Col. Jacques Baud, on Dialogue Works, discusses Tucker Carlson's warning that a nuclear strike on Iran may be imminent.
Book:Wars Against Iran — Jacques Baud, English edition
Max Milo, 2026. 304 pages. ISBN 9782315028689.
Why is Iran, which has not attacked any country in more than two centuries, cast as the main threat in the Middle East? Jacques Baud draws on official documents, reports from international organizations, and the military record. He reconstructs how the United States, Israel, and Iran reached open confrontation, and how Tehran has answered since 2024.
Larry Wilkerson and Larry Johnson discuss a Financial Times report that Iran is using limpet mines, and Nima Alkhorshid’s account that at least two supertankers are on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after US Central Command said the mines were gone. Wilkerson says the mines add to Iran’s options rather than marking a new kind of escalation, and Johnson says US ships can no longer enter the strait without coming under attack.
Alastair Crooke tells Nima Alkhorshid that Senator Chris Murphy called a Trump administration briefing on restarting military operations against Iran insane and said the plan would prolong and escalate the war. Crooke says some form of military action after the US midterms is the most likely course, describes a message from JD Vance to Iran as a carrot beside threats of a larger war that Tehran will not answer with nuclear concessions, and says Netanyahu, possibly as a caretaker prime minister, could still join such a war.
Anthony Aguilar tells Nima Alkhorshid that the United States bombed Bandar-e Jask, a port city on Iran's southern coast by the Strait of Hormuz, after strikes he places last week at Sirik and Konarak. He says Iranian air defenses forced a fighter out of the strait, and that these hits are preparation for a wider US and Israeli campaign, with the USS Theodore Roosevelt about a day and a half away.
He links the timing to the US midterms and Israel's unresolved election, where he says Benjamin Netanyahu is still caretaker and no bloc reached 61 seats. He expects Iran to wait rather than strike first, and to answer later against Tel Aviv, Dimona, and bases in Jordan.
Nima Alkhorshid asks Michael Hudson about a Politico report that Israel's inconclusive election disappointed officials in Washington. Hudson says a tie will probably mean little change, and that the Trump administration and congressional Democrats support the same policy toward Israel and the attack on Iran.
With about 77% of the Knesset vote counted, Nima Alkhorshid says Netanyahu's bloc is near 54 seats and the other bloc near 49, both short of 61, and Elijah Magnier says neither can form a government on its own. Nima cites a Wall Street Journal report that the United States warned Gulf Arab states to prepare for a brief, intense military campaign against Iran after the midterms, and Magnier says more bombing would not bring Iran to the table.
