Jeffrey Sachs

recent memory, not about Ukraine, not about the wars raging throughout the Middle East. As I said, I think there was one full page actually about Operation Timber Sycamore in 2016. You would think that something that got us into a war of 13 years where we spent billions of dollars, where hundreds of thousands of people died,

Even at this stage, there would be a kind of page or a box explaining the historical background to this, but it didn't exist. I actually wrote, I have to say, I wrote to one of the reporters saying, couldn't you mention a little background? He said, oh, very interesting idea, Mr. Sachs. So I'm waiting. You wrote to an New York Times reporter. Well, I know these people for decades.

Even at this stage, there would be a kind of page or a box explaining the historical background to this, but it didn't exist. I actually wrote, I have to say, I wrote to one of the reporters saying, couldn't you mention a little background? He said, oh, very interesting idea, Mr. Sachs. So I'm waiting. You wrote to an New York Times reporter. Well, I know these people for decades.

Even at this stage, there would be a kind of page or a box explaining the historical background to this, but it didn't exist. I actually wrote, I have to say, I wrote to one of the reporters saying, couldn't you mention a little background? He said, oh, very interesting idea, Mr. Sachs. So I'm waiting. You wrote to an New York Times reporter. Well, I know these people for decades.

And by the way, not only do I know them, and some I like very much, by the way, and some have been classmates of mine a long time ago, and they know things that they don't report. And that's also important to understand that...

And by the way, not only do I know them, and some I like very much, by the way, and some have been classmates of mine a long time ago, and they know things that they don't report. And that's also important to understand that...

And by the way, not only do I know them, and some I like very much, by the way, and some have been classmates of mine a long time ago, and they know things that they don't report. And that's also important to understand that...

what they will say in private is the opposite of what their newspaper says and i mean literally the opposite so um that's very worrying to me because we operate foreign policy in secrecy we do not have any kind of democratic oversight of foreign policy there's no explanation of it There's no accountability for it. It's in very few hands. It's not in good or reliable hands. It's not explained.

what they will say in private is the opposite of what their newspaper says and i mean literally the opposite so um that's very worrying to me because we operate foreign policy in secrecy we do not have any kind of democratic oversight of foreign policy there's no explanation of it There's no accountability for it. It's in very few hands. It's not in good or reliable hands. It's not explained.

what they will say in private is the opposite of what their newspaper says and i mean literally the opposite so um that's very worrying to me because we operate foreign policy in secrecy we do not have any kind of democratic oversight of foreign policy there's no explanation of it There's no accountability for it. It's in very few hands. It's not in good or reliable hands. It's not explained.

We gave over Middle East foreign policy to Israel a long time ago, not to U.S. interests, but to Israel's interests. That is the Israel lobby. And.

We gave over Middle East foreign policy to Israel a long time ago, not to U.S. interests, but to Israel's interests. That is the Israel lobby. And.

We gave over Middle East foreign policy to Israel a long time ago, not to U.S. interests, but to Israel's interests. That is the Israel lobby. And.

We don't hear questioning of this at all, of course, not from the government, not from the Congress, not from oversight by any democratic institutions, nor does the mainstream media, which fewer and fewer people are interested in because they don't get any facts from it, look into these issues.

We don't hear questioning of this at all, of course, not from the government, not from the Congress, not from oversight by any democratic institutions, nor does the mainstream media, which fewer and fewer people are interested in because they don't get any facts from it, look into these issues.

We don't hear questioning of this at all, of course, not from the government, not from the Congress, not from oversight by any democratic institutions, nor does the mainstream media, which fewer and fewer people are interested in because they don't get any facts from it, look into these issues.

Well, there'll be continued war, and now the drumbeat is for war with Iran. Anything is possible. Netanyahu dearly wants the U.S. to go in and bomb Iran, probably. Some of President Trump's advisors will feel the same. The incoming administration is a mix of old school hardliners and people with a very different perspective.

Well, there'll be continued war, and now the drumbeat is for war with Iran. Anything is possible. Netanyahu dearly wants the U.S. to go in and bomb Iran, probably. Some of President Trump's advisors will feel the same. The incoming administration is a mix of old school hardliners and people with a very different perspective.

Well, there'll be continued war, and now the drumbeat is for war with Iran. Anything is possible. Netanyahu dearly wants the U.S. to go in and bomb Iran, probably. Some of President Trump's advisors will feel the same. The incoming administration is a mix of old school hardliners and people with a very different perspective.

So there will be an internal battle for the heart and soul of the new administration. But there will be some who say, yeah, now is time to carry on the war. Hezbollah and Hamas have been weakened syria has fallen the air defenses are gone now we can fly and do in iran of course all of this is a profound delusion and that's i think really important to understand