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Colonel Richard Kemp on Israel's Long War
Foreign Podicy
English - January 26, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsNews taliban us foreign policy national guard dod sanctions cyber expansionism antisemitism terrorist foreign relations Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Colonel Richard Kemp has spent three decades fighting terrorists and insurgents around the world, including as commander of British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been present during each conflict between Israel and Hamas since 2008 and has been in Israel since the beginning of the current Gaza war.
Col. Kemp joins Cliff to discuss why Israel is not guilty of genocide and why Hamas, Hezbollah, and their patrons in Tehran are; the measures taken by Israel to reduce civilian harm — including their unparalleled ratio of civilians to combatants killed — in what the Col. calls the “single most challenging battlefield”; how South Africa and other members of the so-called ‘international community’ reinforce Hamas’ use of human shields; and the Colonel’s thoughts on the recent U.S.- and UK-led defensive strikes targeting Houthi assets in Yemen.
Col. Kemp also shares a battlefield assessment from his time spent in Ukraine and explains to Cliff why he fears the war is likely to end in defeat for Kyiv.