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Gen. Audino's Comments: Ceasefire over in Iran, damage update, operational vs political objectives (crutial differences), boots on the ground in Iran? Special Guest: LTG Sean MacFarland (Army ret.) is the man who’s most credited with turning the tide on Al-Qaeda in Iraq. He led the fight in Ramadi, raised the Sons of Iraq (al Sahwah, the Sunni Awakening), and helped turn Sunni Arab tribes against...

Happy 250th Birthday, America! As we celebrate this momentus event, BG Ernie Audino looks back at how it all started and honors those who lost their lives fighting for our freedom during the American Revolution. Special Guest: As part of an extensive military career, Army MG John McLaren (Ret.) was actually Ernie's commander in '05-'06 when he was embedded with the Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq. In ad...

Gen. Audino's Comments from Budapest: Hungary's fight against the USSR, Iran turning into the next Vietnam! Special Guest: Peter R. Heussy is one of our nation’s foremost authorities on nuclear weapons policy. He joins us to talk all things nuclear weapons: past, present, and future. Who has them and who doesn't? How bad was the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) under Obama? How easily can Iran develop or...

Gen. Audino's Comments: Why would the US enter into this ridiculous-looking Memorandum of Understanding with Iran? Special Guest: Army vet Sam Faddis, former CIA operator and head of the WMD Unit at the CIA Counter Terrorism Center, has experience on the ground along the Iranian border, plus years of direct experience with Iran’s nuclear program. He joins us to break down the bad and the ugly in t...

Gen. Audino's Comments: The Will to Fight (historically, in Ukraine, and against Iran). Special Guest: Navy vet Bert Watson just returned from his EIGHTH time in Ukraine! He's currently involved in efforts to support the country in its effort to maintain its independence. He's met with frontline Ukrainian units, command posts, special forces HQs, and more, so he knows what's going on there! He and...

Gen. Audino's Comments: The War Powers Resolution vote that passed the House isn't going anywhere and emboldens the enemy! Special Guest: Andrew Ghalili is the Director of Policy for the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI). He has extensive experience in security and intelligence and works closely with the Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran. Andrew joins us t...

Gen. Audino Comments from the European Economic and Security Summit in Bosnia. Special Guest: Dr. Gaby Hawat, a veteran of battlefields in Lebanon, joins us to talk Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran. Topics covered include why it's a fantasy to expect Hezbollah to be disarmed by itself or the Lebanese govt., why the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is working, and why the Iranian regime MUST be toppled...

The Full Measure of Memorial Day (remembering servicemember deaths from American Revolution to Opn Epic Fury). Special Guest: Dr. Lani Kass has 50 years of national security service, including 20 as a professor of military strategy and ops at the National War College. She joins us to discuss strategy with China, Iran, and even Cuba. Topics include how China and Iran are working together against us...

Gen Audino's Comments: Iran battle update and economic devastation rundown. Special Guest: LTG Jerry Boykin is an absolute legend in the special ops community! He's a career Delta operator who, on 24Apr80, infilled into Iran as part of Opn Eagle Claw, our mission to rescue the 52 US diplomats taken hostage by regime agents who seized our embassy in Tehran on 4Nov79. LTG Boykin was also a part of O...

Gen Audino's Comments: Defining strategy and breaking down Trump's demands with Iran. Special Guest: Adam Lovinger was the Senior Director for Strategic Assessments at the National Security Council (NSC) during President Trump's first term. He was also a long-time strategist in the Office of Net Assessment at OSD/Pentagon. He's here to discuss our strategy so far with Iran, how we apply greater pr...

Gen Audino's Comments: The IRGC will NEVER negotiate. US Political War + IRGC Holy War = INCOMPATIBLE! Special Guest: Aviram Bellaishe is a multi-year veteran of very sensitive Israeli missions. He has vast experience in psyops & other influence ops, and he's gonna help us get into the Iranian psyche. He and Gen Audino discuss several important topics, including what is the US doing wrong in I...

Gen Audino's Comments: How wars are actually won. Why did the US halt combat operations in Iran when it had the upper hand? Will negotiations with Iran ever satisfy our main objective? Special Guest: Toni Nissi is an on-the-ground veteran of the battlefields of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), and he saw the birth and rise of Hezbollah with his own two eyes! He joins us from Lebanon to talk all...

Spot Reports: Iran scores a ceasefire for Lebanon. Is Iran playing the US? Is the blockade hurting Iran enough? Art of War lesson on how to win a fight. Special Guest: Omer Haim was recently Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Representative and Director of the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Washington, D.C. He's also former Shin Bet. For almost his entire career, he has been tasked with ke...

