DDAVIS—Russia has reached the limit of her patience with the West—both with arch-hypocritical Washington,  and currently with the US vassals in Europe, says Scott Ritter, noting that for all the provocations, insults, noise and posturing in Britain, Germany, Poland, France and other NATO countries, none is actually ready to confront Moscow in an actual serious conflict.  Neither the US nor the treacherous, blabbering Europeans—who after 2 world wars in their home turfs have apparently learned nothing—possess at this time the requisite strategic depth, affirms Ritter, as they lack the industrial, economic, and military muscle necessary to defend themselves, let alone prevail in a war against Russia, and probably, inevitably, China and Iran. 

GLENN DIESEN—The discussion, led by Andrew Napolitano with guest Professor Glenn Diesen, centers on the strategic failures and geopolitical consequences of recent U.S.- and Israeli-led confrontations with Iran, shifts in European and global alignments, and the broader implications for U.S. policy toward Russia and China. Diesen argues that the perceived universal view among academics, think tanks, and diplomats is that the U.S. and Israel have failed to achieve their objectives against Iran. He cites commentary like Robert Kagan’s as signaling recognition of limits to U.S. power and warns that Iran will not revert to a pre-conflict status quo of crippling sanctions and vulnerability. With control of strategic chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz, Iran could retaliate economically and militarily in ways largely beyond U.S. control, bolstered by domestic industrial capacity and likely support from Russia and China.