Bob Kagan
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1,471 appearances
4 recordings
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Bob Kagan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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were people pointing out what a fraud the whole situation has been.
And that's where I think the media have fallen down.
Now, partly it's because the Republican national security establishment would normally be the ones who would all along have been jumping up and down about how badly this is going, but because they can't say anything bad about Donald Trump, they've been quiet.
The media, I don't know whether it's just if Trump reports, says that he says something is happening, they have to report that that's what he said.
And they have to sort of, I guess, take it seriously, even though, as people have been pointing out, he's said it like seven times in a row.
You know, I think he said there's been a deal seven times.
He's also said he was going to wipe out their civilization six times.
I mean, and every day the media reports it sort of dutifully.
Even the New York Times, I just don't think they understand the essence of what has happened in this crisis.
We still treat this like it's an open-ended, anything could happen.
This thing has been settled for months.
My question has always been, when does reality just become unmistakable?
And I think we're getting pretty close to it right now.
Right.
Because the whole world could see where this is going, even if the New York Times can't.
The fact that Trump even is talking about a 30 or now 60 day truce, people don't see that for what it is.
He wants to walk away and hope that nobody notices that he just gave away a fundamental strategic position to one of the most dangerous powers in the world.
That is the reality.
And again, I don't know what what it's going to take for people to fully realize that.
Well, that's the thing.
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