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5 min readThe Realities of America's Military Limitations and the Iran War
When Darryl Cooper appeared on Tucker Carlson's show and mentioned a disputed Soviet-era statue of Judas, he knew exactly what he was doing. "I told Tucker, I'm going to say this and watch," Cooper recounts. "One of the reasons I did it, partly it was to get everybody riled up." The controversy worked as intended — people started researching, and while the Judas statue story may be questionable, "the stuff that is not disputed at all is really crazy."
The Missile Crisis Nobody Wants to Admit
The central revelation of this episode is that the United States has effectively exhausted its precision missile inventory during the Iran war. According to leaked CSIS data discussed by the hosts, pre-war the U.S. had 2,330 long-range precision missiles in the theater. At the ceasefire, that number had dropped to 1,030. Now it's down to 759-827. Patriot interceptor numbers tell a similar story: 452 pre-war, now down to 234-278.
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What you'll learn
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- 2 (01:00) **Tucker Carlson Appearance and Bolshevik Controversy** - Cooper discusses his recent appearance on Tucker Carlson and the backlash over comments about Bolsheviks building a statue of Judas
- 3 (08:04) **Scale of Soviet Mass Murder** - Cooper and Horton discuss the staggering death tolls under communist regimes, distinguishing between executions, famine deaths, and gulag casualties
- 4 (09:41) **Nazi Mistreatment of Ukrainians as Strategic Error** - The hosts analyze how German racial ideology prevented them from exploiting anti-Soviet sentiment in Ukraine
- 5 (13:31) **US Missile Depletion Crisis** - Horton presents the central controversy: US has used virtually all its long-range precision missiles in the Iran war, with inventories critically low
- 6 (16:15) **Why the Pentagon Can't Account for Its Budget** - Cooper explains the systemic inefficiencies driving up military costs
- 7 (19:52) **America's Inability to Ramp Up War Production** - Cooper argues the US military was built for counterterrorism, not near-peer conflict, and can't quickly adapt
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Guests on this episode
Show Notes
Darryl Cooper & Scott Horton discuss how Darryl escaped wildfires!
...and also his recent appearance on Tucker Carlson's show, and more!
0:00:00 Intro to Darryl's Tucker Carlson Interview Fallout
0:05:13 Soviet Atrocities Deep Dive
0:12:39 U.S. Missile Shortages
0:24:13 Iran War Deadlock
0:33:21 Exit, Taxes, Coffee
0:34:53 Iran Strategy and Militias
0:51:47 Inflation and War Politics
0:53:35 Russia and Ukraine Escalate
1:01:27 Primaries, Prices, Power
1:11:50 Ukraine's Far-Right Future
1:16:02 Balkans and Battle Maps
1:18:17 Neil, McMaster, and Wars
1:22:04 Turkey Versus Israel
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