A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel

America is running dangerously low on munitions and defensive capabilities and it seems like maybe only dumb bombs will save us from this stupid war in Iran. Iran may have seized complete and permanent control of the Strait, but the Gulf States have something to say about that. Meantime, Marco Rubio and JD Vance are floating dueling peace initiatives as Trump watches the dog fight on and Israel an...

Iran negotiations have begun in Switzerland and no one rolled out a welcome mat for JD Vance. The Iran delegation and Qatari negotiators have been publicly snubbing him even as he tries to smooth things over with slick diplomacy. Meanwhile, Vance is quite intent on passing the whole debacle off on Benjamin Netanyahu and America’s Israeli allies. In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fo...

The Iran Deal—or at least the Memorandum of Understanding—is poised and ready to be signed. No one knows exactly what’s in the MOU, but anyone paying attention knows it is a bad deal for America, Israel, and the West. This is not a new era of Peace in the Middle East and while Donald Trump takes his victory laps, Benjamin Netanyahu is, once again, cast in the role of the fall guy. In this live con...

Ceasefire in Iran...over. Iran fired four rounds of missiles on Israel and despite Donald Trump's implorings, Benjamin Netanyahu gave the IDF the go-ahead to retaliate against Tehran. Is this the end of the ceasefire? Will the war escalate or is a deal on the horizon? And is there any possibility of a good deal with the IRGC? Or are we headed down the road to a very bad deal? As the crisis in the...

As the stalemate in negotiations between the United States and Iran drags on, Trump has issued yet another assurance of an imminent “very good deal” on the way. But can Trump get the nuclear deal he has been promising or will he compromise on his own red lines. The IRGC is a very patient monster and there seems to be a war against the clock. With Trump telling Netanyahu to back down from Lebanon,...

Somaliland, by all measures, fulfill the standards of statehood, so why has only one country, Israel, recognized them? And is UN recognition on the horizon? Unlike “Palestine,” Somaliland has defined borders, a democratic government, and a standing military. So why has the world yet to recognize them as a state? Today we learn all out Somaliland, it’s geopolitics, economy and history to better und...

When someone says “genocide,” what is the first thing that comes to mind? If it’s Israel, it proves a point. When something is said enough times, people accept it as true. Fact is, the ICJ has not yet ruled on the genocide case against Israel in Gaza, but the world has already accepted it as fact. Despite the preponderance of evidence, the International Court of Justice is literally rewriting the...

The Strait of Hormuz is still blocked. America still has the Iranian blockade blockaded and today Donald Trump launched Operation Freedom to help the thousands of stranded sailors get out safely. Rumors swirl about a possible deal and no deal other than complete surrender seems like it could possibly be a good deal. Meanwhile, Israel’s war on Hezbollah rages on as the world continues to misunderst...

As the war in Ukraine continues to take extraordinary casualties on both sides, Putin continues to press on and now it seems Russia is at least posturing threats against greater Europe and even NATO allies. Are these threats credible and what would a Russian war on NATO look like? Would America step up if Article Five is invoked and would a direct confrontation between the United States and Russia...

As the Iran War is muddled with messages from President Donald Trump and various IRGC leaders, we are all trying to muddle through the confusion and try to figure out what is actually happening. Is war going to restart? In what form? And what about the Iranian people???? In this live conversation, Shana Meyerson talks about the war (or ceasefire) in Iran—both kinetic and economic—as well as the wa...

Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. And now the United States has blockaded the blockade. As Donald Trump tries to force Iran to surrender and give up their nuclear program by choking their economy, there is another major player to consider: China. Will a potential U.S. - China showdown spark World War III? Will the world economy survive this crisis? Will the IRGC survive? In this live conver...

President Donald Trump has changed the Iranian negotiation deadline again. Now, the IRGC has until 8pm Eastern Time tomorrow to seal a deal or seal their fate. Trump is threatening to knock them back into the Stone Age. Can he do that without breaking international rules of war? Will he even try? President Trump has set many deadlines with Iran and some…well…perhaps they shouldn’t FAFO. In this li...

