Freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. All the voices performed today are by the one and only, the inimitable Mike McCray. He can be found at mikemcrae.com that's it for this week. You be the best you can be and I'll keep being me.

[Zoran Mandami (Interviewee)]

Freak out.

[Jimmy Dore]

Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Do not freak out. I'm not kidding. Do not. Do not.

[Kurt]

I'm not.

[Jimmy Dore]

I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.

[Kurt]

Freak out.

[Jimmy Dore]

Don't freak out. Do not freak out.

[White House/Trump Administration Spokesperson]

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