Episode Details

- The US continues waging war and proxy war against Iran with Iran targeting US-backed Kurdish proxies in what looks like preemptive or spoiling operations in northern Iraq;

- US munition stockpiles are reportedly very low, however the US continues making missiles and slowly expanding production - meaning the US will rely on intermittent strike campaigns which will gradually increase in intensity;

- The US continues carrying out assassinations within Russia laundered through "Ukrainian intelligence" the US media long since admitted the US CIA took over and now uses as an extension of itself;

- Growing narratives of "Ukraine" making its own ballistic missiles is a long-ongoing US-European weapons program in which more capable missiles are transferred over to Ukraine, claimed to be "made in Ukraine," to create plausible deniability for increasingly effective strikes inside Russia;

- US President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth play attacking a "clash" over depleted US munitions reveals ongoing attempts to scapegoat and distract away from ongoing US plans to degrade West Asia's energy exports through perpetual conflict in the region;

Resources:

CBS - U.S. has used nearly all its stockpile of long-range missiles in Iran war, sources say (Aug. 4, 2026):
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-stockpile-long-range-missiles-nearly-depleted-iran-war/
Guardian - Head of drone manufacturer critically injured in car bomb in Russia (Aug. 5, 2026):
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (2024):
https://archive.ph/60LoM#selection-7986.3-8027.163
Washington Post - Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns (Aug. 7, 2026):
https://archive.ph/242yz#selection-289.0-292.0
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf

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