The National Security Hour

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – Revolutions are not spontaneous fireworks. They need money and elite buy-in. The 1979 uprising succeeded because merchants, clergy, and parts of the elite aligned. Recent protests showed the same truth. If the bazaar withdraws support, a movement dies. If it backs change, governments fall. You can yell about rights and morality and...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – When that flow is threatened, the consequences are immediate—energy prices spike, markets react, and economies around the globe feel the shock. Iran understands this. And increasingly, analysts warn that Tehran is leveraging that reality—using the risk of disruption, harassment of shipping, and pressure on sea lanes as a form of...

The National Security Hour with Col Mike and LTC Sargis Sangari – Power inside Iran is layered. The state is not just elected officials or clerics. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operates as a military, political, and economic network with influence reaching well beyond Iran’s borders. It has built relationships across regions and industries that cannot be undone quickly...

The National Security Hour with Col. Mike and Dr. Mike – Perhaps the only way Trump can right his ship and give his party a shot to win the midterms, though, lies in his taking an evening to reread the pledges he made to the electorate during the 2024 election season, pledges that gave him a very strong victory. They were not hard pledges to understand, and they were powerful pledges to end...

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – Violence spreads across Nigeria as militias target Christian communities, running ransom markets that fund ongoing atrocities. Survivors endure kidnappings, abuse, and displacement while authorities fail to respond. Calls grow for international action, sanctions, and support for victims, as the struggle for religious freedom and human dignity re...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – In today’s America, patience is gone. We demand instant answers, instant results, and even instant victory. But war—real war—especially against a determined ideological adversary—is never instant. It is complex, it is measured, and it is fought not only with weapons, but with will. And that will is now being tested...

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – Above and beyond the negative coverage, there have been over 150 hoax bomb threats resulting in the cancellation of performances. The most recent in Toronto, Canada. Many theaters have decided not to reschedule for fear of violent consequences. What does the future hold for Shen Yun? What is going on behind the scenes? What is the true involvement...

The National Security Hour with Col. Mike and Dr. Mike – The United States has played the fool for Israel since 1948, and during that period, much of our society and politics have been corrupted by Israeli governments and intelligence agencies, the purchase of the loyalty of almost all of Congress by AIPAC, UDL, SPLC, and multiple Jewish-American billionaires. This crowd is now seeking to...

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – In modern conflicts of the past few years, battlefield tactics, techniques, and technologies are radically different from those of WWII. Yet the illusion of a technological edge can cloud senior leadership's ability to make logical, intelligence-driven decisions. The fact that the United States is enlisting the help of second- and third-world co...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – This is more than a rescue mission. It is a statement of doctrine: “No one left behind.” While the air campaign continues to apply pressure, the full weight of American military power—air, space, intelligence, and special operations—can be redirected to recover a single downed warfighter, even at significant risk. Fred breaks down the reality beh...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – Perhaps the most consequential warning is that this war may not remain confined to the Middle East. The speakers argue that while the conflict is not yet a world war, it has the potential to evolve into one. The logic is historical: major global conflicts often begin as regional disputes before expanding through alliances and opportunistic...

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – Trump issued a strong deadline to Iran. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he wrote. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen...

The National Security Hour with Col. Mike and Dr. Mike – What to do about this mess while the Trump administration seems to be building toward an invasion of Iran by U.S. ground forces? Perhaps it is time for the American people and those few of their representatives in Congress who are not owned by Israel, the ADL, AIPAC, the media-supporters thereof, and the American weapons companies...

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – We must be blunt. Destroying electricity, water processing, and refinery capability is not a surgical policy. Electricity runs hospitals, clean water, food processing, and fuel exports. When that infrastructure collapses, an entire nation collapses. Absent a clear plan for who will govern and rebuild, we risk turning victory into a prolonged cat...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – This is no longer just a war; it is war and diplomacy happening simultaneously. U.S. and Israeli forces continue sustained strike operations… Iran continues to threaten global shipping lanes and regional targets… And yet—through intermediaries—both sides are actively communicating. But make no mistake, these are not...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – Iran approached this conflict with a clear understanding of its strengths and limitations. Its strategy demonstrates discipline and patience. Instead of seeking quick battlefield dominance, Iran employs cumulative pressure. Each exchange raises costs for its enemies. Each escalation requires more resource commitments. Over time, this pressure buil...

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – The process is highly regulated by federal policies, such as those of the UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing), to ensure safety and equity. A radically different lack of standards operates in China that illegally harvests human organs by preying on victims who are marginalized by their faith, and others who are perceived as...

The National Security Hour with Col. Mike and Dr. Mike – The Iranians claim they have chased multiple U.S. aircraft carriers from their waters or waters nearby. The United States continues to say that the war is going well and will soon be wrapping up. None of this comes close to being conclusive, although the films-from-the-fronts that are available seem to show that Israel is at long last taking...

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – Like the British, the Crusaders, the Romans, the Hellenic, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Assyrians, the Parthians, the Mongols, the Armies of Mohammad, and countless more, the Americans are fighting the Persians for control of the Pivot Area. But what Mackinder did not factor in was the effect that a deeply interconnected global trade depende...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – The Strait of Hormuz—where nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil flows—is now under threat. Shipping has slowed, tensions are rising, and the consequences could hit every American household through energy prices, supply chains, and inflation. This is no longer just a regional conflict—it’s a global economic pressure point...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – Former oil official Gary Vogler recounts how energy interests shaped the Iraq War and suggests similar forces influence tensions with Iran. His account highlights Israel’s energy vulnerabilities, pipeline politics, and the strategic role of oil, revealing how conflicts in the Middle East revolve around resource security rather than public justific...

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – America drifts between spectacle and sabotage as leaders chase headlines over principle. Weak staffing, media outrage, and eroding trust threaten institutions. Restoring accountability, voter integrity, and serious leadership becomes essential to defend democracy and renew a nation built on competence, transparency, and enduring patriotic responsi...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – We are sliding toward a war the United States did not need and cannot afford. A small circle of hawks sold a narrative that Iran posed an imminent existential threat. That claim never stood up to basic scrutiny. Key policymakers ignored dissenting intelligence. They bought a timeline set by outside actors and then wondered why events raced...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – The growing homeland risk environment — where adversaries exploit chaos across multiple domains: cyber attacks, infrastructure disruption, ideological incitement, and opportunistic violence. Not every incident is directly tied to Iran, but the threat environment has clearly intensified and demands vigilance...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – Iran, like so many asymmetric adversaries before it, never intended to fight America straight up. Its real strategy is to endure, decentralize, and retaliate indirectly—through drones, missile salvos, proxy capabilities, and above all by threatening global energy flows through chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and...