Neil Oliver Interviews The Duran: '...they’re sucking the LIFE out of us!'

Neil Oliver Interviews Alexander Mercouris & Alex Christoforou of The Duran



The big threat we all face is from globalists and neocons. Alex and Alexander point out that the decline of Europe has allowed both the wars in Ukraine and Iran to occur when they would have been strong moderating forces that would have prevented conflict in past situations. They also explain that today's political process has become divorced from the concerns of the people so that there is almost no difference in policies between the major establishment parties. 

Alex lays out a credible scenario for the war in Iran where Trump was probably told, against the advice of many in the military, that a decapitation strike would lead to situation similar to what happened in Venezuela, and that he could use this as leverage over the Chinese. At the same time he was also faced with the prospect of the Israelis attacking Iran anyway - as has been publicly admitted. And now the world faces the consequences of this mess with both Russia and China supporting Iran. 

The guys from The Duran also talk about people waking up to the history of the Middle East and Israel, whereas only a few years ago most people just accepted the misleading rhetoric coming solely from the Israeli side.

When asked about how the present worldwide mess might be resolved Alexander explains that it might follow a pattern similar to what we saw in the 60s and 70s, in relation to the War in Vietnam. In that situation Chinese and Russian support for North Vietnam gave them leverage over the US and so the same thing might unfold with Iran. The US would be steered out of the war and forced to retreat into itself. Of course this does not mean that the societal and economic situation within Western countries will turn out well. The opposite is likely to occur no matter what happens with the war against Iran. 

The last important point raised in the video, by Alexander, is that 'councils of despair' are to be avoided. No matter how bad things get there is always a way to move forward to repair and rebuild. Unfortunately the present situation may get a lot worse before it gets better.  

As a footnote to this video, to repair Western countries, that are in massive decline, globalism needs to be stopped. The best thing that can happen, from this point onwards, is a political revolution with non-interventionist nationalists taking over from the unhinged globalists - plus the release of all the blackmail and corruption material that has been used to control the current set of leaders. Intelligence agency criminality, that is intertwined with corporatist crime networks, needs to be aired and everything dismantled so that ordinary people can be put back in control of their local communities - as opposed to being ruled by faceless men.

The present system we live under needs a massive overhaul. There should be no privacy for elected officials and bureaucrats who we know cannot be trusted. Truth and transparency, along with local control, should be the order of the day. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, March 23, 2026.]