Scott Ritter discusses what he reports as an imminent US combat operation against Iran as Netanyahu's plan to sabotage the Israeli elections taking place October 27th. Desperation has set in as Iran and Russia remake the Middle East and the world order.
Andrei Martyanov says the CIA is in a war with Russia contrary to Donald Trump’s intentions, that the agency never encountered this kind of war, and that it is lying about losses. Citing Larry Johnson, he says John Ratcliffe’s August trip to Moscow tried to convince Putin the campaign was a lost cause, and that US intelligence support to Ukraine was never turned off.
He also says European leaders who called Vladimir Putin were told that if Zelensky wants to talk he should come to Moscow, and that Europe has no seat in talks between Russia and the United States.
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Less than 24 hours from Israeli election day, fighter jets are in the skies. Robert Inlakesh investigates the killing of two Israeli soldiers near the Yehuda Junction, in Al-Khalil (Hebron), which he says triggered a pre-election operation that Netanyahu threatened could grow larger than anything since 1967.
He argues the corporate media is silent on Gulf oil infrastructure, and says Ansarallah is dismantling Saudi oil assets, including pipelines, while those raids are framed as self-defense and the Iran-Yemen strikes as terrorism. The episode also covers a reported US vow to strike Iran within 96 hours.
Alexander Mercouris tells Glenn Diesen that Europe is under economic stress, with falling living standards in France and the same pressure in Britain and Germany, and that people are in the streets because they feel the political system no longer responds.
He says both sides have agreed to sit down, but Ukraine, the Europeans, and Marco Rubio treat the talks as being about Donbass and territory, while Russia says the subject is Europe's security architecture.
Timeline:
00:00:00 The State of Europe: Economic and Social Unrest
00:05:48 The Impact of War on European Stability
00:12:05 Diplomatic Dynamics: Russia, Ukraine, and the West
00:17:59 Revisiting Security Architecture in Europe
00:26:33 The Political Landscape of Ukraine
00:27:32 Demonization of Russia and European Unity
00:28:38 The Existential Threat of Peace
00:30:33 The American Influence on Ukraine
00:32:33 The Dynamics of U.S.-Ukraine Relations
00:36:23 Negotiation Challenges and Military Strategies
00:38:09 Shifts in the Battlefield
00:46:11 The Impact of Middle Eastern Conflicts on U.S. Strategy
Scott Ritter tells Judge Napolitano that EU sanctions on Jacques Baud, a Swiss officer living in Brussels, froze his bank, and that officials told a German parliamentarian even a loaf of bread would break the sanctions.
He says a later review dropped the Russian-propagandist charge, kept the sanctions because Baud is so neutral that his speaking would reinforce Russia's position, and calls those sanctions a death penalty.
Lula shocked the world with a historic comeback over Bolsonaro in Brazil, while Vucic conceded a stunning defeat to the Student List in Serbia's snap election. Alex breaks down what these results mean for BRICS, Bulgaria's upcoming runoff, Ursula von der Leyen's push into Serbia, and a defiant Zelensky who rejects neutrality and any cap on Ukraine's military while demanding Starlink or Patriot missiles. With US forces reportedly ready to strike Iran within 96 hours, is the global political map about to be redrawn?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:10 Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil runoff
00:03:31 Serbia snap election: Student List beats Vucic
00:05:22 Vucic claims Russia sanctions are coming
00:07:45 Bulgaria heads to presidential runoff
00:09:35 Von der Leyen celebrates multilateralism
00:12:18 Joe Wilson congratulates Serbia
00:13:37 Massive Ukrainian drone strike on Voronezh
00:14:49 Zelensky rejects neutrality and military cap
00:17:14 Zelensky demands Starlink or Patriots
00:20:37 US readies major Iran strike
00:22:28 Ukraine extends martial law to 2027
00:23:14 Western media flips press gang story onto Russia
00:27:34 Orban for UN chief and Italy ignores its voters
00:30:25 Clown World: Machado, Trump, Estonia, Merz
Nima Alkhorshid says the New York Times reported that US and Israeli fighter jets flew maneuvers over Iraq simulating an attack on Iran, and that two strikes were reported in southern Iran, one of them said to have hit a launcher. Andrei Martyanov says bombing is the only thing the United States can still do, and that it cannot sustain a long campaign or send ground troops into Iran.
