“There’s No National Interest With Trump, Just Personal”

On today’s ‘To the Contrary” Podcast, I’m joined by Phillips O'Brien, an historian, Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and contributor to The Atlantic. In a wide-ranging conversation we explore the various options Trump has in Iran right now. (And why none of them are good.)

You can find some of O’Brien’s latest here:

• For Now, This Looks Like Obama-Minus (And Trump Minus-Minus)

• Trump Announces A Sort Of Cease Fire, and, The US Strategic Goal Seems To Be "Mowing The Grass"

• Russian Losses And Ukrainian Fighting

• U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot - The Atlantic (Gift link)

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Some highlights of my conversation with Phillips O’Brien

The stupidest threat in US military history…

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The Pentagon leadership doesn’t think… it stresses machismo.

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Corruption has become entangled with our foreign policy

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“This kind of profiteering on this massive scale … has never happened before… Corruption has broken the system.”