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The Houthis Have Entered the Chat - Week 5 (Iran War) | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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A fast-moving breakdown of the expanding war with Iran, including U.S. and Israeli strikes, the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, and what a possible ground operation could look like. The discussion covers whether tactical military success is translating into strategic gains, the risks of escalation, and the political and military decision-making driving the conflict.
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00:00 — Start
01:30 — Drone strikes hit Saudi bases and the Houthis escalate
02:07 — Have the U.S. and Israel already met their military objectives?
04:32 — Is there any real off-ramp or ceasefire path with Iran?
05:48 — Why Iran won’t trust negotiations
08:14 — Ground troops signal: MU movement and what it could mean
10:07 — Are CENTCOM and U.S. leadership reacting instead of planning?
14:36 — Why this war was always likely to escalate beyond airstrikes
18:00 — Civilian leadership vs military advice: who owns the strategy?
27:18 — Karg Island and the risks of a prolonged ground operation
32:00 — Why taking Karg Island may not solve the real problem
39:14 — Veteran backlash and why support for this war is weak
43:48 — Did early strikes kill the wrong Iranian leaders?
45:06 — “You can’t plan a war on a napkin”
50:00 — Event contracts, prediction markets, and war forecasting
54:45 — U.S. vs Israeli strategy: regime pressure vs regime change

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Eyes on Geopolitics.

0:03.9

I'm here with Jonathan Hackett, Mick Mulroy, myself.

0:07.4

Mark P. should be joining, so it should be two Marines versus two Greeks.

0:11.6

I like those odds.

0:14.0

A lot happening.

0:15.1

I mean, you guys have been monitoring the situation as much as we have.

0:19.8

I mean, where to begin.

0:21.1

One of the muse is close, right? Right about to get to the A.O. We'll see where they end up. I don't know where they're going to, you know, position themselves and stuff. I'd love to get into that. A lot happening. The Houthis I've entered the chat like Jonathan had mentioned last couple weeks. you know if you guys really want to know what's going to happen before you see what's going to happen on Twitter,

0:42.0

you just watch and listen to the eyes on geopolitics podcast because we know what's going to happen before everybody else does.

0:47.6

That's what I've been noticing the last like month or so.

0:49.6

It's like we say something and then a week later people are breaking it like it's some new like it's brand it's breaking news um sorry rant over um what else our base in sada arabi got hit with

1:03.1

drones um pretty badly i would say 10 plus people 10 plus servicemen injured. I think a couple seriously.

1:12.7

We lost like four KC-135s or 5 on KC-135s and an S3 E3 century, sorry.

1:21.8

So not insignificant loss of equipment either.

1:25.4

Like that's pretty bad.

1:26.7

I'd love to also get into that

1:28.3

where like what the fuck are we doing in terms of like knocking these drones out of the air you know

1:32.6

what i mean like or not even putting our shit into like hardened bunkers or hiding them camo nets i don't

1:38.1

know i'm not a strategic guy but i'm sure there are people there that know what they're doing um

1:45.6

another thing i'd love to also get into is the fact that over the last four years of war between Russia and Ukraine, seeing the

1:51.5

development of drone warfare, how we are not prepared for what's been going on is ridiculous

1:58.9

as a layman looking at this.

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