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    Watch now   Did Al-Qaeda Win? Graeme Wood on 25 Years of American Foreign Policy Errors Meidas Defense: Graeme Wood on Al-Qaeda’s Grand Fallacy, Iran’s Calculus, and Washington’s National Security Blunders Joe Plenzler , MeidasTouch Network , and Valor Media Network Sep 11 By Joe Plenzler, Meidas Defense Host: Joe Plenzler Guest: Graeme Wood ( The Atlantic ) EPISODE OVERVIEW For nearly twenty-five years, American foreign policy has operated under a single foundational premise: that Osama bin Laden deliberately drew the United States into a prolonged ground war in Afghanistan to bleed our military and economy dry on an “anvil” of endless occupation. What if our fundamental premise about Al-Qaeda’s grand strategy was wrong from day one? In this episode of Meidas Defense , host Joe Plenzler sits down with Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State , to re-examine the true legacy of 9/11. Drawing from...

    Watch now   American Power Under Hegseth: Purges, A Culture of Fear, and Strategic Flailing Watch the new episode of Meidas Defense Joe Plenzler and MeidasTouch Network Sep 4 By Joe Plenzler, Meidas Defense When military campaigns stall, Washington’s instinct is often to double down—hoping a few more strikes will break a stalemate. But when victory fades from view, American strategy frequently slips from trying to win to simply trying not to lose. In this episode, host Joe Plenzler sits down with New York Times national security reporter Greg Jaffe to pull back the curtain on the Pentagon’s growing culture of silence. They analyze the direct line connecting the “sunk-cost” mindset of Afghanistan to current operations in the Middle East. Together, they examine the ongoing purge of senior military leaders, leadership voids at key commands, ideological overhauls at service academies, and why static bases in Bahrain and Kuwait leave U.S. forces dangerously vulnerable on...

    Watch now   Military Law Expert and Combat Veteran Blasts Trump and Hegseth for Illegal Military Orders Watch this important episode of Meidas Defense, exclusively on the Meidas+ Substack Joe Plenzler , Valor Media Network , MeidasTouch Network , and Dan Maurer Aug 28   By Joe Plenzler, Meidas Defense In this episode of Meidas Defense , host Joe Plenzler sits down with retired Army JAG officer, law professor, and combat veteran Daniel Maurer. Together, they break down the illegalities surrounding Operation Southern Spear, the recent purge of senior Judge Advocates General (TJAGs) at the Pentagon, and the dangerous precedent of normalizing active-duty military deployments on domestic soil. \ Key Highlights 01:16 – 07:30: Operation Southern Spear: Why targeting suspected drug smuggling fast-boats with military air strikes in international waters constitutes extrajudicial murder under U.S. and international law rather than legitimate acts of war. 07:30 – 10:04: S...