# Episode #253 - Gen. Blaine Holt and Cutting Through The Smoke on the Water

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Podcast: [Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gold-goats-n-guns-podcast-236253)
Published: 2026-07-24T16:13:15+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3617

## Resource

Host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast and Ret. Brig. General Blaine Holt joins me to do and up to the minute look at the situation with the state of US foreign policy objectives, how that ties into the larger war in process, and who really controls the pace and timing of those decisions. Show Notes: Blaine on X Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast Tom on X GGnG on Patreon

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