Scott Ritter (1)

@tobararbulu # mmt@tobararbulu

I discuss why missile defense as a concept is flawed, and deconstruct the myths surrounding Irone Dome and Golden Dome

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welcome to this edition of

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Ritter’s Rant uh today we’re going to be

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looking into the ongoing Iranian

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ballistic missile attacks against Israel

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and the effectiveness or ineffectiveness

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of the combined Israeli American

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ballistic missile defense shield uh the

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so-called enhanced iron dome uh that’s

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been put up around Israel to protect

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against these very attacks but we’re

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just going to use that as a trigger to

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talk about an even bigger issue and that

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is ballistic missile defense in general

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uh as everybody should be aware on May

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20th uh President Trump announced that

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he will be uh implementing uh the

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so-called Golden Dome project a uh

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massive ballistic missile defense shield

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that he is going to have built over the

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continental United States over North

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America um that’s projected to be

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finished by the time he finishes his

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term in three years at a cost of just a

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mere $175

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billion

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the a couple questions about that um one

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will it even work can it work is it

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possible to have a ballistic missile

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defense system that justifies the

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expense i mean if you’re going to spend

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$175 billion on something it better damn

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well work every time especially when

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you’re talking about a ballistic missile

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defense system that is going to create

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strategic instability globally um

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perhaps triggering our potential

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adversaries to build ballistic missiles

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that are designed to defeat this system

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um and when we’re talking about

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nations like the United States Russia

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and China throwing ballistic missiles

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about it’s not a game um it’s about

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existential survival it’s about

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strategic nuclear warfare so if you’re

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trying to stop a missile with a nuclear

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warhead on it uh it better work all the

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time 100% of the time and here’s where

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the Israeli experience comes in as we

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speak Iran is launching missiles against

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Israel and as has been played out

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graphically live in Technicolor on video

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screens throughout the world Israel’s

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ballistic missile system is failing to

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intercept not just most of these missile

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but hardly any of these missiles the

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Iranian missiles uh technologically

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advanced many of them hypersonic most of

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them having separating warheads a lot of

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them having maneuvering warheads many of

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them deploying decoys are defeating the

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vaunted Israeli missile defense system

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and it’s not just an Israeli missile

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defense system this system has been

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plugged into by design uh the ballistic

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missile defense architecture of the

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United States this means that our

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satellites that are used to detect a

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ballistic missile launch um our radars

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that are mounted on ships and on the

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ground the Aegis system on on American

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ships deployed around Israeli waters on

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the approaches to Israel um and on the

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ground inside Xband radars belonging to

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the THAAD system and we also have

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Patriot systems uh deployed there uh

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these are all linked together in a

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multi-layered uh integrated

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anti-bballistic missile defense system

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and it’s not working not even close not

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even close it’s very expensive it’s been

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much touted the Israeli population was

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led to believe that they will be safe

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from the kind of attacks are taking

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place and they have woken up to face the

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harsh reality that there’s nothing that

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can be done to save them from the

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Iranian ballistic missile launches now

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we don’t know how the Israeli Iranian

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conflict is going to play out what we do

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know is that Israel isn’t going to

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prevail because it prevented Iran’s

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missiles once having been launched from

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impacting Israel it appears now that the

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vast majority of Iranian missiles that

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are launched from Iran will in fact hit

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Israel and the evidence shows with

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devastating impact so now

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missile defense doesn’t work the best

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missile defense systems in the world

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most highly integrated missile defense

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systems in the world aren’t doing their

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job so what makes President Trump think

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that the United States is going to do it

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any better why is the Golden Dome going

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to be better than the Iron Dome and

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don’t tell me it’s because of the name

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gold i mean President Trump may claim to

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have the golden touch but let me remind

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people King Midas had it too and it

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wasn’t a blessing but a curse because

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everything King Midas touched yes it

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turned into gold but it also died and

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when we’re talking about ballistic

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missile defense dying isn’t the

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objective and especially not for the

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people that the Golden Dome is supposed

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to be protecting the United States

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doesn’t have a good track record when it

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comes to ballistic missile defense you

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know back in the 60s we thought that we

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could build a ballistic missile defense

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system that could protect us from Soviet

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intercontinental ballistic missiles we

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call it the safeguard system um I mean

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this thing had giant you know missile

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surveillance radars it had other little

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radars plugged out there it had two

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advanced interceptor rockets the Sprint

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and the Spartan and um they

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budgeted a lot of money to get it

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installed but what they quickly found

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out is as they were building this all

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the Russians had to do all the Soviets

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had to do is build more missiles and

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build better missiles and build missiles

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that had multiple warheads and build

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missiles with multiple warheads that had

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decoys and they would overwhelm the

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safeguard system so that it didn’t

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matter even if it worked perfectly the

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bottom line is there weren’t enough

