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Radio War Nerd EP #532 — Trump Bombs Iran: Operation Midnight Hummer (Patreon)

Published:
2025-06-23 23:23:32
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2025-06-23 23:25:25
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Recorded: June 23, 2025

Another emergency ep, reviewing Trump's bombing raid on Iran. (Recorded a couple of hours before Trump's most recent 180, from "regime-change" to "ceasefire". Must've had his old clogged heart softened up by all the post-bombing FoxNews flattery...)

Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg. Check out music from his group Mountains here

Total time: 1:07:04Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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GC

Thanks. Been waiting for this one. Listening ASAP.

NYCM&AHole

Huh huh huh huh huh huh ::butthead chuckle::

HarshMalarkey

Dude I can't imagine how frustrating it is to post episodes that are obsolescent by the time they finish uploading. Praying for yall. Free Palestine!

CS

And now what is happening in Iraq. I feel for you guys - the world is moving too fast

JoR

You guys should do another YouTube livestream next time you record anything for current events lol

Allen M

Geez, I guess I was right about total air dominance after all. And it was used as I thought. Now, the real question is will a popular uprising come about, or does the Basij have the fortitude to slaughter their people again.

Real-Life NPC

Can you please provide a link to the story regarding reinforced concrete that you referenced at around 11:45?

Sean Twist

The war may be ‘over’ but it’s only Monday. Plenty of time for a new apocalyptic crisis.

A

Usually you don't need to do deception tactics and a stealth attack in the dead of night with the most highly advanced stealth bombers on the planet if you have "total air dominance". Don't get your hopes up champ.

Bjarne Sharp

ere's a YouTube from 2 years back called "Can Iran Stop U.S. Bunker Buster Bombs?" which explains that in fact Iran is a world leader in super-strong concrete due to a long running expertise developed originally because of the frequency of earthquakes. https://youtu.be/33IfCt-fAOk?si=KGquNOEO2t7Zc

steppingstone

i was genuinely moved by Mark's anecdote about his son's experience at the protest

Bjarne Sharp

Anybody seen tthat the first shipments moved by rail between China and Iran in May? Seems kind of significant in view of all the strait of Hormuz talk.

Christopher Small

Well, the bad news is the ceasefire has collapsed and the cycle of violence continues But the good news is the cycle of episodes becoming outdated 5 minutes after they come out has been broken

Faisal Sultan

Apparently the planners of Midnight Hammer were Top Gun Maverick fans.

Tom Dossett

Mordecai Vanunu has been out of prison for many years now but he’s not allowed to leave Israel.

Tariq

we just need you guys to livestream for the next month

Doug Cartel

Catherine the Great had a quote about how you can always quell internal dissent by starting a war The more things change the more they stay the same

Martin Billheimer

Any subject should reference the Third Policeman. And At Swim, but especially 3rd Policeman.

Mac Robertson

@A the whole thing seems like kabuki theatre

Nicholas Marn

At around the 46 minute mark, I know this book is having a resurgence, but I'm reminded of "Bowling Alone" and the fight against atomization. Really happy to hear your son found purpose and camraderie in protest!

Aaron C

Really appreciate you guys, its so hard to find any information that is objective.

Matt Henry

It must be extremely frustrating to make a podcast about something happening real time like this

Faisal Sultan

The War Nerd for the second time proves they have no expertise on the Indian subcontinent by saying Iran has a much more stable elite than Pakistan. Nothing could be further from the truth if you actually did some research, john/gary aka War Nerd.

Rod Miller

I doubt anyone 75 years ago was questioning the need for manned bombers (assuming you saw a "need" for dropping bombs in the first place). Missiles that could get nukes to Russia definitely lay in the future. Also, you didn't want to put all your eggs in one basket.

Tammy

Exactly what I was thinking. Pretty stupid to put all your $5 billion dollar Hollywood ass stealth bombers in the same place at one time. wtf what a joke. Are they all on that 50 year old aircraft carrier too? Someone is trying to cash in on insurance or something lol

Lojban Chauvinist

The assassinations that kicked off the war were not very gentlemanly. Good article and interesting website, though. Thanks.

