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December 2, 2025 54 mins

Want to know how to start a war in America, if not World War III? Just ask Biden because he's on his way to doing it! A big part of this is his obsession with bringing in so-called Palestinians, refugees from Gaza. This is a BIG mistake, and here to explain why is today's guest, Morgan Lerette, former Army intelligence Captain and author of Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq, an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes tell-all account of the scathing and dangerous life of mercenaries at war in Iraq. At a time when Biden has initiated a pier, as a plan to facilitate supplies getting to Gaza, inserting America into the war and putting Americans at risk, Lerette will give a first-hand analysis of what this will do to the Middle East war. As a private contractor employed by the notorious Blackwater in the early days of the Iraq War, he pulls no punches in calling out the incompetence of both the US military and the Department of State during the collapse of Iraq. You can decide if the insertion of private contractors in Iraq assisted or detracted from the war effort and if the costs in blood and treasure were worth the carnage. He will take you behind the scenes into the world of private contractors conducting high-threat missions for a nascent Iraqi government in the hopes of rebuilding after the fall of Saddam Hussein. With limited support, the men of Blackwater protected US diplomats as the country descended into sectarian violence. It was a hazardous mission complete with rockets, mortars, improvised explosive devices, and not knowing who or where the enemy was.

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