Even Soldiers Don't Want War

About this episode

The episode discusses the cancellation of a military training exercise by the 82nd Airborne Division and the implications of U.S. military actions in the Middle East.

The 82nd Airborne Division has canceled a training exercise to keep the Division ready to deploy with just 18 hours of notification for what it calls “forcible entry parachute assaults.” Parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, are being moved from South Korea to the Middle East. As we are recording on Tuesday, March 10th, Pete Hegseth said it would be “yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran - the most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes” wit...

Topics covered

• military training
• U.S. foreign policy
• Iran conflict
• defense systems
• military readiness

Keywords

• 82nd Airborne Division
• THAAD
• military training
• Iran strikes
• Pete Hegseth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 82nd Airborne Division, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

Places: South Korea, Middle East

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