{"id":59599,"date":"2026-06-03T07:49:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=59599"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:49:58","slug":"ray-mcgovern-on-white-house-cowards-who-didnt-stand-up-to-israel-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/ray-mcgovern-on-white-house-cowards-who-didnt-stand-up-to-israel-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray McGovern on White House &#8216;Cowards&#8217; Who Didn&#8217;t Stand Up to Israel on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_McGovern\">Ray McGovern<\/a>, the 27-year CIA officer and chair of the National Intelligence Estimates-turned antiwar agitator, joins Trip the Beltway Fantastic this week to talk about how the United States has deferred to Israel\u2019s regional agenda for decades, and under Donald Trump has cleaved the two nation\u2019s foreign policies together in dangerous ways, leaving us in a seemingly irreconcilable conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VBUhFH0PR40?si=R-3RpGNmM0RbIvQ3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ray touches on a <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/israel-us-military\/\">explosive new report this week<\/a> about how Congress is trying to shift U.S. aid to Israel into the shadows, creating co-production and other \u201ccooperation\u201d agreements with the Israeli military. 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