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The talk of the town world is Iran / Israel… But, how many people understand Political Zionism and its history…? How many people have done their own homework on the forces considerably [re]shaping the Middle East for nearly 300 years…? And, how many people are simply regurgitating jingoistic talking points they’ve been fed…? How many ‘native’ (born) Americans could locate Iran – or Israel – on a map…? I guess old habits die hard, it seems…

Every blockhead is thoroughly persuaded that he is in the right, and every one who is all too firmly persuaded is a blockhead, and the more erroneous is his judgment the greater is the tenacity with which he holds it.

— Baltasar Gracián, “Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia” (“The Art of Worldly Wisdom”) (1647)

The CIA is not now nor has it ever been a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President’s foreign policy advisers. In that capacity it overthrows or supports foreign governments while reporting “intelligence” justifying those activities. It shapes its intelligence, even in such critical areas as Soviet nuclear weapon capability, to support presidential policy. Disinformation is a large part of its covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target audience of its lies.

— Ralph McGehee, Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA (1983)

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Road Warrior Radio with Chris Hinkley, June 25, 2025 Hour 1