Col Douglas Macgregor: Iran and Turkey Are Rising, NATO Is FINISHED (Urgent New Warning)

🔥🌍 You can NOW Become a member of our channel to support us! 🌍👑 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZg7FTpyFB9lSpk-_cVr3Q/join In this interview, Colonel Douglas Macgregor argues that Iran and Turkey are the two powers that will dominate the Middle East for decades to come as NATO dies as a meaningful institution. He describes Turkey as a resolutely martial civilization with innate fighting ability that dominated the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Egypt, and North Africa for centuries, warning that provoking them would mean a fight to the finish. Macgregor spent many years visiting Israel and told officials their existential threat is not Iran but Turkey to the north and east, explaining that Persian civilization is rational and can coexist while the Turks represent a fundamentally different challenge. Macgregor reveals that US intelligence agencies formally warned the administration on June 20th that Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to undermine the peace deal signed this week, with a 14-point memorandum of understanding calling for permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts including Lebanon. According to the intelligence assessment, Israel appears determined to keep fighting Hezbollah regardless, and one US official stated that Israel's refusal to withdraw forces from southern Lebanon will likely doom the fragile accord. Netanyahu's political survival heading into Israeli elections this fall is directly tied to showing domestic voters he will not withdraw IDF troops, putting the administration in an extraordinary position where its own intelligence agencies say its closest regional ally intends to break the deal. He explains that the administration was pulled into this conflict through what he describes as a test of disproportionate influence, with wealthy and powerful figures overwhelming initial reluctance to engage Iran militarily. Macgregor recounts private conversations where the president conveyed no desire for war with Iran and confidence that a deal could be struck, focused genuinely on domestic concerns rather than foreign conflicts. The transformation began with Ukraine in April 2022 when opportunities to end that war quickly were abandoned in favor of repeating what Macgregor calls neocon nonsense, followed by the B2 bomber strikes that were declared beautiful and perfect before the announcement that the war is over, which Macgregor interprets as stating what was wanted rather than what could be achieved. 📚 Sources cited in this video: • Washington Post, US Intelligence Warning on Netanyahu and Lebanon Ceasefire https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ • NBC News, Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire and Intelligence Assessment https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ • Congressional Research Service, US Military Bases and Forward Presence in the Middle East https://sgp.fas.org/crs/mideast/ • International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance Report https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/ ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This channel provides AI commentary and analysis for educational and informational purposes only. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent the positions of any company or institution. We encourage viewers to consult multiple sources and form their own conclusions. #coldouglasmacgregor #douglasmacgregor #middleeast #war