The Ceasefire: Why it came at the wrong time and why it isn't helping us. Special Guest: Marshall Billingslea was the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the US Treasury Dept during Trump 45. He knows Iran and terrorism like few others. He and Gen Audino break down the recently announced "ceasefire" and more, including what the US should do if Iran doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormu...

Trump's Iran Speech on Wed: What he DID say and what he DIDN'T say. Operation Epic Fury / Operation Lion's Roar Week #5 Update. Special Guest: Hejar Berenji (KDP-I) joins us from Iran. He and Gen Audino take a dive into the Iranian regime's motivations, as well as what the ONLY way is to bring freedom to the people of Iran and to end the nuclear threat moving forward. If this doesn't happen, then...

Operation Epic Fury / Operation Lion's Roar Week #4 Update: Top Iranian eliminations of the week, 2 questions resistance groups are asking, Trump's proposal rejected, more US forces mobilizing! Special Guest: Oded Ailam has over two decades of experience in Mossad, Israel’s elite intelligence agency, which was behind such events as the exploding pager and walkie-talkie op in 2024 that decimated He...

Operation Epic Fury / Operation Lion's Roar Week #3 Developments: Major disruptions in the regime's ranks, personnel not getting paid, the logic of seizing Kharg Island. Special Guest: Dr. Saman Shali is an Independent candidate for President of Iraq. He joins us to discuss the ongoing situation in Iran, but we’re also gonna talk Iran’s poisonous tentacles inside Iraq. Plus, we'll cover what cause...

Operation Epic Fury / Operation Lion's Roar Week #2 Recap. Special Guest: Arash Saleh (KDP-I) joins us with an on-the-ground update from Iran. Hear why the various Kurdish resistance groups have formed an alliance against the regime. He also tells us what life has been like in Iran since the internet was shut down and how communication is still possible. He and Gen Audino also discuss whether the...

Operation Epic Fury / Operation Lion's Roar Update: Top 6 Significant Developments! Special Guest #1: Salah Bayaziddi of Komala (one of the key Kurdish resistance groups in Iran) reports from Northern Iran with the latest on the role Kurdish fighters are playing in the battle against the regime as well as attacks they've sustained thus far. You don't want to miss this! Special Guest #2: Christophe...

NOTE: This week's show was recorded just hours before the US and Israeli began major combat operations in Iran. Spot Reports: GEN Cain (most senior officer in our military) on war with Iran. Assessing Iran's chemical and biological weapon capabilities. Special Guest: Trent Franks is a former congressman and vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee. Shortly before the US began major combat...

Spot Reports - Cuba's Diaz-Canel regime running out of time! More US military assets than Desert Storm stationed off the coast of Iran. Special Guest - BG (Ret) Geoffrey Van Orden, CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) is a career Military Intelligence Officer in the British Army with combat service on the ground in Borneo, and after that, service in counter-terror ops...

Intro - Analyzing the PSYOPs regarding our intervention in Iran. Special Guest - Dr. Walid Phares is a writer, professor, and commentator on world conflicts and international relations. He's also a Middle East policy expert, and he's here to talk all things Iran. Topics discussed include how this uprising compares to past ones, how the regime could be overwhelmed from multiple directions, what's a...

What should the US be demanding in negotiations with Iran? Spot Report - Doing the Math: 90 million Iranian citizens vs the regime's security forces. Who wins? Special Guest - Entifadh Kamal Qanbar is a former Iraqi Air Force officer who was imprisoned and tortured under Saddam Hussein. He was later a key part of the Iraqi National Congress and later still, sadly, uncle of the late SSG Ahmed al Ta...

Why should the US support the Iranian uprising? Spot Report - Communist Cuban govt in trouble after losing its main oil supplier. Special Guest - General Hussein Yazdanpana is the leader of the Freedom Party of Iranian Kurdistan and commands the Kurdistan National Army (SMK) in Iran. The SMK has been doing the bulk of the direct military combat against Iran's authoritarian regime. Gen Yazdanpana s...

Spot Reports - Our fake allies attacked our real allies (the Kurds) in Syria, thousands of ISIS detainees released, US carrier groups assembling near Iran. Special Guest #1 - Hana Yazdanpana, daughter of Gen Hussein Yazdanpana who commands the Kurdistan National Army (SMK), joins us on the heels of an assassination attempt against her father to give us the latest on the uprising in Iran. Special G...