E4053 - Ep4028_BardsFM Morning - No Plan Survives First Contact

The national narrative is that Iran's leadership has been decapitated and that we are destroying the enemy. What is not being discussed is the second, third and fourth order effects of a decapitation strategy in a country of 92 million people, with a population that is 29.4 percent Shia Muslim. We are not hearing about the global impact on supply chains, and the regional disruptions to food. We are not discussing the impact of a war that begins with a bombing campaign but becomes a war rooted in martyrdom. No war is ever won by bombing alone; there is always need...