Danny Zang

Totally unrelated to the subject of the episode… can someone confirm whether I am having insane deja vu or not in thinking you guys discussed Native American interpretations of tornados and cyclones in another episode’s intro?

Javier

Hi, big fan of the War Nerd here. Your piece about assassinations there in The Exiled was one of my big eye-openers. It seems that the biggest Israeli strategy against Iran is to assassinate every important opposing Iranian and leave worthless, forever loyal to the west generals and politicians. Do you think Pezeshkian and Qaani are loyal to Iran or West simps that have been carefully left alive by Mossad to make sure they sink Iran from within?

gatito

elaborate

William

Another brilliant statement from our resident genius, giving no context or support for their arguments. Rest assured, they are correct and you should just implicitly know that because of their condescending tone

Faisal Sultan

@galito - Happy to... My comment seemed trolly because this was not an isolated comment, and its happened before. Im happy to share some of my thoughts... The real Elite of Pakistan is its military brass. There are two tiers inside its Military establishment: its rank and file and its top brass. The top brass are the leaders that actually run the country. The Chief of Army Staff is the top Military commander is basically the de facto ruler of the country. Indeed, the Prime Minister and President are merely for show, and if they dont know their place or get out of line they end up without power (See: Imran Khan). While the rank and file of the military might have religious leanings and are prone to fundamentalist views - mostly because they come from poor families and villages, the top brass are highly educated, often in western countries. Look up Aitchison College, where all the "blue bloods" go - (its called the Eaton of Pakistan), set up from the Colonial days. Thats where most of these people get their education. Its not pure dumb luck that, despite the West always rambling on about how "Pakistan is a muslim country with a nuke!!!!" there hasn't been any incident since it went nuclear. Its because despite internal politics of saber rattling, the Elite are sober professionals with constant communication with their Indian counterparts and guidance from the US to keep things from getting out of control.

John Hieronymus

Mark the reason why there are not active dsa chapters in smaller cities today (there were many in 2017-2020) is that dsa is structured around concentrations of Democratic Party/liberal NGO/union staffers who make up the activist cadres that keep dsa running, so they are naturally concentrated in big liberal cities and have consistently resisted pushing resources to small chapters in red states and small cities. These circumstances has made reforming dsa into an organization that can extend its appeal beyond its natural power bases in NYC, Chicago and parts of California extremely difficult unfortunately and many people who were active in those areas have left the organization.

William

It is funny to think that the empire loses its military advantage because they couldn’t stop getting horny for bigger, stupider, more expensive “weapons” systems

JBS

I'd love to see a study or piece about this new concrete John mentioned

Lojban Chauvinist

All the Bannons and the Tuckers have to bend the knee because Trump got lucky: he pulled off his "peace through strength" – yet again. It's not that different from him killing Soleimani (and not to forget, he bombed Syria and Afghanistan too, also in big, showy ways). WWIII did not happen; gas prices stayed low. So it was not a betrayal: this *was* "anti-interventionism," Trump's own brand of it! And the base loves it; they always have. The thing is, this time it was riskier. His options are fewer and worse should Iran go for the bomb.

Jimothy Realname

if you make another episode about this the ceasefire will break down before it's released

Adam Wolf

We’re allowed to talk about Geoengineering without being called conspiracy theorists now right? In any event, would recommend you guys consult the robust body of evidence for this, most of which can be sourced from what can broadly be considered “reputable” (sources (or at least non-controversial ones, e.g. PBS). I only mention it because there is a very real geopolitical element involved and it seems to me that, at this juncture, any conversation not informed at some indirect level by its existence, well, it’s kind of just not war nerd level in my opinion. anyways, hope everyone has fun dunking on me 🤙

Mark Ames

That's really too bad. I've heard a lot along those lines too. But I also hear that it varies so much chapter to chapter, town to town. My sense is that a lot of the first wave in 2017-20 weren't so much socialists or radicals as disillusioned young liberals who wanted something better than what the liberal establishment offers. So most of them fell off after 2020/1. I would think Zohran's success should make things more possible in 2nd-tier or Red State cities, but it'll need more successes and momentum to keep that going (using the Populists as one model).

Mark Ames

Thanks, I agree!