# WAR ON IRAN: Washington’s Systemic Breakdown and Strategic FAILURE- James (Jim) Webb

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Published: 2026-04-20T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Webb, Former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr and US Marine Corps veteran. He discusses how the Trump Administration’s war on Iran has harmed the US’ reputation around the world, his disgust at assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei by Israel to drag the US further into the war on Iran, the long-standing desire for a war on Iran secured through Israel lobby donations, the systemic breakdown of the US’ political system shown by the war on Iran, US foreign policy clearly reflecting Israel’s interests rather than the interests of the American people, the coming changing of the guard in the Democratic and Republican Party to replace pro-war politicians, how the war on Iran harms US allies and the threat to the position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and much more.

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