August 6, 2006: Space and the Middle East - Howard Bloom
Podcast:The Art Bell Archive Published On: Thu Jan 08 2026 Description: Art Bell opens with sobering world news, including the escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict, BP shutting down half of Alaska North Slope oil production due to pipeline corrosion, and growing concerns about global warming. He urges listeners to watch an ABC News report on accelerating climate change, rising temperatures, and methane bubbles emerging from ocean floors, noting that even Pat Robertson has acknowledged human-caused warming.Howard Bloom joins to analyze the Middle East crisis through Islamic history and Iranian strategy. Bloom argues that Iran orchestrated America into the Iraq war through fabricated intelligence funneled via Ahmad Chalabi, and that Hezbollah functions as an Iranian proxy testing Western resolve. He describes Iran as possessing Sunburn cruise missiles capable of destroying American aircraft carriers and warns that the conflict follows patterns established by Muhammad, where attacking Jewish targets served as a prelude to larger conquests.Bloom and Art discuss whether the conflict could escalate into broader war, with Bloom noting that Condoleezza Rice faces the challenge of keeping China and Russia from aligning with Iran. The conversation also touches on space solar power and NASA funding crises, with Bloom arguing that America desperately needs a unifying vision for its future.