Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us on UNAPOLOGETIC for a conversation on what the consequences could be if Israel draws the USA into a full-blown war with Iran. Hedges reflects on his years reporting from war zones, the cynical nihilism driving Netanyahu’s assault, and how Israel’s genocide in Gaza has become a “spectacle” that has irreparably broken trust between North and South. Are Israel’s and the Pentagon’s stated shifting priorities real, or a façade to continue diminishing societal infrastructure in the region? Will the complicity of Arab states in the genocide lead to blowback? Is regime change the goal, or is this just an excuse? UNAPOLOGETIC is hosted by Ashfaaq Carim

Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Was Iran strike inevitable 4:10 Israel’s plan for Iran 8:00 Will US go deeper 9:45 Who leads US policy 12:30 Why regime change fails 15:00 Netanyahu’s nihilist war plan 20:00 Arab states’ complicity 25:00 Gaza genocide as spectacle 31:00 West Bank’s grim future 35:00 Risk of regional war 41:00 Global fallout of war 47:00 US politics and war 56:00 Journalism’s collapse today 1:04:00 Just US policy vision

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