Chairman of Joint Chiefs Gives Warning on Trump Losing War
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What warning did CQ Brown Jr. and Dan Cane raise about Trump’s Iran strategy?
I previously shared with you warnings from the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, C.Q. Brown Jr., on Donald Trump's catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran and Donald Trump's use of our troops in order to intimidate people here in the United States. You know that former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, C.Q. Brown Jr., was forced out of his position by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth because he was black and the Trump regime is racist let's not mince words and call it what it is and despite being not just qualified but overly qualified for the position of the joint chiefs cq brown jr was unceremoniously pushed out of his position and replaced with an individual named general dan kane who they call raisin kane a white guy who was a three-star general not a four-star
and had to get a statutory waiver to hold his position because he had not served as a combatant commander vice chairman or service chief which is the requirement before you could be the chairman of the joint chiefs and if you looked at cq brown jr's background cq brown jr did everything he was supposed to do and more uh so we gave you cq brown jr's warnings now i want to talk about the warnings though by dan Raising Cain, Donald Trump's guy, warning about the catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran and warning that the U.S. really does not have the capabilities to defeat Iran. Now, much attention was paid to Hegseth's disastrous performance when Hegseth testified the other day in the Senate. Very little
attention was given to the words of Dan Raisin-Kane, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs. But I think that's a mistake because when you go through what Raisin-Kane, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said, said he gave some very serious warnings. Let me show you what happened, for example, when he was being cross-examined or asked questions by Senator Reid. And you'll see right over here, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Raisin Cain, says that, yeah, you know, using airstrikes alone probably won't be able to you know, achieve the so-called objectives that I guess Donald Trump has in Iran. I mean, by the way, I don't call them objectives. I call them war crimes to be clear where I stand on these issues.
And so he says, That's why we need a toolkit of diplomacy and other political tools, he says. In other words, the current strategy doesn't work. Listen to him say it for yourself. Let's play it.
General Kane, these airstrikes have not yet deterred and defeated the Iranians. Do you think airstrikes alone will do that?
Sir, I think academically, as you look across the totality of history, air power's got limits, and we always have to be mindful of those. I think where America's area of exclusivity is is when we bring the totality of the diplomatic, informational, economic, and pair that with the military, and there's a lot of that work going on.
Well, the military, the next step would be escalation by ground combat.
Why does the host claim CQ Brown Jr. was forced out and replaced with General Dan Cain?
Do you anticipate that escalation?
Sir, I think it would be unhelpful for me to opine on hypotheticals. What I can tell you is we always develop an unbelievable amount of options and the associated risks, and then my main job is to always ensure that leaders understand those options and the risks.
Now, if you employ ground troops to seize objectives, which I would assume would be the first stage, Are you prepared for an extended guerrilla war, which would likely happen in that area?
Sir, with all due respect, I think it'd be unhelpful for me to opine on hypothetical situations on whatever decisions the president may or may not take in the future.
Have you advised the President that our ground combat would be very expensive in the lives of our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and also could probably lead to an extended unconventional war in that area? I don't see the Iranians sort of throwing their hands up saying, you know, welcome to Iran.
Senator, I always advise the president on a range of military options and all of the risks that are contained within that.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What warning did CQ Brown Jr. and Dan Cane raise about Trump’s Iran strategy?
0:00–3:26
2
Why does the host claim CQ Brown Jr. was forced out and replaced with General Dan Cain?
3:26–11:51
3
What did Chairman Dan Cain say about the limits of airstrikes against Iran?
11:51–18:07
4
How did senators press the Chairman on escalation and a possible ground war?
18:07–21:54