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Podcast: Narativ with Zev Shalev (Audio)
Episode: Can The Military Stand Up To Trump?
Description: This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narativ.orgAdmiral Alvin Holsey served as commander of U.S. Southern Command for less than a year. The job typically lasts three. In those final Pentagon meetings before his resignation, Holsey did something a four-star admiral rarely does: he said no.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wanted Venezuela invaded. Holsey’s staff ran the analysis. The answer came back clear: this requires an Operation Instant Thunder-style air campaign—the 30-day bombardment that preceded the first Iraq War. You’d need half t...