6 claims in “politics, military”
The 86-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei, who famously banned the development of nuclear weapons, was killed and replaced by his son, who is said to be more hardline than his father.
Reports suggest that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu sold Trump on the war not because Iran was an imminent threat, but because its unprecedented weakness provided an opportunity to strike hard to affect regime change.
In general, the Revolutionary Guards, who have always been more militant, seem to be ascendant in the new Iranian leadership, which makes sense in times of war.
Ukraine loses as weapons it needs are diverted to the Middle East due to the war.
Israel faces an existential situation and its domestic politics are divided between those who serve (secular military) and those who don't (extreme right, religious exemptions); Netanyahu's power depends on this fragile coalition, and his firing of Defense Minister Galant was about rejecting a bill to force religious enlistment.
If he were a king of the world, Hugh Hewitt would spend all his time talking about the Chinese Communist Party—both the strategic competition and specific military elements like ICBM and submarine production where the U.S. is falling behind.