Blind the Enemy | Interview: General H.R. McMaster

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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General H.R. McMaster joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss Iran’s weakened military state, the United States’ backtracking in Ukraine, and the conditions needed for a new Palestinian political order. The Agenda:—Iran’s nuclear program: Maybe not obliterated, but definitely devastated—Israeli and U.S. coordination—“Whenever an Iranian leader is speaking, they’re lying to you.”—War in Ukraine—Transparency of the modern battlefield—Putin doesn’t have all the cards—Pressuring Egypt to open their border to Gaza’s population Show notes:—Tucker Carlson interview of President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian—H.R. McMaster’s piece for The Dispatch: Trump Ends the Folly of De-escalation— H.R. McMaster’s book: Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:17.0	I'm Jamie Weinstein.
0:18.2	My guest today is retired General H.R. McMaster. He was, as you certainly know,
0:24.9	the National Security Advisor during the first Trump administration. And today he is the Fouad in
0:31.6	Michelle Ajami senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. And we get into a little tour of the world.
0:38.1	We talk about last month's Iran strike,
0:40.6	where he thinks that has left Iran,
0:43.0	what might be next for Iran.
0:45.0	We get into Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Gaza,
0:48.7	and so much more.
0:49.5	I think you're going to find this episode fascinating.
0:52.2	So without further ado, I give you General H.R. McMaster.
1:10.2	General McMaster, welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
1:12.9	Hey, Jamie, great to be with you.
1:14.7	General, I want to start, we're about a month after the U.S. strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities.
1:21.9	Do we know anything now that we didn't do a month ago about the state of the Iranian nuclear program, do we know
1:28.8	how much we've set it back? Well, I mean, not much more in the public domain. I think there
1:34.1	are probably classified assessments that are building. But I think, you know, I think it's safe to say
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