In this episode, we expose the "cold, hard machinery of compromise and coercion" driving global geopolitics this week. From the controversial "poison pill" peace framework designed to turn Ukraine into a fortress , to the rise of state-sponsored warlordism in Gaza’s power vacuum, the rules of engagement are shifting. We also investigate a chilling "double-tap" strike by SEAL Team 6 in the Caribbean, where the militarization of the War on Drugs threatens to turn the region into a free-fire zone.

Episode Highlights

• Ukraine’s "Unjust Peace": We break down the U.S. administration’s twenty-eight-point framework, which trades territory for sovereignty and caps Ukraine's military at 600,000 personnel.

• The Washington Leak: Analysis of the leaked tapes featuring U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff "coaching" the Kremlin, and why this likely originated from a whistleblower within Washington.

• Gaza’s "Green Zone" Strategy: How the "Day After" scenario is creating a landscape of gated compounds and clan-based militias funded by Israel to fill the security vacuum.

• Escalation in the Caribbean: Inside the "double-tap" strike by SEAL Team 6 and the legal hack designating cartels as "terrorist organizations" to bypass due process.

• Operation Southern Spear: The unilateral closing of Venezuelan airspace and the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford as the U.S. blurs the lines between counternarcotics and regime change.

  
  

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