# Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 124: The Mecca Agreement, Israel-Greece Pact, Turkey in the Crosshairs - 8/31/26

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-09-01T03:56:59+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/geopolitics-with-ghost-ep-124-the-mecca-agreement-israel-greece-pact-turkey-in-the-crosshairs-83126/
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## Resource

Ghost is back live for the first time in a while, kids tucked in, wife out of town, and a full month of news to catch up on. He starts with the fallout from the Mecca agreement, the Saudi Turkey Pakistan defense pact he had been mapping out since February, and why he thinks Egypt, Iran and Syria will all eventually join. From there he digs into a resurfaced 1962 interview where Israel's first prime minister laid out a vision that sounds a lot like modern globalism, then walks through the new three billion dollar Israel Greece defense deal, complete with laser interceptors he expects to see tested in the Aegean. He also covers a suspicious ferry sinking near Cyprus, a wild historical detour involving yogurt and the Armenian genocide, and a leadership shakeup inside Iran's IRGC that has him questioning whether the organization even still exists.

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