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interceptor missiles for the amount of

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Soviet rockets coming in but the other

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problem was the sophisticated the

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sophistication of the Soviet systems uh

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were better than what the American

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interceptors could intercept 100% of the

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time it just wasn’t going to work so we

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made a decision together with the

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Soviets that rather than pursuing this

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ridiculous arms race destabilizing as it

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was we would sign the anti-bballistic

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missile treaty um why

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well see ballistic missile defense gives

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you an artificial sense of security it

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makes you believe that you’re hiding

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behind a defensive barrier that can

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protect you so you can get away with

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doing a lot of things you can posture

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yourselves aggressively um

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but that’s expensive it doesn’t work so

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instead we embrace something called

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mutually assured destruction that is we

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won’t have ballistic missile defense

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that way both sides know that when they

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launch their missiles they will hit

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their targets the other side will be

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destroyed but in the process the other

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side will launch its missiles and will

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be destroyed mutually assured

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destruction that means that nobody

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launches their missiles because

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everybody knows if they do they all die

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and it worked for a long time then came

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9 well before even 911 there was the uh

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1980s ronald Reagan came in and Ronald

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Reagan believed that he was told by a

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guy named Edward Teller who was the

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father of the hydrogen bomb and he was

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told we can build the perfect missile

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defense system even though we had a

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treaty that says we’re not allowed to

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edward Teller convinced Donald Trump

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that this could be done and thus was

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born Star Wars the strategic defense

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initiative and I mean they were going to

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use advanced technologies no more sprint

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and Spartan man they had brilliant

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pebbles brilliant Pebbles was a

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satellitebased system that was going to

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be launched in the sky and as missiles

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came up it was going to track them shoot

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them down with lasers fire missiles at

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them brilliant

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but the problem is it existed only on

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paper and the effort to turn theory into

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reality was too expensive and the

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technology simply didn’t exist and the

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bottom line is that SDI never came into

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fruition because we couldn’t afford it

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and we didn’t have the technology to

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back up the the theory so SDI died in

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its place residual aspects of ballistic

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missile defense stayed in remained in

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place we called it the ballistic missile

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defense organization uh we pursued

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something called the groundbased

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interceptor project um but it never

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worked let’s just be honest with GBI it

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doesn’t work it can’t work um it’s

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hitting a bullet with a bullet but

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because we couldn’t do that what we did

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is we turned the target bullet into a

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balloon and we painted it big and we

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made a artificial radar uh projector so

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that it could be hit and then we said

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that was a success and so we fielded it

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um and after 911 we decided we’re going

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to make it operational because we had to

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be defended against potential ballistic

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missile attack and so George W bush

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withdrew from the ABM treaty no more

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mutually assured destruction now we’re

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saying we can protect ourselves but it

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never worked and it doesn’t work even

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though it’s deployed today the GBI

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system simply doesn’t work now we

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enhanced it using the Aegis system the

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SM3 SM6 missile combination with the

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Aegis radars Sband radars Navy’s out

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there we said this is a ballistic

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missile defense shield but ask the

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Israelis how well that’s worked because

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that system right now is plugged into

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the Israeli Iron Dome system and it

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ain’t doing the job ain’t shooting down

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the missiles doesn’t work can’t work

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will never work but now Golden Dome

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we’re talking about new technologies

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going back to outer space we’re going to

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violate the outer space treaty that says

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you’re not supposed to militarize space

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uh we’re going to create instability

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regimes all over the place because even

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though that system will never work the

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Russians and the Chinese have to assume

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that it will work so they’re going to

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have to build a whole new generation of

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missiles that are designed to defeat uh

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a potential ballistic missile defense

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system making our security even worse

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for what first of all even if we could

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do this $175 billion dollars is a

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ridiculously low ball figure

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in order to shoot down one missile or

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one salvo of missiles using a

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space-based system if the technology

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worked to get the kind of coverage you

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would need will cost us over $4 trillion

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the kind of blanket coverage that is

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envisioned with Golden Dome that number

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goes up even higher into the tens of

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trillions of dollars and it will take

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decades to deploy this system if the

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technology ever works golden Dome is a

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fantasy a fantasy and a dangerous

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fantasy and the last thing the United

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States of America needs to do is invest

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all this money in a time when we’re $36

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trillion in debt we have a lot of

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domestic problems at home health

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education infrastructure that all could

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use a giant infusion of taxpayer income

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but instead we’re going to divert it to

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a dream that is going to turn into a

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nightmare not just the kind of nightmare

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that has you waking up at night shaking

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in fear that the real kind of nightmare

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sort of like the kind the Israelis are

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suffering now as they realize that go

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that Iron Dome doesn’t work iranian

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ballistic missiles are raining down on

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them and there’s nothing they could do

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to stop it we don’t want to be in that

