Radio War Nerd EP #625 — War Update: Graham Unplugged

Re: the current war, I’m most curious what is up with Oman. In round one they seemed like Iran’s only gulf friend. Now they’re arguing. Did the USA get to them, or is Iran asking for too much, or is the apparent feud a big nothing, or…?

Monitors are the smartest lizard

Isn't it beautiful that Lindsay Graham got to see America utterly humiliated just before he croaked

Ah, Brendon! You're a mind-reader! I love you! As soon as I hear about all this screaming and a terrified John, I started wondering what I missed and wishing Mark would talk about it, and you up and egg him on! Thaaank yuuuu!

What was the source of those clips of Graham again? A documentary I think Mark said?

What is KL? As in where Dolan is going

I did not consent to hearing that interaction between Graham and Netanyahu

Ordered your Iliad book to my folks house, my dad got to it first-and won’t give it up now till he finishes it.

I have to feel Saudi’s sticking their hands in the beehive could be a substitute for recognizing Israel as part of the potential enrichment deal. Doesn’t make sense otherwise.

The Finger Lakes are beautiful but Rochester proper is definitely not in the same region. Might as well throw Buffalo in there at that point

Hey you still have to tell us what that illustrated copy of The Iliad you read to you kids was

Finger Lakes mentioned! I used to live in Ithaca and I'd sail tiny boats on Cayuga lake.

Please get Ben back on to explain why oil dropped below 90 after Abqaiq and Jazan got hit

Some great clips. The Lindsay Graham bit sounded like a confession in a criminal trial from an unrepentant serial killer. The Rhodes clip was also instructive. Although the real problem remains the incentive structure in the political system. One measure of our political health will be if there is some level of accountability for genuinely catastrophic policy choices. e.g. for a brief period of time there was a kind of litmus test for the Iraq War in 2006 and 2008, at least within the Democratic Party; Trump kind of capitalized on it in 2016. However, the fact that Hillary Clinton and Biden were eventually rehabilitated to such a degree that they were even allowed to be presidential nominees for the party speaks to something pretty rotten. Although things may be turning in connection with Israel policy and ongoing primaries.

6-7 mentioned

6 🫴 7 🫴

He died the way he lived, holding a Pisyun.

“I was wrong, i screwed up” - these are barely acceptable things to say when you make a minor fuck up in a relationship. “Maybe the Libya war was a bad idea.” Did you come to that conclusion before, or after, the open air slave markets returned? There is no redemption for these freaks. They deserve to hear the screams and cries of the men, women, and children their “policies” maimed and murdered, every second of every minute, for the rest of their lives

agreed about AMK Mapping glad you guys name dropped him he’s doing good work

It is a s t o n i s h i n g to see how repeatedly dipshit centrist “libs” like nick kristoff continuously step on rakes, walk into doors right as they swing closed, just run full speed at tunnels painted on walls. I feel like I’m watching the 900 be landed for the first time and shaking my head in disbelief at their accomplishments in self-owning

“Can he D O that?” -every stupid as fuck, credulous rube, who thought Trump was on t h e i r side, as they watch him go back on every single promise

Mark's combination of embarassment and pride whenever he drops a Six-Seven always makes me smile.

Next we need Mitch unplugged

71, he was a f*ckin kid

Was just scrounging around for a RWN episode to relisten to, great timing god bless

The timeline on his death makes truly no sense. He was last pictured in a drone factory in Kiev less than 20 hours before he died. The same drone factory that was hit by a Russian missile.