Russia has made it clear there will be no concessions, with Sergei Ryabkov saying any deal must reflect the realities on the ground, Russia's constitution and a binding guarantee that Ukraine never joins NATO. Alexander explains why the Donbass for NATO trade is dead, why Moscow is playing for time before the Abu Dhabi talks, and what the strike on Kiev's South Bridge, the empty air defenses and the advances around Orekhov and Lyman reveal about where the conflict is heading. Is Washington even listening to what Putin told Witkoff?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Recap of the Putin Witkoff meeting
00:01:59 Ryabkov explains the St Petersburg talks
00:04:56 Changed realities and constitutional realities
00:09:40 No Donbass for NATO trade
00:15:44 Why talks are set for November 10
00:18:05 Does Witkoff grasp Putin's message
00:20:42 Trump's plan for Iran, APEC and peace by December
00:23:42 Lavrov on promises that bind no successor
00:29:02 The missing security guarantees document
00:35:52 Russia wants a binding neutrality treaty
00:39:20 Why Russia keeps negotiating
00:46:40 Telegraph admits time favors Russia
00:48:40 Why amateur diplomacy keeps failing
00:55:05 Massive Kiev strike hits the South Bridge
00:57:43 Poland admits it has no air defenses left
01:01:40 Surovikin and the cat and mouse strategy
01:06:46 The campaign against the Dnieper bridges
01:09:03 Kiev energy crisis and the substations
01:12:12 Zaporozhye, Orekhov and Lyman advances
01:18:16 Izium shelling, Iran strike and Abu Dhabi doubts
Trump & Israel are scrambling to launch a massive strike plan but Iran has other ideas. New reports suggest that Iran has blown up the attack but that hasn't stopped the masters of war in Washington and Tel Aviv from building up toward a new round of war that could begin at any moment. Former Lt. Colonel Anthony Aguilar and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern join to break it all down.
ISW--war amateurs. Big Three meeting idea source. Andrei Martyanov says he agrees with Marco Rubio that it is not unusual for the leaders of the three most powerful nuclear-armed nations to communicate, and that Rubio is right that there are three superpowers and the rest depends on what those three settle among themselves.
Nima Alkhorshid says Ansarallah has captured Jabal Han, a strategic mountain in the encirclement of Taizz, and that the siege is closing on Saudi-backed forces in a city of at least two million people. Pepe Escobar says a Najran tribal delegation pledged allegiance in Sanaa, and that Sergei Lavrov went to Tehran before Munir.
In the video I reference the Putin-Trump call on October 9th. I said "December 9th" multiple times. This is my mistake. I meant to say October 9th. My apologies for the error.
Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may meet at the APEC summit in China to discuss Ukraine, and Zelensky is not invited. Alex breaks down the Wall Street Journal report, Trump's blunt Truth Social message to Zelensky after pausing Graham's sanctions, Russia's Rasvet guided strikes on western Ukraine, and Macron's speech blaming Trump for fuel prices before flying off to the Gulf. Is Europe's leadership running out of excuses as protests spread from Paris to Milan?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Xi, Putin and Trump to meet at APEC in China
00:04:05 Why Zelensky is not invited
00:06:48 Trump defends pausing Graham's sanctions bill
00:09:10 Trump on Iran and his blunt message to Zelensky
00:11:14 Witkoff and Kushner call and what Putin may propose
00:13:12 Zelensky blames the US in NBC interview
00:15:40 Russia hits western Ukraine using Rasvet
00:17:56 Kyiv strikes and the US warning claims
00:21:19 St Petersburg drone flight path via Lithuania
00:25:18 Macron's speech and the Celine Dion concert
00:29:38 Macron blames Trump and the Middle East
00:33:12 Macron leaves France for the Gulf
00:35:06 Italy's Crosetto dismisses public opinion
00:36:54 Trump endorses Netanyahu
00:38:49 Clown World: Zelensky's NBC interview
Economist Jeffrey Sachs discusses the break down of Europe as massive protests and riots shake the continent and renewed Iran war begins with new US strikes ahead of Israel's critical election on October 27th.
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, with Zulfiqar Ali on Transition Protocol, on why Trump's MOAB can't crack Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. Ali's sources in Islamabad say MBS asked Pakistan for help, repeatedly, and Pakistan said no. Johnson, who briefed a UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on Wednesday, says Europe will start a war with Russia it will regret.
