Col. Jacques Baud: Middle East on Fire — Is This the Start of Something Bigger?

Dialogue Works · Mar 2, 2026 · 58m

Escalating US-Israel-Iran tensions analyzed: failed diplomacy, leadership strikes, and why regime change hasn't materialized despite decapitation attacks. Explores Iran's resilience, prepared succession, and cultural concepts of victory as resistance—not enemy destruction. Examines Arab Gulf states' precarious dependence on US protection amid growing doubts about Western reliability. Highlights strategic miscalculations: underestimating Iranian societal unity, overestimating technological superiority, and misunderstanding Middle Eastern psychology. Discusses how assassination of leaders…