3/19/26 Larry Johnson on the Ongoing and Coming Failures in the US and Israel’s War with Iran

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Scott Horton interviews Larry Johnson about the ongoing and anticipated failures in the US and Israel's war with Iran.

Download Audio. Scott brings Larry Johnson back on the show three weeks after his last appearance, where Johnson predicted the war with Iran hours before it kicked off. Scott and Johnson examine what’s happened, dig into who’s really calling the shots here, address some of the nonsensical talking points used to make the Iranians out as a unique evil and anticipate what the global consequences of this war will be. Discussed on the show: “​​The Failure of US and Israeli Air Defense” ( Sonar21 ) Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and a former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. Follow his analysis at Sonar21 . Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott’s work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott’s other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott’s books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Horton

Guest: Larry Johnson

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• Iran conflict
• Israel
• war analysis
• intelligence
• military strategy

Keywords

• Iran
• US
• Israel
• war
• Larry Johnson
• CIA
• foreign policy
• military
• intelligence

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Organizations: CIA, US State Department, Sonar21, The Libertarian Institute

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Books & works: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

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