Rory Stewart

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24,987 appearances 93 recordings 4 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 4d ago

Rory Stewart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Rest Is Politics · 561. How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

very fast-moving ballistic missiles. voice-verified

The Patriots have incredible optical equipment and extraordinary designs, and nobody in the world has ever been able to replicate how extraordinary these Patriot missile systems are. voice-verified

But America was very worried it was running out of them, very worried that it was running out of them, partly because the story had always been that it needed to keep them in the Pacific in case there was a threat from China. voice-verified

Yep. voice-verified

And the story was voice-verified

It couldn't afford to give these things to Ukraine, couldn't even afford to supply them if Europe wanted to buy them. voice-verified

This was one of the big arguments for the US getting out of Ukraine, is because it didn't have enough patriots for China. voice-verified

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There's been this extraordinary reporting. voice-verified

CSIS has suggested that they have used something like voice-verified

half their patriot missiles. voice-verified

CNN suggests they may have used 80% of their patriot missiles in Iran. voice-verified

Again, CSIS suggesting of these air defense systems, which were in South Korea, they have may have used up as much as a third. voice-verified

CNN suggests from reporting inside the Pentagon, it could be fifty percent of their entire stock. voice-verified

And these are things with a three-year lead time. voice-verified

I was just trying again to um play devil's advocate with myself and and try to make the Republican case make the Hexath case. voice-verified

doctor. voice-verified

So if if I were Heges spin doctor, what they're trying to run at the moment is a story that the United States couldn't afford to pay for the whole world. voice-verified

Other people needed to burden share. voice-verified

Middle East needed to pay for its own defence, Europe needed to pay for its own defence. voice-verified

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