Sanchez Effect

‘The notion that Iran can be brought to its knees in weeks makes no sense’ – Professor Jeffrey Sachs

On the latest episode of Sanchez Effect, renowned Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs has a reality check for Washington. He argues that Iran, with its vast, mountainous territory, large population, advanced missiles and intricate underground tunnels, is no easy target, especially under the tight deadlines set by Trump.

Sachs questions whether the US president, with his hubristic claims about America’s role in the conflict, is either delusional or an outright liar. History has a way of revealing the truth, as evidenced by the Vietnam War, when US officials insisted their military was doing well, before ultimately losing.

We also examine Trump’s machinations for Cuba, which he insists the US can seize. We delve into this topic with RT correspondent Donald Courter, who has just returned from the Caribbean nation. Don’t miss the latest, here on RT!

‘Shame on Bibi Netanyahu. You are not a friend to Christians at all’ – Carrie Prejean

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect Rick exposes the Israeli government’s anti-Christian sentiments and how US officials are bowing to Israeli lobbyists despite that fact. There’s no better guest to help us do it than former Miss California and current conservative activist Carrie Prejean Boller. She has faced religious and lobbyist pressure herself, with the Trump administration asking her to resign from the religious freedom committee after she questioned the body’s strong pro-Israeli stance. Prejean says she was shocked; asking how standing up against genocide can be anti-Semitic. She describes the officials who shut her down are ‘cowards’ - and that she and other Americans had trusted Trump to change US policies, only to renege on his pledges. Her stance reflects that of many Trump supporters: “I do not know who he is. He promised not to get us involved in foreign wars. And now we’re seeing that we are sending boots on the ground.” Rick and Prejean also discuss a new era in media, where there are genuine alternative voices which cannot be silenced. Catch the whole interview on RT International or on BitChute ricksancheztv.

‘Trump calls on us to go to the Strait of Hormuz and clean up the mess’ – EU lawmaker

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect Rick discusses the Iran war with Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Amid news and speculation about a possible US ground invasion of Iran, Parsi says it would be a disastrous mistake for Trump because right now, he still has the backing of many Americans, with Fox News and legacy media ‘misinformation’ helping him.

However, when US ground troops start dying, he will lose his own base. Also in this episode, a look at the possibility of an off-ramp for Trump, with Rick asking whether his ability to read the room might help the US escape the situation and save the president’s ratings. Trita Parsi discussed how everything depends on which room Trump is reading, with him having a weakness for the Israeli lobby. Catch the full episode on RT International.

‘Hasn’t Trump said that he is going for regime change, and he is not talking to us?’ – Iranian Ambassador to Russia

As the US-Israeli war against Iran rages on, all signs point towards a looming American ground invasion. In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect, Rick talks to Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali. The envoy didn’t hesitate to pour cold water on Donald Trump’s grand claims of military and diplomatic success. According to Jalali, Iranians are eager to meet American soldiers face to face and fight a war like real men, since Washington’s forces currently just firebomb Iran from the air and fly away. Even though the diplomat does not want to see US soldiers die, he said that if they come, many will leave in coffins. 

Also in this interview, he told how the American people are the victims of Trump’s terrible decisions and the Israeli lobby’s influence. That’s as the US president has grown desperate in the face of military failure and Tehran’s unwavering position, announcing negotiations that have not even happened, according to Iran. Watch the whole exclusive interview here on RT International or on Bitchute ‘ricksancheztv’.

‘Trump will make a desperate play and Iran will come out a major winner of this war in the long run’ – Jiang Xueqin

‘Trump wants D-Day, he is in a desperate situation and will make a desperate play. But Iran will come out a major winner of this war in the long run.’ – Jiang Xueqin

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect, Rick and his guest talk predictions, the specialty of Jiang Xueqin, an accomplished academic and the host of the YouTube show ‘Predictive History’.

Professor Jiang explains that Trump is desperate for two things: public support and congressional approval of funding of war in Iran. He thinks that such desperation is pushing Trump to launch this senseless, limited invasion of Iran, which will produce two potential results: the successful takeover of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf or the islands will become the final resting place of the invading US troops. And, he stresses, either scenario will cause anti-Iranian sentiment to grow. The professor has also predicted huge chaos in world’s economy and the downfall of the ‘American empire’. You can learn about it all here on RT International, or on Bitchute ‘ricksancheztv’.

‘While Trump’s army is out of the reach of Iranian rockets, the allies have to clean up his sh*t’ – Rudi Kennes

‘Trump calls on us to go to the Strait of Hormuz and clean up the mess. While his own army is out of the reach of Iranian rockets, the allies have to clean up his sh*t’ – a member of the European Parliament.

In this episode of RT’s ‘Sanchez Effect’ Rick looks at the European Union’s policies with Belgian lawmaker Rudi Kennes. He is one of the few European politicians who is shocked with how the EU’s leaders handle their duties. He agrees with Rick that it can be described in one sentence: ‘shooting themselves in the foot’.

In terms of the war on Iran, he says that it was clear that the country is not going to succumb to the same scenario as Venezuela because Tehran’s leadership had planned for the conflict and geography rules out any ground invasion. Kennes says that despite the EU publicly proclaiming its distance from the war on Iran, many members of the bloc and the UK are heavily involved.

He says it is because the European leadership emerged from industry and now their lobbyists own them, especially military manufacturers.

Watch the whole interview here, on RT International or on Bitchute ‘ricksancheztv’.