EARLY EPISODE: Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 1
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*since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released.
Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day.
sources:
Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters
Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html
https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime
Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.
Comments
Wait are we getting a knowledge fight crossover
LensWipe
2024-08-12 20:46:11 +0000 UTCAw yusss more pre-show music. Just like 2020 wooo
LensWipe
2024-08-12 20:42:14 +0000 UTCLeonardo’s Rhodesian accent was famously accurate. White Zimbabweans will tell you, it’s surprising how he captured the nuances.
Eben Drake-Mudede
2024-08-10 11:40:51 +0000 UTCI am only just realising they've added intro music, I've been instantly skipping anything that sounds like it isn't the actual episode 😄
Pete Conneely
2024-08-09 17:38:07 +0000 UTCI’m also curious
Zach
2024-08-09 14:20:21 +0000 UTCNate's worst music take yet. Modern Talking is awesome.
Mats Engblom
2024-08-09 08:00:01 +0000 UTCViktor Bout was just Garak from DS9 but with planes instead of clothes.
Mutual Aid Miniatures
2024-08-07 18:10:04 +0000 UTCVincent Butt, the HEB of "off the truck" military equipment.
Jonathan Grafton
2024-08-07 04:46:42 +0000 UTCThis feels like What if Joe did a Behind the Bastards episode. Unlike Robert Joe knows sports.
DrShockMaster
2024-08-06 14:43:17 +0000 UTCLooking forward to all the fan art for this episode.
Alex
2024-08-06 07:00:42 +0000 UTCHey, Delaware makes an appearance! Gotta get representation where we can, since people forget we exist. "We're not just a corporate tax haven, we swear."™️
TwoRavens
2024-08-06 02:11:43 +0000 UTCthe intro music keeps catching me off guard lmao
oa
2024-08-05 23:19:46 +0000 UTCI like the intro as well :)
A Guy
2024-08-05 18:52:15 +0000 UTCIntro music slaps.
Matt Schubert
2024-08-05 18:44:04 +0000 UTCAll due respect, I liked it better when there was no intro music.
Gavin David Klug
2024-08-05 18:37:51 +0000 UTCThis episode feels like a retcon of the whole series “what if I told you all the bad guys in history were armed by the super bad guy?”.
Jason Machacek
2024-08-05 17:07:41 +0000 UTCReally digging the new intro music! Who is that?
Jamie Knocke
2024-08-05 13:48:56 +0000 UTCViktor Bout is just an SCP who breached containment.
Ben Piche
2024-08-05 10:36:32 +0000 UTCTom coup when?
nughh
2024-08-05 06:52:40 +0000 UTCRiding out Hurricane Debby in Valdosta GA. Charged my phone so I can jam this new episode and relisten to Munster episodes too. Anyone else out there hope yall are safe and having fun.
William Shackelford
2024-08-05 06:14:25 +0000 UTCWeird. I just relistened to the lord of war ep last night. I made this happen!
Hammerthrust Von Sexron
2024-08-05 02:55:43 +0000 UTCYeah, Roshen stuff was surprisingly good.
Matt
2024-08-05 00:48:35 +0000 UTCKobe smiles upon me as I shout "Kobe" while throwing a fruit loop on to the butthole of a hooker.
david reid
2024-08-04 23:55:11 +0000 UTCWell if there was any doubt that Joe is a spook and this is a CIA front that intro cleared it up, lol. 🤑
Ben
2024-08-04 22:38:34 +0000 UTCOsama shoulda hooped instead of tryna kill people cause he tall as hell
Max W
2024-08-04 22:09:40 +0000 UTCYou asked "whats the funniest oligarch you could be" - well, the previous president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is a candy oligarch. And his candy is very good
kliachichka
2024-08-04 22:02:00 +0000 UTCSo in light of what happened, like, a week ago, we definitely need to spell his name Bout, in order to distinguish from the American neocon dumbass married to a spy.
Matt
2024-08-04 21:54:43 +0000 UTCso what im getting from this episode is that mgs4 is real but instead of a supercomputer its just a guy named boot
Lain of the Wired
2024-08-04 21:08:42 +0000 UTCHuh, I thought that was the title for Basil Zaharoff. I guess they reused it.
Markus D
2024-08-04 20:27:49 +0000 UTCOh shit I have been waiting for you to talk about this guy since yall watched lord of war
Joshua White
2024-08-04 20:18:49 +0000 UTCgod damnit im a tall as this boot
Lain of the Wired
2024-08-04 20:18:36 +0000 UTCthis title sounds cheery
Lain of the Wired
2024-08-04 20:12:18 +0000 UTC
