# Kontrarian Korner #97 - Colonel Towner-Watkins

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Podcast: [Kontrarian Korner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kontrarian-korner-6889783)
Published: 2026-04-15T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Yesterday I had Colonel Towner-Watkins on the podcast for the first time. She’s an expert on the history of the intelligence agencies and the international syndicate that has been shaping world events in the Post World War II era. We got into the recent events in the Middle East, how they are connected to the different factions that have been operating internationally for decades, and the illicit funding mechanisms of the intelligence agencies. You can find the Colonel on Twitter and on Rumble . Podcast Summary * The shaping and control mechanisms used by the intelligence agencies in the post World War II era. * How borders were drawn in the post World War II era to set up chaos nodes in the Middle East and Asia with the formation of Israel, Pakistan, and Formosa (Taiwan). * How the opium and cocaine trade was used as a funding mechanism for the intelligence agencies and the international syndicate. * How the large international corporations benefited from different operations and coups run by the intelligence agencies. * Why it was crucial to take Maduro alive during the Venezuela operation, and how he has extensive knowledge of this system. * The factions in Iran, the chaos node in Israel, and how the recent events in the Middle East show that Trump is targeting those outposts for the international syndicate. * How the intelligence agencies are interconnected, and how different “terrorist groups and regimes” were funded by Israel and other parts of the international syndicate. * How large insurance companies have become intelligence fronts, at least in part. * Lloyd’s of London, how they benefit from the implicit US guarantee of global shipping lanes, and their influence on maritime insurance as a piece on the geopolitical chessboard. * The reasoning behind the Strai…

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