How Iran and Ukraine Exposed America's Limits w/ Garland Nixon

How Iran and Ukraine Exposed America's Limits w/ Garland Nixon Follow Garland Nixon: https://www.youtube.com/@garlandn 0:00:00 Intro: Alexander welcomes Garland Nixon 0:00:47 The limits of American power — echoes of Vietnam 0:02:44 Ukraine and Iran: two conflicts, one fight 0:03:06 Ukrainian drone operators spotted in Gulf states 0:04:20 Araqchi meets Putin — Russia's role in the Iran conflict 0:04:46 Fiber-optic FPV drones: technology transfer from Russia to Hezbollah 0:06:14 The Iran blockade failure — ships keep sailing 0:08:29 The narrative of US hegemony is dying 0:10:23 Fear as the foundation of dominance — the "Wizard of Oz" moment 0:11:34 US deindustrialization and the drone revolution in warfare 0:15:31 Trump's bravado is for domestic audiences, not Iran 0:19:30 US denial of reality — Iran conflict, Ukraine, and the White House shooting 0:25:47 Americans losing faith in government and mainstream media 0:29:04 Economic pain at home: gas prices and the coming midterms 0:35:25 Prospects for protest — 1960s parallels and alternative media rise 0:39:44 What are the Russians thinking? Managing the empire's decline 0:48:03 Russia's strategy: stability, not defeat — closing down conflicts diplomatically 0:51:45 Closing thoughts; Garland's visit to Chechnya teased ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100