Flailing about in Iran & Ukraine
On 15 July 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast talking about the wars in Iran and Ukraine. We focused on the question of whether President Trump has a strategy for defeating either Iran or Russia. The answer is clearly no and indeed, the great danger is that both wars will escalate further. There does not appear to be any room for diplomacy in either one of these conflicts and the president seems to be fully committed to bringing both Iran and Russia to their knees. But again, he has no workable strategy for prevailing in either of those conflicts.
Trump and strategy are absolute oxymorons. He possesses the attention span of a goldfish, the IQ of a ground squirrel, contrasted by a savant-like intelligence for savage criminality. Strategy dosen't figure in the scheme of things.
Chief.... I watch most of your podcasts, as in, where you are invariably the expert commentator. Your candid, unfiltered, and unapologetic style of putting things across is too good - I love it.
Thank you, keep at it! Cheers!!
Musky Musings
Im so used to consuming these conversations that i forget to thank you guys for sharing these insights.