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Saudi Arabia Restarts Its Yemen Catastrophe

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In July Saudi Arabia decided to restart its war with Yemen after four years. By early September it led to disaster. Now that the dust has settled a little, we cover the renewed war in detail in this week’s podcast.

I also put together a quick little rant on the the absurdity of Saudi Arabia and absolute monarchy on Substack…

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Iran Isn’t Winning Either | 6 Months of Stupid

I can’t say it’s surprising, but it needs to be said: Iran is now a forever war. Six months in we cover recent developments, and the sad, under acknowledged fact that there is no solution on the horizon.

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Why Saudi Arabia Wants War With Iran | Markets Are Dumb 9

This video connects a few concepts to the possibility of US war with Iran that should be getting more attention. It’s quite well known that Saudi Arabia dislikes Iran, and wants the US to confront that country. But we rarely dive into why that may be. A lot of time and effort is put in to the Sunni vs. Shia myth, something I’ve dismantled elsewhere. When we want to blame religion, it’s almost always politics that’s really to blame.

And when politics are screwing something up, it’s very often economics at the bottom of it as well. That’s certainly the case for the Saudis enthusiasm for US war with Iran. This video lays out how directly this is linked to the price of oil. Simply put, war with Iran could be an economic bonanza for Saudi Arabia…

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