EARLY EPISODE: Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 1
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*since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released.
Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day.
sources:
Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters
Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html
https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime
Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.
Comments (31)
Wait are we getting a knowledge fight crossover
Aw yusss more pre-show music. Just like 2020 wooo
Leonardo’s Rhodesian accent was famously accurate. White Zimbabweans will tell you, it’s surprising how he captured the nuances.
Nate's worst music take yet. Modern Talking is awesome.
Viktor Bout was just Garak from DS9 but with planes instead of clothes.
Vincent Butt, the HEB of "off the truck" military equipment.
This feels like What if Joe did a Behind the Bastards episode. Unlike Robert Joe knows sports.
Looking forward to all the fan art for this episode.
Hey, Delaware makes an appearance! Gotta get representation where we can, since people forget we exist. "We're not just a corporate tax haven, we swear."™️
the intro music keeps catching me off guard lmao
I like the intro as well :)
Intro music slaps.
All due respect, I liked it better when there was no intro music.
I am only just realising they've added intro music, I've been instantly skipping anything that sounds like it isn't the actual episode 😄
This episode feels like a retcon of the whole series “what if I told you all the bad guys in history were armed by the super bad guy?”.
Really digging the new intro music! Who is that?
I’m also curious
Viktor Bout is just an SCP who breached containment.
Tom coup when?
Riding out Hurricane Debby in Valdosta GA. Charged my phone so I can jam this new episode and relisten to Munster episodes too. Anyone else out there hope yall are safe and having fun.
Weird. I just relistened to the lord of war ep last night. I made this happen!
Kobe smiles upon me as I shout "Kobe" while throwing a fruit loop on to the butthole of a hooker.
Well if there was any doubt that Joe is a spook and this is a CIA front that intro cleared it up, lol. 🤑
Osama shoulda hooped instead of tryna kill people cause he tall as hell
You asked "whats the funniest oligarch you could be" - well, the previous president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is a candy oligarch. And his candy is very good
Yeah, Roshen stuff was surprisingly good.
So in light of what happened, like, a week ago, we definitely need to spell his name Bout, in order to distinguish from the American neocon dumbass married to a spy.
Huh, I thought that was the title for Basil Zaharoff. I guess they reused it.
Oh shit I have been waiting for you to talk about this guy since yall watched lord of war
this title sounds cheery
god damnit im a tall as this boot