Graystone journalist Liam Cosgrove does actual journalism
Liam is right to ask if America’s interference in other countries sovereign affairs and support for their outposts Israel and Ukraine is leading towards possible flashpoints for WWIII.
United States Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller is not having a bar of a legitimate and crucial question about American policy.
Apparently, the American people do not have a right to know.
AI Transcript
Liam: Israel is still poised to strike Iran and in July, Blinken said that Iran was one to two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon. So I guess for all we know they might have one by now.
And meanwhile in Ukraine, they’ve struck deep within Russian territory several times, as deep as 300 miles from the border. And in that case we don’t have to guess, we know that Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet, as many as 6,000 warheads.
And so one of the risks of arming militaries that are striking in the territories of nuclear powers is that one of those gets deployed and then it could escalate very quickly from there.
So it’s rarely discussed, but it’s important to address that the nuclear risk is real. And it could very abruptly mean the end of what humans have worked for thousands of years to collectively achieve.
And us today are very lucky to live in with the fruits of that achievement. And I feel like we’re treating the risks kind of brazenly.
So my question for you is, you know, we often hear in response to these concerns that well, Putin, Khomeini, you know, they’re war criminals, they’re terrorists, as if they’re too inherently evil or immoral for us to negotiate with, but meanwhile this administration has financed a genocide in Gaza for the last year and every day you’re up there denying accountability for it.
So I mean what gives you the right to lecture other countries on their moral…
Miller: So if you have a policy question for me I’m happy to take it if you want to give a speech. There are plenty of places in Washington where you can give a speech.
Liam: Yeah but people are sick of the bullshit in here. I mean it is a genocide.
Miller: I’m gonna go onto another question.
Liam: And you are risking nuclear war in Ukraine for this policy war.
Miller: Plenty of other places to give a speech. Go ahead.
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