Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern on The World This Week. Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump really nuke Iran? Gaza and Ukraine updates and the Pentagon punishes Stars & Stripes by firing its editor and publisher.
Judge Andrew Napolitano with Larry Johnson, Scott Ritter, and Joe Kent. They discuss the reported Air Force One threat (Israeli warning, CIA skepticism, Trump taken off the plane), Israel's influence on US intelligence, the Iran war and Hormuz blockade, and Putin's Far East order that Russian ships may seize European vessels if Europe seizes Russian ones.
Former UN weapons inspector and US Marine intel officer Scott Ritter on Danny Haiphong — an alleged Iranian attempt on Trump’s life, and the crisis aboard the USS Lincoln as 5,000 US sailors face catastrophe.
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Scott Ritter discusses the desperation mounting for the Trump administration as it pursues a potential nuclear option for Russia and China following its massive defeat in Iran. Meanwhile the USS Lincoln is reportedly in crisis, further complicating the war designs of the American empire.
Scott Ritter is a former UN Weapons Inspector and US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer now widely renowned for his searing critiques of US foreign policy and pursuit of peace.
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Why does religious faith decide who wins wars in the Middle East? Former Marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter argues the "axis of resistance," Israeli hardline politics, and US Christian Zionism are all shaped by deep, often overlooked religious conviction — and that Western policymakers consistently misread it.
In this episode of Deep Dive Perspective, Scott Ritter draws on his own intelligence background preparing for a potential US-Iran conflict in the 1980s, explaining how Shia theology and the concept of martyrdom rooted in the Battle of Karbala shaped Iranian combat resilience. He traces how this same religious lens explains the rise of Hezbollah out of Amal's resistance to Israeli occupation, and the complicated, more recent alignment between Iran and Yemen's Ansarullah movement.
Ritter also discusses what he describes as the growing influence of religious hardliners within Israeli politics and the eschatological beliefs of Christian Zionism within parts of the US administration, arguing both distort strategic decision-making around the region. He is critical of US policymakers and institutions for failing to understand the ideology of adversaries, and offers his own view on which strands of religious extremism — across multiple faiths — he considers most dangerous to regional stability.
This episode contains strong personal opinions and characterizations of religious and political movements. These are presented as Scott Ritter's own analysis, not verified facts or the position of Deep Dive Perspective, and should be weighed against other reporting and primary sources.
In This Episode:
- The faith behind the "axis of resistance"
- Shia theology, martyrdom, and Iranian combat resilience
- How Hezbollah emerged from Amal's resistance to Israeli occupation
- Iran and Yemen's Ansarullah: allies, but not natural ones
- Religious hardliners' growing influence in Israeli politics
- Christian Zionism and eschatology in US policy circles
- Why Washington keeps misreading the region
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Scott Ritter discusses the new fronts of war emerging in the Iran war despite US retreat from striking deeper into the country.
What has been a catastrophe for the Pentagon is set to get a lot worse and the former UN Weapons Inspector and US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer breaks it all down.
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Recent government-assisted censorship began under Biden but Donald Trump has now unleashed the return of full-blown McCarthyism in which "communism" is once again the greatest menace to the United States. Joe Lauria's guests this week are Scott Ritter and Patrick Henningsen.
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Scott Ritter discusses Iran's new ballistic missile and the massive destruction of Patriot batteries, air defenses, radars, and billions in military hardware as the blown open cover up of US troops casualties sends Trump scrambling toward all out war.
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Scott Ritter, Former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intel Officer, discusses the massive escalation in the Iran war as Yemen enters into renewed conflict with a US-backed Saudi incursion, and Iran strikes back hard after Trump declared war following day 3 of CENTCOM strikes.
