Day: March 19, 2026

The Global Impact of the Trump/Netanyahu War on Iran as Energy Prices Shoot Through the Roof

We begin with the global impact of the Trump/Netanyahu war on Iran as energy prices rise steeply after Israel’s strike on Iran’s major gas field and Iran’s retaliation against Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Joining us is David Hearst, the Editor of Middle East Eye who was formerly the chief foreign leader writer of The Guardian and its former Associate Foreign Editor, European Editor, Moscow Bureau Chief, European Correspondent, and Ireland Correspondent. We discuss his article at Middle East Eye, “Why Trump and Netanyahu are the most dangerous men on the planet.”

A Former DIA Intelligence Officer on the Folly of Sending Marines into the Gulf

Then as U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces head to the Gulf for undefined missions, we speak with Harrison Mann, Associate Director for Policy & Campaigns at Win Without War. His advocacy and public commentary focus on reforming U.S. Middle East policy and illuminating the connections between foreign and domestic policy. Harrison is a former US Army major assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency who resigned in protest of DoD support for the Israeli military during its war on Gaza. We discuss his article at Responsible Statecraft “Seizing Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ would be a suicide mission: An operation to hold Tehran’s oil hostage by taking over Kharg Island could end up delivering the regime hostages of its own.”

Trump is Being Played as We Deplete Expensive Weapons on Cheap Iranian Drones

Then finally we speak with Mike Lofgren, who formerly spent twenty-eight years working in Congress as a Republican aide, sixteen of which as a senior national security analyst on the House and Senate Budget Committees. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted. We discuss his article at The Washington Monthly, “Asymmetrical War in Iran: How Trump and the U.S. are Being Played: We’re depleting our big, expensive, Cold War-inspired defensive weapons on Iran’s cheap drones, and if Tehran expands its underwater drone program, look out.”