Professor CJ interviews me about the movie War Machine, which is based on Michael Hastings’s book, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan.
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John and I continue reading and commentary on the old revolutionary text, Rule for Radicals.
Sirens don’t always sound before a war—sometimes the warning is a bland memo telling diplomats to pack. We open with the U.S. pullback of non‑emergency staff from Israel and track how similar moves in Lebanon and likely elsewhere signal more than routine caution. From...
A quiet leak says the loud part: some senior voices in Washington think the politics “work better” if Israel strikes Iran first. Not because it changes the threat. Because it changes the story Americans hear. We pull that thread and walk through the actual mechanics...
