COL. Douglas Macgregor : Trump’s Dwindling Options

The U.S. military has not built a new scientific industrial base and has been living on industrial capital built between 1920 and 1960.

A 45-day preparation window is insufficient for a military operation of this magnitude.

Trump lacked confidence in his own people and deferred to Israeli assessments without critically challenging their assumptions. U.S. troops are beginning to realize the war is not an existential threat to the United States but a product of the Greater Israel Project.

The assassination of the moderate Ayatollah removed a potential diplomatic partner and empowered harder-line successors.

Modern warfare environments have shifted so that defense is superior to offense and wars will likely be long.

It is inconceivable that Ukrainian soldiers had time for war games while fighting an existential battle against a much larger military.

U.S. intelligence and surveillance data enables Ukrainian strikes that irritate and galvanize Russia but will not change the war's outcome.

New military blocs and weapon systems pose serious threats to Russia, and tensions are ramping up in the Arctic.

Russia is prepared to stop the liberal international order's arbitrary violations of sovereignty and the U.S. must take them seriously.