Retired U.S. Army Colonel Gerald Faunt joins James to unpack the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear program and its global ripple effects. With firsthand military and intelligence experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, Faunt offers sobering insight into what the strike did—and didn’t—accomplish. He details how military deception, weapons systems, and intelligence assessments shape modern conflict. The two also explore the limits of American power, intelligence failures before 9/11 and October 7, and the policy errors that turned terrorism into decades of unwinnable war.
Shortly after this podcast was published, we were informed that Col. Gerald Faunt passed away. Our heartfelt condolences go to his family as well as our unwavering appreciation to his service to our Great Country. Col. Faunt will truly be missed.
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