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Flynn's Warning and the Nuclear Alliance Nobody Wants to Fight
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One of the episode's most striking moments arrives when Meiselas — no fan of Flynn — finds himself in agreement with the former Trump national security adviser. Flynn, quoted by Meiselas, pushed back hard against Fox News commentators urging Trump to invade Iran and seize Qeshm Island, calling out the 'monumentally challenging' nature of an all-out war against a nuclear-armed coalition of Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea [1] — Ben Meiselas "Flynn warned against war with nuclear alliance: Former Trump adviser Gen. Michael Flynn warned that war against an Iran-China-Russia-Pakist…" 11:12 . Flynn's secondary point was arguably just as pointed: Trump is influenced by what he sees on Fox News, and the majority of his own base wants nothing to do with this war. This represents a rare crack in the MAGA media ecosystem — the most hawkish voices on Fox are out of step with Trump's base and with the military and strategic realities on the ground. The alignment of Flynn's warning with Meiselas's analysis underscores the episode's central argument: the Iran campaign was a strategic disaster that the US is now scrambling to exit without admitting defeat.
General Mike Flynn — about as MAGA as it gets — broke with Fox News warmongers to warn Trump that an all-out war against Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea would be monumentally challenging. Flynn's message: your own base doesn't want this war.
Former Trump adviser Gen. Michael Flynn warned that war against an Iran-China-Russia-Pakistan-North Korea alliance of nuclear-armed nations would be 'monumentally challenging.'
An analyst cited on the show argued that America's failure to subordinate Iran accelerates BRICS realignment and cements China as the primary development partner across Southwest Asia. If the US can't subordinate Iran, it can't subordinate Russia or China either.
