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“The inability or unwillingness of the Trump administration to
connect the dots on what is going on, from the Persian Gulf to
the Red Sea, is a reflection of the lack of really good deep
strategic thinking.”

On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey is joined
once again by former Commanding General of US Army Europe, Gen
Ben Hodges, to discuss the US-Iran war as it nears the 200-day
mark.

The Iran-backed Houthis have seized Yemen’s entire Red Sea
coastline including the strategic Perim Island, giving them
control of the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait. And despite pleas from
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to intervene as oil
prices surge toward $110/barrel, Donald Trump has refused to
launch strikes, offering up intelligence assistance instead.

Gen Hodges analyses the strategic drift that has marked the war,
the Pentagon and US policy in the Middle East. 

Plus, why mass lie-detector tests and personnel purges signal
China-style paranoia inside the Pentagon, what news of damage to
US fighter jets in Jordan says about US military preparedness,
and the hard lessons from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars 25 years
on from the 9/11 attacks.

Highlights

Trump refuses Saudi plea for strikes as Houthis seize Red Sea

US Gen Ben Hodges on the US-Iran war, Pentagon chaos and 9/11

CONTRIBUTORS:

Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey

Gen Ben Hodges, former Commanding General US Army Europe
@general_ben

WATCH US ON YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Trump refuses MBS pleas to stop Houthis’ rapid advance

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/11/trump-refuses-mbs-pleas-to-stop-houthis-rapid-advance/

Rubio and Vance ‘think Iran war could last beyond the end of
Trump’s term’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/09/10/white-house-iran-war-trump-term/

Pentagon forces staff to take lie detector tests over Iran war
leaks

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/09/05/pentagon-lie-detection-polygraph-tests-military-iran-leaks/

RUSI UK Security in a Post Aid World:
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/projects/uk-security-post-aid-world

Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards
2026

Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts
Awards 2026

Nominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British
Podcast Awards 2026

The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 -
Publisher Podcast Awards 2026

Audio Producer: Peter Shevlin 

Video Producer: Max Bower

Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh

Studio Operator: Andy Watson

Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey 

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