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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

The flight of Ayatollah Khomeini from Paris to Tehran brought the most radical form of Shiite Islam to Iran, which is one of the great tragedies of the modern era.

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Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza | Lex Fridman Podcast #463

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Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza | Lex Fridman Podcast #463

03/31/25

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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

Khomeiniism has vastly set back the Persian people and has kept them in subjugation since 1979.

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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

The revolutionary government in Iran operates on a grand scale with ultimate brutality, which is how they maintain power.

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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

I have a lot of friends in Iran, and everyone I know there opposes the regime; they are brilliant, educated, thoughtful, and worldly people.

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Ricky Gervais

06/27/23

@ The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

The doctrine of hell is one of the most evil things about both Christianity and Islam, especially for those who truly believe it.

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Lex Fridman Cast

05/24/25

@ Lex Fridman

Decapitating a strong leader without a plan for the resulting power vacuum can lead to chaos, as seen in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein.

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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

The plan involved Hezbollah joining the attack from the north, but they didn't coordinate well due to a lack of trust in communication.

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Douglas Murray

03/31/25

@ Lex Fridman

It's one of the greatest nations on earth in terms of culture, yet its leadership is behind most of the terror groups in the region.

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Noam Chomsky

12/07/18

@ MIT Video Productions

The U.S. supported Saddam Hussein for years, but after he lost control and failed to follow IMF orders, he was deemed no longer useful, leading to calls for a democratic transition.

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Doug Burgum

04/23/25

@ a16z

The existential threat to the U.S. is not just climate change, but also the risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and losing the AI race to China.