Editor’s Note: A draft of what follows was inadvertently emailed to paid subscribers earlier today. This is the correct edition. The search for someone to blame is ongoing.
We’re back with another episode of ‘Alternate Shots’, America’s fastest-growing podcast, according to two perhaps mis-informed sources. With the ** Memorandum of Understanding** set to “expire” on Monday, we lead off with a Groundhog Day-like conversation about the status of the Iran war in the Persian Gulf. A headline in
We then turn to a recent war game conducted in Germany, pitting Ukraine drone operators against US troops rotated in from Fort Hood, Texas. . Welcome to the future of warfare. The lack of urgency on the need to remodel America’s military to fit the modern battlefield is both alarming and even more alarming.
We then turn our attention to domestic matters, including President Trump’s re-embrace of the anti-vax movement, the mid-term elections and ** the president’s health**. We end with Richard’s enthusiasm for the WNBA and keeping our fingers crossed for
(‘Alternate Shots’, Episode #34. Co-hosted by Richard Haass and John Ellis. Produced by Dale Eisinger. Recorded, 14 August 2026. If you prefer, you can listen to this episode (and all previous episodes) by clicking on these hyperlinks: Apple, Amazon, and Spotify. We’re on a number of other podcast platforms as well. And YouTube!)
