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John Kiriakou

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6255 total appearances

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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

So the Iraqis have electrical towers like we have everywhere, but ours have four legs and the Iraqis have three legs.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

So just a few days before we attacked Iraq, at that time, I'm the executive assistant to the deputy director for operations at the CIA.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

So it's a serious, the most serious job I ever had in my life.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

So you have access to a lot.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

And the Israelis come to us and they said, listen, you guys are going to attack Iraq in a couple of days.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

We put this coalition together with all these Arab countries.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

As soon as you guys jump in, all the Arabs are going to drop out.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

Next thing you know, every one of these electrical towers just begins to topple over like 150 miles worth in the Western desert because somebody put explosives on just one of the three legs.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

And I remember my boss saying,

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

These damn Israelis, they just can't leave well enough alone.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

I'm far less worried about the dancing Israelis than I am about the Israelis who were arrested on 9-11.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou

They were happy because they knew exactly what was going to happen, that we would have to enter the war.