Mary Kissel joins The John Batchelor Show to analyze the failure of the ceasefire with Iran, noting that Tehran concluded the United States lacked the will to launch a ground intervention. She explains that the conflict centers on Iran’s suspect nuclear program, with potential new targets at Pickaxe Mountain, and that public engagement remains low despite rising energy costs.
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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)