"Two wars, dragging humanity into despair
and existential peril, have in the past week sunk to levels difficult
to comprehend. The danger of a nuclear confrontation between Russia and
the West over Ukraine has been theoretically
with us for nearly three years, but last week it took on terrifyingly
concrete form. And in the metastasizing wars in the Middle East, which
carry their own more distant atomic threat, the genocidal rage of an
unbalanced Israel spread deeper into Lebanon,
while all-out war with Iran simmers; the ethnic cleansing of at least
the North of Gaza is no longer denied in the Israeli press, and much of
the world’s patience with the Zionist state ran out as its prime
minister was indicted by an international criminal
court never intended to pursue Western and allied leaders.
"On the programme today to indeed help us
understand all this is former C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern; ex-U.N.
weapons inspector Scott Ritter and Ted Postol, professor emeritus of
Science, Technology, and International Security
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Hosts: Elizabeth Vos and
Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan.