# Top US general tacitly admits defeat by Iran

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Podcast: [The Grayzone on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grayzone-on-odysee-5427082)
Published: 2026-05-31T20:48:57+00:00
Episode link: https://odysee.com/top-us-general-tacitly-admits-defeat-by:e0b3ddb9357f662fed9b7a7786e49669adb66e6e
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss revealing testimony by Pentagon Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine in which he acknowledges the US has no military means of wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz from Iran. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrayzonenews Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thegrayzone #TheGrayzone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKmTL6dQ5NQ

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