Col Douglas Macgregor: Israel's WORST Nightmare Just Happened & The Era Of U.S. Control Is OVER

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🔥🌍 You can NOW Become a member of our channel to support us! 🌍👑 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZg7FTpyFB9lSpk-_cVr3Q/join In this interview recorded on June 18th, Colonel Douglas Macgregor argues that the United States did not win the war with Iran but instead accepted a memorandum of understanding after suffering serious strategic damage. He contends that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off 20 percent of the global supply of liquefied natural gas, halted 30 percent of global ammonia-based nitrogen fertilizer exports, and disrupted 30 percent of the world's helium supply used in semiconductor production and medical imaging. His core argument is that the ceasefire came not from military success but from economic damage so severe that continuation became politically impossible. Macgregor says the strategic oil reserves were dangerously low with roughly two and a half to three weeks of supply remaining when the decision to halt operations was made. He walks through a list of planning failures, including the absence of a plan B, inadequate munitions stocks, and no credible answer to what the region was supposed to look like after the fighting stopped. He states directly that all key assumptions about Iran were wrong and that nobody asked the foundational question of whether the military objective was even attainable before the first bombs fell. On Israel, Macgregor calls the outcome a disaster and says the Israelis entered the conflict absolutely confident that combined American and Israeli firepower could defeat Iran. He argues that the result has left Israel with no friends in the region and that the United States will not restore its pre-war military presence in the Middle East. He identifies Turkey as the 600-pound gorilla that was always the real existential threat to Israel, while Iran was turned into one, and predicts that Turks and Persians will now dominate the region as they did for centuries before the post-World War II order was constructed. 📚 Sources cited in this video: • U.S. Energy Information Administration, Liquefied Natural Gas Exports https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/liquefied-natural-gas.php • Food and Agriculture Organization, Fertilizer Market Outlook https://www.fao.org/markets-and-trade/commodities/fertilizers/en/ • Congressional Research Service, Ukraine: Background and U.S. Policy https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF12040.pdf • CSIS, The Middle East After the Ceasefire - Regional Power Shifts https://www.csis.org/analysis/middle-east-power-dynamics • IMF, World Economic Outlook - Global Supply Disruptions https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO • Bundestag Election Results, Federal Returning Officer Germany https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2025.html ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This channel provides geopolitical commentary and analysis for educational and informational purposes only. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent the positions of any government or military institution. We encourage viewers to consult multiple sources and form their own conclusions. #coldouglasmacgregor #douglasmacgregor #iranwar
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