Col Douglas Macgregor: "Most People Have No Idea How Badly This Has Gone Wrong" (2026 Prediction)

🔥🌳 You can NOW Become a member of our channel to support us! 🌳👑 👉🏻 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZg7FTpyFB9lSpk-_cVr3Q/join In this new interview, Colonel Douglas McGregor says what nobody in Washington wants to say out loud: Trump has been humiliated by Iran and doesn't know how to get out. McGregor argues that Trump grossly miscalculated when he launched this war, that he bought into vacuous promises from the Israeli side that it would be quick and dirty, and that he now faces a choice between doubling down into catastrophe or admitting defeat in a way no American president has been willing to do since Vietnam. McGregor draws a direct line from the Dardanelles in 1915 to the Strait of Hormuz today. The British committed 500,000 troops into terrain they could not control, bled for nine months, and eventually had to pull everyone out. He explains why the geography of the Strait is even worse, why the US is fighting with a 1944 force structure against a 21st century adversary built on precision guided missiles, unmanned systems, and persistent satellite surveillance fed by China and Russia in real time. He lays out what he sees as the only rational exit: a unilateral US military withdrawal to 1,200 kilometres from the Persian Gulf, followed by a direct offer to talk with Iran on terms that respect Iranian conditions. He acknowledges that no one in Washington wants to hear this because too much is mortgaged to vanity, but warns that the alternative is a slow grinding catastrophe that comes home through oil prices, supply chains, and a dollar already under pressure. He also addresses the fracture between the US and Israel, arguing that Netanyahu regards Trump as a bought man who will do whatever he is told, and that Israel is independently accelerating strikes on Iranian oil infrastructure, arms factories, and civilian targets with no regard for American diplomatic timelines. McGregor says the strategy being applied to Iran is the same one that failed against Russia in Ukraine, and that the American people have had enough of wars they never asked for. This is one of the most important geopolitical briefings of 2026. 📚 Sources cited in this video: •Congressional Research Service, Iran's Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Programs https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/IF12459.pdf •CSIS, Strait of Hormuz and Global Energy Security https://csis.org/analysis/strait-of-hormuz •Council on Foreign Relations, US Military Operations in the Middle East https://cfr.org/region/middle-east-and-north-africa •RAND Corporation, Regime Change and Its Limits https://rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1708.html •Brookings Institution, The Geopolitics of Iran's Oil and China's Energy Dependence https://brookings.edu/articles/irans-oil-and-chinas-energy/ •Imperial War Museum, Gallipoli Campaign 1915 https://iwm.org.uk/history/gallipoli ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This channel provides geopolitical commentary and analysis for educational and informational purposes only. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent the positions of any government or military institution. We encourage viewers to consult multiple sources and form their own conclusions. #coldouglasmacgregor #douglasmacgregor #iran Col Douglas Macgregor: Trump Has Been Humiliated By Iran And There Is No Exit Strategy That Doesn't End In Catastrophe Col Douglas Macgregor: "Most People Have No Idea How Badly This Has Gone Wrong" (2026 Prediction)