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situation ladies and gentlemen we don’t

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want to wake up one morning thinking

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that we had a missile defense system was

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going to work only to find out that it

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doesn’t work because the missiles that

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will be coming in will be tipped with

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nuclear weapons and they were all going

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to die golden Dome it’s not an American

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dream it’s an American nightmare thanks

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for tuning in and I’ll talk to you next

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time I have a rant

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Ritter’s Rant 004

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR00_RTOhnk)

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hello and welcome to this edition of

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Ritter’s Rant Today gets a little

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personal You see um oh last week I had

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uh started up a YouTube channel the idea

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of which to um you know start generating

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video-based products to continue the

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mission of seeking to engage

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constructively with as diverse uh an

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audience as possible about important

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issues of the day Um

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YouTube decided that

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some of the content that I’ve been

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posting violates their terms of service

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They’ve taken out two videos in

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particular One uh one of the um episodes

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of Trump Watch uh the episode that dealt

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with uh intelligence uh my interview

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with Larry Johnson Now what’s curious is

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that Larry Johnson has been interviewed

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by any number of YouTube-based platforms

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Um you know Judge Npalitano Nema Rostami

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um and others Um I have too and YouTube

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has no problem if uh I’m being

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interviewed or if Larry’s being

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interviewed and Larry may have his own

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YouTube channel for all I know Um but

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when the two of us come together and uh

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we create a coherent product and put it

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out on YouTube it suddenly is a

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violation of their terms of service

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And then they went and took down an

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episode of the Russia House my interview

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with Pavo Balabonov in which we

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discussed the upcoming US-Russia Citizen

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Summit Gee what a controversial topic

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Dialogue between nations promoting peace

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over conflict But somehow this too was a

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violation of YouTube’s terms of service

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and they took the video down Now fear

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not the product is available uh on my

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Substack uh the Trump watch uh issue can

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be reached there and so too can the

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interview with Pavo Balabanov Um but

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that’s not the point The point is

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YouTube

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is being very very discriminatory in

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what they’re allowing their audience to

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see And this has nothing to do with

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sensitive topics anti-semitism

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um promoting aggression Hell we were

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talking about peace and they took it

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down Uh and this happened simultaneously

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the taking down of Pavo Balabano’s

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interview simultaneously with the

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decision by the US State Department to

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uh stop participating in negotiations

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with Russia about improving relations uh

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a meeting that was scheduled to take

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place has been summarily cancelled

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without any explanation by the US state

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department at a time when uh the the

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importance of such dialogue could ever

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be more manifest I mean we are talking

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about a conflict in Ukraine that has the

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danger of becoming you know the the the

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precursor for a world war And we have an

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actual world war taking place in the

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Middle East right now where Israel and

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Iran have faced off but they’re each

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gathering their own supporters including

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the United States uh possibly joining in

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on the side of Israel Gosh Russia said

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they could be the mediator you know

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promote peace but apparently that’s not

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part of the plan for the Trump

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administration and that’s not something

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YouTube will allow to be discussed We

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live in a very dangerous time when

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censorship has become um the norm Free

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speech is something that is not you know

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widely embraced in this country anymore

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You know my concern is since YouTube

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functions as a de facto arm of the

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United States government that the

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decision to take down the interview with

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Pabo Balabanov may be a precursor to a

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larger decision by the US government to

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once again suppress voices who dare

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speak out in favor of peace between

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Russia and the United States Well let me

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just make it clear I’m not going to be

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silenced I’ll continue to speak out And

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the USRussian citizen summit is taking

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place on June 18th in Kingston New York

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as scheduled There’s not a damn thing

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the United States government can do to

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shut it down other than sending 40 FBI

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agents back to my house and putting me

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under arrest And if that’s what they

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want to do so be it But I’m not going to

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shy away from my duty and responsibility

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as an American citizen to promote peace

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over war and to engage in free speech

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that is protected under the Constitution

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of the United States That’s my rant

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Thanks for tuning in and if I’m still

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here I’ll see you on the

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Ritter’s Rant 005: Grossi’s got to go

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClA8mq-7uo)

The IAEA has been exposed as a complicit tool of Israeli policy

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hey this is scott ritter and welcome to

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ritter’s rant today i’m going to be

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talking about uh mr gross he is the

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director general of the international

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atomic energy agency and basically i’m

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making the pitch that gross’s got to go

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um you know gross is the man who has

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been at the uh the head of the

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international atomic energy ay’s

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interface with the iranian government

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over the iranian nuclear program the

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iaea inspectors are carrying out uh not

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just the safeguards uh inspections which

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are part of the original agreement

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signed between iran and the iaea um back

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when iran became a member of the

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non-prololif nuclear non-prololiferation

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treaty but also the additional protocols

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and other uh enhancements that were put

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in place because of the joint

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comprehensive plan of action you know

