Conversations With History - Robert Baer

"Dealing with Iran"
Robert Baer
author and former CIA operative

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes former CIA operative Robert Baer for a discussion of his book on Iran--The Devil We Know. Baer discusses the craft of spying, U.S. policy in the Middle East, the emergence of Iran as a regional hegemon, and what we know about Iran's strategy and tactics as we witness the rise of its power. He discusses U.S. policy options in the region, especially relations with the two major powers in the region, Iran and Israel. Baer also analyzes the Iranian nuclear threat and the phenomena of suicide terrorism. He concludes with an assessment of the recent political turmoil in Iran and lays out what we know and don't know about which forces will dominate domestic politics in Iran.

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[insan766]

A thousand splended lessons that can be learned from these words of wisdom, very informative on every level, religious , political and so on, very

[insan766]

Why isn't the world ruled by educated smart people like Baer ? A simple question

[palecos1]

Baer is a highly intelligent operative with very indepth first-hand experience of Iran. Superb interview!

[YFLOInternational]

"Ninjas with guns" ~ Superb interview! 8:13 especially ....

[claymoreman1010]

mad smart

[AMIANDZ2]

@SamiZaatari coz the host looks like a guy from the sixties

[AMIANDZ2]

@SamiZaatari lol

[SamiZaatari]

@BryChe87 its strange to believe that this beat is still being used in 2009. lol.

[BryChe87]

The introduction music is horrendous.

[letstalkaboutstuff]

@Fawad056 Do yourself a favor and don't believe any of them. Protecting our country and the citizens are NOT what the CIA does. Not even close. In fact, a complete extreme opposite. This degenerate always goes around trying to make it look like he's a sort-of good guy...just typing that I feel slight vomit wanting to come up my throat. Most people would go into cardiac arrest if they were fully aware of what the CIA does. God only knows what they'll train his adopted Pakistani daughter for.