Why American power looks overwhelming one moment and unfocused the next

Why can the United States pull off elite military operations but fail to present a coherent strategy? With Kori Schake, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, we break down the disconnect between America’s professional armed forces and the volatile political leadership directing them.

 

How US news outlets became the tools of the super rich 

News outlets in the United States are under pressure like never before. In the first part of this special episode, we examine how media ownership has become concentrated in the hands of a tiny group of elites, who have tempered critical coverage of the US president.
 

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Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire?

 

It took Israel only 10 minutes to carry out one of the worst mass-killings in Lebanon since the end of the country’s civil war in 1990.

Omar Rakha heard the war planes but did not feel the explosions; it was only when he woke up face down on the street, bleeding, that he understood what had happened: the building next to his in the Barbour neighbourhood of central Beirut had been destroyed by two Israeli bombs. He then ran through the flaming wreckage to find his sister, screaming.

What did the Iran war actually achieve?

 There have been celebrations across Iran over the two-week ceasefire which has seen President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization averted. Details of the the deal are unclear, beyond the ceasefire and re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Leaders around the world greeted the news with cautious welcomes, with Germany, Britain, Japan, Canada and other European nations calling for a lasting peace. And US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned America could strike again if Iran refuses to handover its enriched uranium.

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The widening gap between rhetoric and reality

 

With conflicts on multiple fronts, Israel’s war fever shows no sign of easing.

Inside Israel, as the gap between rhetoric and reality widens, a promised quick victory over Iran has given way to a more perilous and prolonged war – one that Israelis are experiencing through an increasingly controlled lens with tight censorship and an intensifying crackdown on dissent.