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the agreement that barack obama

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negotiated with the iranian government

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back in 2015 and then donald trump

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withdrew from precipitously in 2018

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um the iranians gave america a year to

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figure out what they wanted to do but in

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2019 iran said if the united states and

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europe aren’t going to be serious about

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the joint comprehensive plan of action

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then they’re going to start to reduce

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you know their adherence to the

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restrictions that have been placed on it

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today

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there are no restrictions but it’s worse

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than that you see today israel who’s not

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a signatory to the mpt and not subjected

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to international atomic energy agency

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inspections but who has a nuclear

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program including a weapons program i

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think the most recent analysis that came

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out 90 nuclear weapons are in the

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israeli arsenal um israel is attacking

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attacking iran bombing nuclear

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facilities this is a violation of

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international law like you’ve not seen

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before you know who should be concerned

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about this the international atomic

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energy agency and gross you remember

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when uh when the ukrainians launched

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drones and fired artillery into the

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zaparisia nuclear power plant uh how

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alarmed the iaa was my god they said

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russia was attacking it and they bought

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into the ukrainian nonsense they sent a

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team to zaparisia turned out russia

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wasn’t but the iaa couldn’t say it for

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political reasons but they knew but my

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god this was the most dangerous thing in

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the world

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an attack on a nuclear power plant the

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world was ready to intervene gross was

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talking about international forces

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coming in and securing the facility

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because to attack a nuclear facility is

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a gross injustice putting the entire

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world at risk

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but gross is sort of silent right now

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yes he’s issued some very milktoast type

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statements but where’s the condemnation

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where’s the iea running to the security

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council demanding security council

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action to make the perpetrators of this

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attack stop not existent meanwhile

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israel is attacking numerous nuclear

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facilities some of which have resulted

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in the release of radiation

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and they’re talking about bringing in

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even bigger bombs to complete the

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destruction total silence and i want to

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remind everybody that israel is not a

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party to the npt and yet they’re the

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ones calling the shots they’re the ones

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carrying out the aggression iran who is

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a party to the npt who has been

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compliant with its obligations under the

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mpt

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is being treated as if they’re the

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villain here instead of the victim and

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the man to blame is the director general

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gross he

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has been a party to this conflict in

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more ways than one under his direction

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the iaea inspectors have become a de

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facto extension of the intelligence arms

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of the united states great britain

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france germany and israel gce himself

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has a close and continuous relationship

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with israel where he shares sensitive

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information about iran’s nuclear

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infrastructure information that has been

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used by the israelis to target and

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destroy this infrastructure

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iran today announced that they are

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suspending all relations with the iaea

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they have not yet taken the step to

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withdraw from the nuclear

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non-prololiferation treaty now many will

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condemn iran for this action but how

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could they possibly continue to have a

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relationship with an organization which

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has been so thoroughly corrupted by the

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israeli government by israeli

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intelligence by the united states

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these inspectors go into sensitive

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facilities and they come out and they

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relay what they have seen to the

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intelligence services of nations openly

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hostile to iran and gci has colluded

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with israel the united states and others

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to provide political cover for this

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attack the release of a a report saying

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that iran is not compliant with its

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obligations leading to a board of

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director uh resolution condemning iran

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on the eve of israel’s decision to

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attack the handinand glove relationship

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is clear the cause and effect

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relationship is clear and if you read

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the iaea report there’s nothing in there

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that constitutes a smoking gun against

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iran it’s just a continuation of the

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kind of uh intelligence-based narrative

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promagated by israel trying to create

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the false impression of an iran seeking

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a nuclear weapons program when the

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international community hell the

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american intelligence community says it

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is not the iaea is a party to this

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conflict gross is a party to this

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conflict iran was right to shut down its

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relationship with the iaea and now the

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international community has told grosi

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you got to go if there are going to be

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iaea inspectors back to work in iran

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then the relationship between iran and

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the iea must be reconfigured and one of

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the key aspects of this reconfiguration

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is that the iea must cease forever all

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connectivity with israel until which

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time israel becomes a party to the

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nuclear non-prololiferation treaty and

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opens it up its facilities to

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inspections and its nuclear weapons

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program to destruction israel cannot be

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allowed to have nuclear weapons and so

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long as israel does it should be treated

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as the international pariah that it is

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but there’s silence in the iea about

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israel at the same time they are

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colluding with israel to attack iran if

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you want to save the nuclear

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non-prololiferation treaty then you have

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to reconfigure the relationship between

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the iea and iran and israel cannot be a

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part of this israel is the bad guy not

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iran israel’s got to go not iran and

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gross’s got to go that’s my rant i’ll

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see you on the next one

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Ritter’s Rant Ep. 6: Who Control’s the President?

(https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-006-who-controls-the?r=1vhv3f&triedRedirect=true)