Trish Wood
Trish Wood
Brandon Weichert
Brandon Weichert
Brandon Weichert
Friday 27th March 2026
Military analyst Brandon Weichert joins Trish Wood to unpack the Iran–Israel crisis, drone warfare, Trump’s shift on war and the risk of a modern Gallipoli.
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Episode Overview
- Weichert argues that Iran’s core objective is simply to survive and prolong the conflict while U.S. and Israeli willpower and interceptor stockpiles erode.
- Cheap Shahed drones are being used to exhaust extremely expensive Western air-defence missiles, shifting the balance of power over time.
- A planned marine and airborne deployment onto Iranian islands is compared to Gallipoli, with warnings of a potential slaughter once drone and missile attacks begin.
- Trish and her guest link growing youth anger, Gaza, and the Epstein files to a broader collapse of trust in Western leaders and institutions.
- Amid heavy war analysis, the episode contrasts human cruelty with loyalty and care through stories of an Air Canada crash controversy and a corgi-led pack of escaped dogs.
All the Iranians need to do is buy time long enough for America’s willpower to collapse.
How do individuals from all walks of life battle addiction to power, war and easy narratives? This wide-ranging conversation shows how quickly politics, media and military strategy can start to look like a kind of collective self-harm. Journalist Trish Wood sits down with military analyst Brandon Weichert, who has gone from early “America First” Trump supporter to fierce critic of the current Iran campaign.
He explains that the original promise of no more regime‑change wars has given way to something very different: “This is not what we voted for, those of us original Trump guys.” You’ll hear him argue that Iran only has to survive and stretch the conflict, while U.S. and Israeli interceptor stockpiles drain away. Weichert breaks down the hardware in plain English, from cheap Shahed drones to multi‑million‑dollar Western missiles, and compares a proposed U.S.
landing on Karg Island to Gallipoli – a mission he believes could lead to a “slaughter” of marines and paratroopers. He also talks about young Americans facing a grim economy, endless foreign wars and collapsing trust, warning that disillusionment at home is now feeding sympathy for U.S. rivals. Trish keeps the focus on moral costs as well as military ones: Gaza, the Likud government, self‑censorship inside Israel, and the loss of goodwill towards Western leaders.
She doesn’t hide her fear of escalation, including nuclear risk, and presses Weichert on how much public tolerance there really is for more dead soldiers. To give everyone a breather from war chat, the episode ends with a darkly comic slice of Canadian politics around an Air Canada crash, and a heart‑tugging story about a corgi‑led pack of stolen pet dogs allegedly escaping a meat truck in China.
It’s a sharp, candid mix of hard reality and small glimmers of loyalty and kindness. If you’ve ever wondered how much truth you’re really getting about The Middle East, this conversation might stick with you.