Admiral Stavridis on Iran, Cuba, and America at 250
The forever wars are heating up, the MAGA machine is testing every guardrail, and General Chris Donahue just got purged for reasons nobody in uniform can explain. Admiral James Stavridis — former NATO commander, former head of Southcom, one of the sharpest strategic minds on the planet — returns to Independent Americans for a no-BS briefing on Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, the firing of Donahue, and why the center in American politics may finally be ready to hold.
America just turned 250, Team USA just got bounced from the World Cup, and the MAGA machine is running all gas, no brakes on everything…
The Brief
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