The show also covers what the MOAB can and cannot do, why Pakistan will not fight Ansar Allah for MBS, what Pakistani and Turkish officers told MBS about Israelis in his war room, how Johnson expects the war to end and China's role, and why diesel is short in a country that makes more than it uses.
The Islamabad decision, MBS's requests and the war-room account are the host's own sourcing and cannot be independently verified. Johnson's Europe and MBS forecasts are his analysis.
Timeline:
00:03:56 The MOAB: why an 11-ton air-burst bomb can't reach a facility under a mountain
00:10:21 No rescue: what Islamabad decided, per the host's sources
00:31:38 At the UN: the US tone shift, Nebenzia's answer, and Europe's hard line
Iran just foiled Trump's strike plan as Israel prepares for total war amid hysteria that a surprise attack is coming to Tel Aviv. KJ Noh joins Danny Haiphong to break down the myth from the reality.
Riyadh called Beijing. Trump called Putin for diesel. Nobody's coming to save Saudi Arabia — except 110 Americans.
("110 Americans in the Saudi war room" is per Transition Protocol's Pakistani military sources.) Here is why nobody is coming, what Beijing will actually do, and what the Russian diesel deal is really for — from a man who has lived in Beijing for almost three decades.
Einar Tangen joins host Zulfiqar Ali from Beijing as Houthi missiles hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport again.
Riyadh's calls: according to Transition Protocol's Pakistani military sources, 110 Americans were in the Saudi war room during the bombardment of Ansar Allah positions, even as Trump told Riyadh he wanted no new war. Pakistan will guard the holy sites only.
Beijing's answer: "very little," in Tangen's assessment — China will police dual-use parts flowing to the Houthis, will not arm anyone, and cannot project force from its single base in Djibouti. Reuters reported on 17 September that Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing and that China privately urged Iran to rein in the Houthis.
Iran's choice: our sources say Tehran told Pakistani mediators it would not restrain the Houthis — it wanted Saudi losses.
The October surprise: why the Russian diesel deal (1.8 million tonnes from October to December) covers only days of US demand, and what Tangen thinks it is really for.
A gateway to a wider war? "Unfortunately, I do." And two ways this ends.
Sourcing note: "110 Americans" and the Iran–Pakistan exchange are the host's own reporting from Pakistani sources. Tangen's remark about discussions of tactical nuclear weapons has not been independently confirmed. On air, a figure of "510 to 525 million tons" of daily US diesel use is a misstatement; the US uses roughly half a million tonnes of distillate a day (EIA).
Larry Johnson on reports that Yemeni forces struck two Aramco headquarters in Saudi Arabia and published footage of a hit on a Saudi Typhoon, described as the second fighter jet after an F-15. He also recounts speaking at a Russian-chaired UN Security Council session in New York on civilian casualties in Ukraine, and says the US tone toward Russia has softened.
Patrick Henningsen and Daniel Davis break down the stunning developments in the Saudi-Yemen war that have the US AND Israel moving toward all out war. Meanwhile, Yemen and Iran have both stepped up their strike targets dramatically as Riyadh burns overnight and a record number of tankers get taken out in the Strait of Hormuz.
What does all of this mean from both a military and geopolitical perspective? We traverse the biggest flashpoints in the ongoing war between US-led unipolarity and the rising multipolar world now finding big momentum in West Asia.
Missile threats are grounding flights and closing skies across the Gulf. What does this mean for the region? After repeated warnings, Yemeni missiles struck Terminal 3 & 4 of the King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, as Sana'a imposes the same reality on Saudi Arabia as it has endured since 2015.
On this episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh provides a comprehensive breakdown of the latest Middle East developments. As the U.S. intensifies military and economic pressure on Tehran, Iran has carved a new strategy in the Strait of Hormuz, Israeli security officials are preparing for the possibility of Iranian retaliation as they prepare for renewed strikes and deploy additional air defense batteries to the greater Tel Aviv area. Plans to target Iran's critical national and energy infrastructure, following a call between Netanyahu and Trump.
Meanwhile, with Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport closed and the EU and FAA issuing stark airspace warnings, the logistical toll of the conflict in Yemen is mounting. Saudi airspace is effectively shutting down as repeated missile and drone attacks on major airports in Riyadh and Jeddah force massive flight cancellations and trigger severe international aviation warnings.
On the ground, Yemen's armed forces are dealing unprecedented blows to Saudi-backed PLC forces & capturing even more territory.
