Ex-CIA Spy: The Iran War Was China's Trap — And We Walked Right In

Aug 27, 2026 · 56 min

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0:32Thanks for having me, Tom.

0:33Dude, as always, given what's going on with Iran, with China, I have been very eager to sit down across from you.

0:41Now, the last six months of us going to war with Iran has really been an audit of American power.

0:48What do you think China is taking away from the results?

0:51Oh, man.

0:52I feel like China is in its second big rally.

0:56Nobody realizes that China's first opportunity to really learn from the United States and benefit from our errors was the war on terror.

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