Radio War Nerd EP #426 — The Plot Against Imran Khan, feat. Ryan Grim
We talk to Ryan Grim about Pakistan's shock election results & Biden's coup plot to collapse Pakistan's democracy for the Ukraine war
Guest: Ryan Grim
Recorded: February 12, 2024
We talk to reporter Ryan Grim of The Intercept about last weekend's shock election results in Pakistan & the Biden Administration's coup plot to collapse Pakistan's democracy to support the Ukraine War effort. We also briefly discuss Zelensky firing his commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhny, State Dept press conferences, and Ryan's recent article on the New York Times' internal rebellion over a hackjob article alleging a Hamas mass-rape strategy on October 7.
Get Ryan's latest book The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. Read Ryan's articles at The Intercept, and follow him on Twitter.
Articles cited:
-"SECRET PAKISTAN CABLE DOCUMENTS U.S. PRESSURE TO REMOVE IMRAN KHAN"
-"U.S. HELPED PAKISTAN GET IMF BAILOUT WITH SECRET ARMS DEAL FOR UKRAINE, LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL"
-"HISTORIC TURNOUT IN PAKISTAN IS SWAMPING THE MILITARY’S EFFORT TO RIG THE ELECTION"
-"INTERVIEW: IMRAN KHAN: U.S. WAS MANIPULATED BY PAKISTAN MILITARY INTO BACKING OVERTHROW"
-"NEW YORK TIMES PUTS “DAILY” EPISODE ON ICE AMID INTERNAL FIRESTORM OVER HAMAS SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARTICLE"
Total time: 1:22:50
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Comments (35)
A new IT guy named Imran Khan started at my workplace on the same day as The Imran Khan got shot. Many cricket jokes ensued
Perfect RWN ep
Does anyone know the Central Asian story Dolan may be talking about? I don't know anything about anything, there's like a Bactrian-Margiana snake man on seals but I feel like I'm way off
Around the time when Gadaffi was being taken down I recall news articles saying that the Libyans had bought up industrial quantities of Viagra to fuel their sexual blitzkrieg. It seems to be a wartime PR tactic.
Grim stuff, I enjoyed the episode. "Trampling Pakistani democracy to preserve Ukrainian democracy"...weird world we live in for sure.
Didn't Brezhinski say something to the effect that any number of dead Afghans were a price worth paying so that central europe could be free?
can you imagine how fucking obnxious all the war movies about ukraine are going to be
They're probably not going to make many, it will be forgotten
the dark amb piece by Brendan at the end went hard
I feel like Brandon is either coaching the guests or editing their interviews. Because this was another great episode with little to no tangents (interesting or not). He covered a ton of topics in a very easy to understand way. And this is like the third guest in a row like this.
oh hell yeah this looks hype edit: did not disappoint
Really enjoyed this interview guys and just also wanted to say thanks for making such great content. Really makes those long drives across Ontario, Canada for work an absolute joy. Cheers!
First off, great interview. Second, you’re thinking of doing something based on the Shahnameh? That would be awesome!!! Though Dick Davis’ poetry-and-prose translation is so good, it’s hard to beat.
At 32:06 he finds a completely normal to describe the president of a foreign country as a servant of the state department, more specifically, a state department employee, whose parents were CIA operatives in Pakistan. When he equated Imran Khan being "reammed" to a dog being struck by a guy who comes home after having his manager yell at him, I thought I was gonna lose my marbles.
oh my God at 24 minutes and 26 seconds he claims that the army was able to engineer a no confidence, boat, "with CIA support" no, buddy, that was led by the CIA and had Pakistani army support. It's so insidious how characters like this guy pose as truth tellers, while deliberately hide our role and responsibility, in plain sight.
Um?…. He literally says the US government pressured Pakistan to oust Khan, hardly seems like he’s letting the CIA get off easy…
Time for Syrsky to feed the rest of Azov into the Adveevka meat grinder. Accomplish the Russian goals of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. Great seeing Zaluzhny posing with Azov commander against red&black flag as an unveiled threat to Zel.
Great interview!
Was actually hoping it was actually Grim jumping into the chat. Truly was trying to get him to bite. He will never be forgotten by my union brothers and sisters. Peace.
Absolutely, anyone that has followed "The Intercept" from day one can plainly see it was a buyout operation to get Snowden's payload back. Hiring this tool just made it official. And RWN plays along willingly with a lot of US govt cultural management. I mean, just look at their reaction to the Rusaian invasion. They went from covering Ukraine's devastation of eastern Ukraine seemingly honestly to pretending to be shocked and lining up with western ngo's and state department position. It was sickening. So yeah, I listen to them very carefully now.
An insular gerentocracy who runs the country to enrich themselves, massively miscalculates their political moves because of they’re too far removed from reality, or what the populace thinks? What is… every western nation?
Omg Ryan’s description of cricket is so funny😂😂 As a big cricket fan I will give some more details, he won the only cricket World Cup for Pakistan as a captain, the captain in cricket is really important, he decides who bowls (pitches…), where all the fielders are, tactics, batting lineup, onfield reviews etc. The Pakistan World Cup winning team is iconic and people in the subcontinent are crazy about cricket on a scale that I don’t think people in America can understand. International sports will always be more important than whether Kansas city win another Super Bowl… Or if Man City win another premier league just to prove I’m not rabidly anti-American 😂
I don’t know if Mark and John have seen it, but Someone found Syrsky’s mom reposting Zhirinovsky memes on VK.
damn Ryan is looking pretty haggard in this episode photo
cricket is a hell of a drug
Amazing episode. Think what you will about Khan, but thanks to the US and Pakistani army, he’s now a martyr for democracy. I feel pride for the Pakistani people and, if nothing else, schadenfreude for another bungled Biden intervention (and a hilarious, thrilling disaster for the Pakistani “deep state.”) Kudos to Ryan Grim and RWN for speaking truth in spite of the waves of propaganda bullshit.
"a clash of purple" shows to be NOT supporting any Patreon creators. How were you able to listen?
There’s a setting that hides what creators you support. Calm down, my dude.
Pakistan zindabad! I randomly found a music video from the Pakistani armed forces public relations department. It’s a banger. The only memorable us army propaganda ad I can remember is the marines fighting the giant lava monster from the 90s https://youtu.be/MjxGwfa5lxw?si=I611BBTRFqU0W014
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Guessing you are another clueless PMC grifter. Ever been in a union?
Imagine having critical thinking skills that allow you to judge the veracity of what someone’s telling you. Or, imagine having the ability to hit the pause button and stop listening
The guy is a fifth columnist employed to destroy any burgeoning true left movement. FUCK him. C'mon RWN, you can do better!
Did you even listen to the episode? And what 'burgeoning true left movement' are you talking about? I'm not aware of any such thing in America. A few people are going to toss protest votes at Cornel West for POTUS, and probably continue to vote Democrat most of the time, or else not vote. That's it. There's no massive general strike or revolutionary movement in the works. Give me a break. If Grim says things that aren't true, I want to know about it, but dismissing him (or RWN) just because he has done bad things in the past makes no sense. At least listen to the episode and point out the specific lies he tells or whatever.
NOOOOOO, not Ryan DNC POS Grim!!!! This guy is a total fake leftist, Oligarch blow job artist, Democratic party Schill. Check who owns the Intercept. I stopped giving money to Chapo when they had this scumbag on to promote his Squad puff piece book. As a Railroader for 30 plus years I will never forgive this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxUph85NlA&t=61s&ab_channel=BadFaith
I was willing to entertain the critique until I saw Bad Faith 🤮 C'mon man it's literally in the name lol