A Big Mission: Mike Lyons Talks to A&G

About this episode

Major Mike Lyons discusses President Trump's plan for Navy escorts in the Strait of Hormuz.

Major Mike Lyons (Retired) joins Jack & Joe to help explain President Trump's plan to provide Navy escorts to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.   Be sure to read Mike's outstanding WSJ op/ed, "The Iran War Marks the End of ‘Escalation Management’   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jack, Joe

Guest: Mike Lyons

Topics covered

• Navy escorts
• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran War
• Trump administration
• military strategy

Keywords

• Mike Lyons
• Trump
• Navy
• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran War
• military
• opinion piece

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: President Trump, WSJ

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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