Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 103: Iran War Over? Sinaloa Indictments & NATO Cracks - 5/1/26
Episode 103 opens with the White House declaring the Iran war terminated as the War Powers Resolution deadline hits. Ghost walks through Joe Kent's "declare victory and leave" framework, parallels to the Iraq mission accomplished moment, and why Trump's posture toward Iran looks increasingly like Reagan's 1984 Lebanon exit. Trump simultaneously threatens troop withdrawals from Spain, Italy, and Germany and hits the EU with a 25% auto tariff, accelerating what Ghost calls the inevitable dismantling of NATO. Iraq gets a new prime minister designate with a complex banking past tied to sanctioned…
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