MintPress News | F-15 Shot Down As Iran’s Missiles Inflict US Soldier Casualties & Israeli Fronts Deteriorate | Sept. 17, 2026

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The Israeli war machine is running out of money, and the US empire is taking hits. On this episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh breaks down the severe warnings from Israel’s own leadership that its 3-front axis could collapse as its army budget falls dangerously low. This comes as Iranian missile and drone strikes in the Strait of Hormuz successfully hit a ship, injuring US soldiers and highlighting the extreme vulnerability of American imperialism.

Robert also brings you extreme battle footage from Yemen, where an F-15 has been shot down, further embarrassing the military-industrial complex. Plus, we expose the double standards of the region: Saudi Arabia playing sectarianism, Syrians escalating protests against economic mismanagement, and the powerful social justice movement in Jordan preparing for a Day of Rage in support of Gaza.

Stand against the war machine. See through the propaganda.

Scott Ritter | Trump Unleashes SPACE WEAPON, Yemen DOWNS US F-15! | Sept. 16, 2026

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Former Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter discusses US deployment of a new space weapon and why a nuclear space race is being launched by Trump just as Yemen downs an f-15 and leaks over the extensive damage to US bases has come out.

Jeffrey Sachs | The Iran War Will Break America | Sept. 16, 2026

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Cyrus Janssen to discuss the Iran war, Donald Trump, and America’s declining influence around the world. He explains why the United States needs to leave Iran, pursue direct diplomacy, and rethink its role in the Middle East. They also discuss Trump’s trade war with Canada, America’s growing debt, political corruption, and the power of the military-industrial complex. Sachs also addresses whether Trump is accelerating America’s decline—and why his proposed $5,000 checks simply don’t add up.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro to Jeffrey Sachs
00:30 - What is the US trying to accomplish in Iran?
01:30 - Why Iran is not Venezuela
02:40 - Why the price of oil will only increase
03:34 - How dangerous is the world economy
05:01 - Will Trump steal the upcoming election?
06:30 - Why Trump is mentally unstable to serve
07:30 - What is the threat of AI?
08:30 - Can America still influence the Middle East?
10:10 - Why Iran needs direct diplomacy
11:05 - Why the Middle East doesn't need the USA
12:15 - Why the US doesn't have the power anymore
13:02 - Is America First policy finished?
13:58 - Why Trump should not be president
14:55 - Why every problem in America is self-inflicted
17:25 - The sunk cost fallacy for US politicians
18:22 - Why the United States should leave Iran
19:10 - Why Trump attacked Canada
21:20 - Why Trump's trade war is failing
22:25 - Why Mark Carney and Canada are winning
23:20 - Is Trump the cause of America's decline?
24:15 - Why the military industrial complex is to blame
25:25 - How American politics became corrupt
27:10 - How America became $40 trillion in debt
28:27 - Why Trump can't give Americans $5000 checks
29:55 - Closing thoughts 

Alex Christoforou | Bessent Demands Iran Isolation, Britain Gets Russian AI War Data, Trump & Ford Trade Insults | August 25, 2026

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Alex Christoforou discusses: Bessent Demands Iran Isolation, Britain Gets Russian AI War Data, Trump & Ford Trade Insults. 

Larry Johnson | Bessent’s “Biggest Sanctions” FAILS Iran Moves Toward Mecca Pact as Trump Begs Pak for an Off-Ramp | Aug. 24, 2026

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Iran has been formally invited to join the Mecca Agreement — the trilateral defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — with enthusiastic engagement already underway between Islamabad and Tehran, according to sources detailed in this episode.

The same day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s long-promised "maximum pressure" sanctions rollout landed with no new named targets, prompting military analyst Larry Johnson to call it "a mouse fart" instead of the "volcanic eruption" that had been advertised.

Host Zulfiqar Ali and Larry Johnson break down what it means that Bahrain has asked to join the Pakistan-Saudi military pact, why the United States is now in a structural sour-crude oil shortage, and how China’s multi-year effort to broker Saudi-Iran détente is now visibly reshaping the Persian Gulf.

Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst and military analyst who has covered Middle East security and U.S. foreign policy for decades. Zulfiqar Ali reports directly from sources inside Pakistani political and military circles. Some claims in this episode are based on privileged source reporting and are clearly marked as developing rather than independently confirmed.

Transition Protocol is a source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel focused on evidence-based reporting on the shift away from a unipolar world order, de-dollarization, and great-power realignment.

Sibel Edmonds | Trump, Israel & Erdogan: The Greater Middle East-Stage 4! | Aug.19, 2026

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Sibel Edmonds is a former FBI contract translator and one of the best-known U.S. national-security whistleblowers. Hired after 9/11 for her fluency in Turkish, Farsi and Azerbaijani, she was fired in 2002 after reporting security breaches and cover-ups inside the bureau.

She later founded the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition and the independent outlets Boiling Frogs Post and NewsBud, and wrote the memoir Classified Woman. 

Patrick Henningsen | Is the Iran War Over? | Aug. 10, 2026

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Danny Haiphong is joined by Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire to discuss whether the Iran war is over. Reports suggest Trump may walk away from the conflict without a nuclear deal if Iran agrees to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has laid out firm demands including ending US troop presence, stopping wars of aggression against its allies, and receiving compensation for damages. Meanwhile, Yemen continues escalating strikes against Saudi proxy forces with drone swarms and missiles.

Henningsen analyzes the US military's weakened position in the region, the failure of diplomatic efforts, and how Iran is taking advantage of political vulnerabilities in both Washington and Jerusalem. 

MintPress News | Iran Eliminates US Strategic Targets As Yemen's Shock Offensive Dismantles Israeli Scheme | Aug. 11, 2026

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The Middle East is heating up on several fronts at once: Iranian pressure in the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Ansar Allah strikes on Saudi-linked targets, contested US military-loss figures, and a still-fragmented Syria.

The stream also covers oil-market messaging, satellite imagery of damaged sites, and how Western powers helped create many of the armed groups now treated as threats.

Watch for signs of further escalation — including US refueling aircraft in Israel and renewed resistance activity in southern Syria and Lebanon.