Has the Trump Administration dropped its war aim to remove the Iranian nuclear threat? Mixed messaging from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and, of course, President Donald Trump seems to be confusing the narrative. What are our goals in Iran? Regime change or not? Nuclear program destruction or not? What happened to ending Iran’s funding of terrorist proxies? In this live...

Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion are in flux as mixed messaging from President Trump leaves the whole world guessing. Is the war in Iran really going to end this week? Or with even more military assets heading to the Gulf, is it just a few days of confusion and stalling in order to regroup, take the Hormuz Strait and force regime change in the IRGC? Where does this leave Israel? And should th...

As the war in Iran rages on and Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion continue to ratchet up their intensity, there is still no clear answer of if and how America and Israel will emerge victorious from this war with an ideological terrorist regime that vows to never give up the fight. The Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island are now fully in play, as the war becomes more entangled and complex. In thi...

Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion have positioned the United States and Israel in a militarily dominant position in their war on Iran. But do tremendous military successes necessarily translate into victory? Will IRGC regime change come as a result of this war and, if so, can that be accomplished without boots on the ground? In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratroop...

The United States and the Jewish State have attacked Iran hard. But all the IRGC has to do is survive to win. Despite tremendous wins right out of the gate, do the U.S. and Israel have what it takes to truly overthrow the regime? Or will this become another endless war with tremendous global financial consequences? In this conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk...

Iran exploded this weekend. After months of speculation, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu finally pushed the “on” button and the war on the IRGC started with a bang. Is regime change inevitable? And what does this all mean for the Iranian people? And all people, for that matter? In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meye...

While the Middle East seems to be in something of a holding pattern right now, the rhetoric of the Islamic forces in both Gaza and Iran continues to ramp up. Propaganda and posturing abound as their leaders scramble to show power and threat, as they are increasingly disemboweled by Israel and the United States. Top of their list of priorities: discredit and delegitimize Israel on the world stage....

So much and not much at all has happened since last week. The US continues to move military assets toward Iran, while simultaneously negotiating…or stalling. Gaza remains a ball of confusion as the Rafah Crossing re-opens sort of and efforts to demilitarize Hamas get ridiculous and go nowhere. In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost...

The Gaza War has been, in many ways, a war like no other, replete with lessons that all Western militaries will need to learn in order to succeed in the increasingly complex urban warfare landscape. In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss Andrew’s most recent report, Tactical Lessons From Gaza ( https://tiny...

President Trump promised Iran the US has their backs, meanwhile protestors in the streets of Iran are being shot in the back by IRGC forces. When will the United States intervene and will it be too late? The people of Iran need help now. American military assets are on the way. What will the attack look like, what will be the results, and who will pay the price? And, of course, what will this mean...

Thousands of Iranian civilians--peacfully demonstrating--have now been massacred by their own government. And the protests defiantly continue. But for how long? Donald Trump has vowed that he is coming in, but when and how and in what capacity? How long can the people maintain momentum and will this mean the end of the regime in Iran? And if the Ayatollah and IRGC fall, does that mean a new world...

Ever since October 7th, 2023, it seems every day is a completely new reality. Geopolitics are making tectonic shifts and the Middle East is as unpredictable as it is unstable. Israel has been hard at work fighting the war on terror to make a very dangerous neighborhood safer and maybe even one day peaceful...? In this episode, Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, cohosts of Israel Undiplomatic on @JNS_TV ,...

(🔊 SORRY ABOUT THE SOUND! TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT!) With all the many, many fronts of the Israel (Gaza) War, Syria finds itself in the spotlight. After an ISIS terrorist killed three US citizens (two servicemembers and a translator) in Syria, the United States retaliated in a massive way. President Trump and Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, have vowed to destroy any enemy anywhere that dares to thr...