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For more than a week, the United States and Israel have struck a wide range of targets in Iran with air and missile strikes. Iran’s response has included missile and drone attacks against targets in neighboring states in the Middle East—both US military and diplomatic facilities and public sites including Dubai’s airport. What weapons, on both sides of the conflict, have defined the conflict so far? To explore that question, John Amble is joined on this special bonus episode by Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The MWI Podcast is produced with the generous support of the West Point Class of 1974.

David sits down around a fire in Idaho to answer this question with A-10 Pilot Dale Stark, and Green Beret Clay Martin. This is the question nobody on cable news will answer honestly.  The answers are not what you'd expect. Both men love the military. Both men would serve again in a heartbeat if they could go back to 20. Both men are getting messages every day from young people asking whether they should sign up right now — and both men are struggling with how to answer. This is the third and final episode of the Idaho series, recorded the night before David flew home. It's the conversation that can only happen once the cameras have been rolling all weekend and the men trust each other enough to say what they actually think. They talk about the letter Joe Kent wrote. The 20 years they each spent wondering if the mission they were on was the mission they were told. The moment Dale walked back onto Bagram in 2014 and realized something was deeply wrong. Clay's read on what the Iraq War actually cost, spoken as a 45-year-old man looking at the 20-year-old he used to be. The question of whether Iran is a country America is prepared to fight — and whether our kids should be the ones sent to find out. They do not tell young people not to serve. What they do is give them the full picture — the cost, the mission, the moral weight — and trust them to make the choice themselves. If you're on the fence about serving, or you know someone who is, this is the conversation you need to hear. ✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/➡️ Dale's Ranch, Belt Business & More: https://dalestark.com/➡️ Follow Dale on X: https://x.com/DaleStarkA10➡️ Find Clay's books, programs, and resources: https://www.barbarianspirit.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 📕 Get David's novel, The Poet Warrior: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/the-poet-warrior 📰 Sign up for David's newsletter for free coaching tips, updates, and more: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/ Timestamps:00:00 - The Question No One Is Answering Honestly01:52 - Questions They're Getting Asked By Young People Right Now08:46 - Is This The Same War Over And Over Again?18:02 - Questions About The Iran War26:16 - Vet Community Is Split On Iran30:16 - Boots On The Ground & Arguments Around Iran Conflict36:59 - The Insanity & Devastation of A Ground Invasion of Iran43:43 - What Will Trump Do? And Changing Red Lines47:59 - Final Message To Young PeopleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Mark Divine Show, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine dives into the foundational attribute of the Sheepdog Strong series: Integrity. Discover why true integrity isn't about perfection, but about "congruence"—the strict alignment between what you say, believe, and actually do. Mark shares a jaw-dropping story of a hidden integrity breach within his own SEAL platoon right before deploying to Operation Desert Storm, illustrating how crises don't create character, ...

We break down the latest on the Iran conflict, the stalled diplomacy, and why the Strait of Hormuz has become Tehran’s most powerful bargaining chip. We dig into whether the U.S. or Israel would actually resume military operations, how Iran’s internal power struggle is shifting toward harder IRGC control, and what that means for any future nuclear deal.This episode also covers the War Powers Act, covert action options, Hezbollah’s future in Lebanon, and why Washington may be heading toward a long and painful strategic stalemate.Mars Men⬇️For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://mengotomars.com/Support the show on Patreon:⬇️https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouseSubscribe to our newsletter!!!!https://teamhousepodcast.kit.com/joinJack's news outlet:https://thehighside.substack.com/Find Jon Hackett here:⬇️Jon's Twitter:https://x.com/jonathanhackettJon's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejonathanhackettJon's books:https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0C5L659N5?ccs_id=e11a2062-f8d3-498e-bfd7-7d2f3869caf6Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejonathanhackettTwitter: https://x.com/jonathanhackettCheck out Mick's new podcast here:⬇️Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/pub-and-porch-applied-stoicism/id1836955475Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1k3QPmkAMwnGJxMLDwUSSd?si=n6piIu8XRcag1Z0K43A3bQYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/@UCd0Hq6QFk8CoTu5j-VU0Ong Find Mick Mulroy here: Fogbow ⬇️https://fogbow.com/Lobo Institute ⬇️https://www.loboinstitute.org/Twitter ⬇️https://x.com/mickmulroy?s=21&t=-Ze3F_Ix2vlJ18KFvORTCALinkedIn ⬇️https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-patrick-mulroy-31198b52/Bluesky ⬇️https://bsky.app/profile/mickmulroy.bsky.socialMick’s publications ⬇️https://www.loboinstitute.org/publications/publications-of-michael-mick-patrick-mulroy/Whitefish security summit https://whitefishsecuritysummit.comFind Marc P here:https://x.com/MpolymerFind Andy Milburn here: Twitter ⬇️https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fandymilburn8LinkedIn ⬇️https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmilburn2023Substack ⬇️https://amilburn.substack.com/Andy’s book ⬇️https://www.amazon.com/When-Tempest-Gathers-Mogadishu-OperationsBluesky ⬇️https://bsky.app/profile/andy-milburn.bsky.socialFind Jason Lyons here: LinkedIn ⬇️https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-lyons-666873316?uBluesky ⬇️https://bsky.app/profile/bgsilverback73.bsky.social"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio00:00 — Start 01:30 — Strait of Hormuz, stalled diplomacy, and where the Iran war stands, VBSS operations, maritime blockade, and U.S. pressure on Iran03:40 — Why diplomacy matters more than “mowing the grass” militarily06:00 — Why a new Iran nuclear deal must be better than the 2015 JCPOA08:40 — Inside Iran’s political factions: moderates, reformists, and hardliners10:30 — Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC, and why the regime may be getting worse12:00 — Does anyone actually want military operations to restart?15:40 — The Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s new “nuclear weapon”18:00 — Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the push to break Iran’s regional proxy network24:00 — Trump’s political problem: can he accept compromise with Iran?27:40 — War Powers Act, Congress, and whether the U.S. can legally keep fighting30:20 — Using the Iraq AUMF and “self-defense” to justify more strikes38:20 — What’s really happening in the Strait of Hormuz right now39:30 — U.S. intelligence collection inside Iran and the regime power struggle43:00 — Covert action, influence ops, and what the U.S. should be doing...

Started the week off with a discussion of the American CIA deaths in Mexico, and elections in Bulgaria. Plus the Venezuela polymarket wager, Turkey social media ban, Kenya outlaws abortion, and a Nebraska middle school teacher arrested after making AI child porn; pleasuring self in classroom. Music: Dave Mason/"We Just Disagree"