# The Mad Dream of Conquest: From Iran to Oman, an Empire That Can't Stop.

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Podcast: [Brave The New World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/brave-the-new-world-7682826)
Published: 2026-05-29T14:28:39+00:00
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## Resource

The media keeps insisting an Iran deal is imminent. Read the terms and it's obvious no one in Tehran would sign — not after being surprise-attacked twice mid-negotiation, including the killing of their own leader. Matt and CJ start there and end up somewhere bigger: what a declining empire does when it stops believing in limits. From Trump threatening to "blow up" Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, to Beirut bombed over the weekend, to boats destroyed off South America with Cuba teed up next — this is a foreign policy with no brakes. CJ brings the history: Eisenhower ending the Korean War in under a year because he understood limits, and Thucydides watching Athens chase the mad dream of conquest. Then a full breakdown of the Libertarian Party's disaster convention, the LPNH purge, and where the liberty movement should actually be fighting. In this one: Why Iran negotiates from strength — and why no concessions means no signature The economic bill coming due: gas, inflation, fertilizer shortages, famine An empire that can't stop: Oman, Lebanon, Cuba, the neglected hemisphere Eisenhower, Thucydides, and leaders who once understood limits The LP convention meltdown, the 15–2 disaffiliation of LPNH, and the Massie question Brave The New World with Matt Carano and CJ Killmer. New episodes weekly. https://x.com/matthewcarano https://x.com/KillmerCj

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