What podcasts say about Norman T. Roule
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What Norman T. Roule has said on podcasts
13 statements · 4 positive · 9 negative
Saudi air defenses routinely prevent multiple Houthi attacks from succeeding
“the Saudi air defense forces are capable and they're quite experienced and they routinely prevent multiple Houthi attacks on their cities and energy infrastructure from succeeding”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 2:36
Additional Saudi air-defense equipment alone will not resolve the Houthi threat
“Targeting is not strategy and additional air defense equipment does not fix the situation”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 2:59
Direct U.S. involvement could turn the Yemen war into a U.S.-Yemen conflict
“What we don't want to do is turn a war that is essentially between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, the Yemeni government supported by the Saudis, into a U.S.-Yemen conflict.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 3:42
The United States is increasingly likely to strike Houthi targets directly
“It is increasingly likely.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 4:14
Iran pushes regional partners into conflicts to weaken their focus on Iran
“Iran's external strategy in Iraq as well as in Yemen is to push regional partners into those conflicts because it weakens their focus on Iran itself.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 4:31
Integrating Pakistani and Turkish forces into Saudi systems will be complicated
“Integrating these other forces, their aircraft, into this system will be complicated.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 4:54
U.S.-Saudi military relations are closer than ever
“the relationship between the United States and military and the Saudi military is superb. It's actually closer than it's ever been.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 6:10
The United States should publicly provide additional support to Saudi Arabia
“we must provide additional support to the kingdom right now. And we need to be public about it”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 6:37
The Houthis currently cannot contest Red Sea shipping as extensively as before
“the Houthis are not in a position right now to contest. the Red Sea as extensively as the past.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 7:27
Russia and China have been essentially irrelevant to the Middle East conflict
“Russia and China have been essentially irrelevant in this conflict.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 8:57
Delayed AI revenue growth would pressure many current valuations
“if that revenue increase that's expected to come in the trillions of dollars as a result of AI is not arriving quick enough, then that will certainly have implications for a lot of valuations today”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 22:17
A 2027 slowdown could result from weaker interest-sensitive sectors and AI activity
“the interest rate sensitive sectors of the economy begin to slow down. And at the same time, AI begins to slow down because of token prices, token spending also going down.”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 26:56
The Fed would not deliver the three hikes currently priced into markets
“the Fed will certainly not hike the three”
Open the episode · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: October 12th, 2026Listen at 27:11
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