Ben Rhodes

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12,021 appearances 36 recordings 12 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 4d ago

Ben Rhodes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Pod Save the World · Don Jr.’s Big Fat Russian Wedding · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

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you know, the Abraham Accords was supposed to be the future. voice-verified

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lot of peace voice-verified

Yeah, there was supposed to be peace and it was also supposed to be this like unbeatable constellation of Gulf countries in Israel and Iran was going to be minimized and the Houthis were going to be defeated. voice-verified

If you judge the Abraham Accords against its own objectives, like forget the fact that it wasn't going to bring peace to the Palestinians. voice-verified

Look at where Iran is today. voice-verified

Look at where the Houthis are today. voice-verified

Like, this kind of handshake deal between autocrats that, frankly, you know, there's a house of cards feeling to the Middle East infrastructure as it is, with the U.S. voice-verified

as kind of the force behind the house of cards. voice-verified

Like, they're... voice-verified

Something is going to emerge on the other side of this war. voice-verified

And I think there's something that emerges. voice-verified

Iran is going to have to be dealt with, not ignored or, you know, not cowering in the face of the Iran Accords. voice-verified

And countries like Saudi Arabia are going to make their own deals with the Chinese, with other countries, because who wants to be wholly relying on the United States anymore? voice-verified

Yeah, I mean, first of all, don't underestimate the Houthis. voice-verified

I mean, we did the same thing with the Taliban, you know, in the sense that there's this kind of corrupt government in Yemen. voice-verified

And then there are these, you know, the Saudis and others have been bombing Yemenis without regard for civilian life. voice-verified

That kind of stuff, like, opens the door to the Houthis taking over the whole country. voice-verified

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