#437 — Two Years Since 10/7

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How how do you have strong opinions of uh on the topics we're about to touch? I spent a number of years in and out of US government foreign policy positions, and I've spent a lot of time in the Middle East in those positions and also a lot of time in Israel studying and writing about Israel, written a couple books about Israel, and since October 7th, my podcast has been all but exclusively focused on what has been happening in Israel, the Middle East, and in in the West's reaction to events of October 7th. So in a nutshell, that's how I found my voice. Yeah.

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