Iran So Far Away 🪂 🤸‍♀️ Midterms Near

Iran So Far Away 🪂 🤸‍♀️ Midterms Near

July 14, 2026 · 55 min · Episode 57

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Andrew Fox and Shana Meyerson discuss the current state of the war in Iran and its implications for the US and Israel.

The war in Iran is back on. America is hitting hard and Israel is sitting on the sidelines waiting for coach to put them in. Can Donald Trump pull a win from this war after all? Is there any alternative other than regime change? And what about the Strait of Hormuz? The Mossad may be grooming Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to succeed the IRGC…or maybe they are just rumors… In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss whether this time America can really win the war on Iran and, if so, what that would even look like. Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East…

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Host: Shana Meyerson

Guest: Andrew Fox

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Organizations: Mossad, IRGC, Henry Jackson Society, GB News, TalkTV, LBC

Books & works: The Brink Podcast, The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post, The Tablet

Places: Iran, America, Israel, Strait of Hormuz

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