Ross Douthat
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4,896 appearances
23 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 27 Aug
Ross Douthat’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I fundamentally believe this deal will be good for the entire region and for the world.
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But at present, it would seem the U.S.
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is back at war with Iran.
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What are we accomplishing?
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Why is it not fair to at least describe this as a stalemate?
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But it still has the capability to literally strike U.S.
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bases in Jordan.
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Right.
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OK.
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I'm going to quote.
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Fareed Zakaria wrote a column for The Washington Post where he said that the Iran war has been good for China because it is, quote, accelerated three of China's long held goals, a Middle East less dependent on America, a world more dependent on critical Chinese technology and a reputation for Beijing as a serious and steady world power.
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That doesn't seem unfair to me.
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Does it seem unfair to you?
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Okay, good.
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Tell me why.
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Well, the first one is, he says, a Middle East less dependent on America, which I presume by that he means a Middle East where a lot of countries think that, you know, the U.S.
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is just not going to be sort of permanently...
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But so you just mentioned the Strait of Hormuz, whether or not you want to be in America's position at the macro level.
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The case for not wanting to be in America's position in its relationship to the Middle East right now is that we are currently trying and failing to permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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And.
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