Fight veteran Ryan O’Leary joins us to debate his journey from the Army Nationwide Guard to preventing alongside Kurdish forces in opposition to ISIS in Iraq, working with Iranian Kurdish rebel teams, and later experiencing the battle in Ukraine firsthand. Ryan breaks down the realities of insurgency warfare, Kurdish resistance actions, and why fashionable conflicts are being remodeled by drones, surveillance, and battlefield transparency.
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00:00 — Begin
01:25 — Rising up in Iowa and becoming a member of the Army Nationwide Guard
03:25 — Iraq deployment: FOB safety and disillusionment with the battle
04:20 — Afghanistan in RC Pactia: first firefights and fight patrols
05:45 — Ambushed on day one and surviving RPG assaults
08:50 — Why Afghanistan felt minor in comparison with later wars in Kurdistan and Ukraine
09:35 — Going AWOL to combat ISIS with the Kurds in Iraq
11:40 — Watching U.S. airstrikes outdoors Erbil as ISIS closed in
13:20 — Becoming a member of the Peshmerga with nearly no course of or paperwork
15:00 — Combating throughout Iraq with Kurdish and Iranian Kurdish models
16:20 — The Kurdish-Iraqi civil battle round Kirkuk defined
18:40 — Taking tank fireplace from Iraqi Abrams tanks through the preventing
21:10 — Mortar groups, ATGMs, and chaos on the Kirkuk entrance
24:00 — Kurdish independence, Kirkuk oil, and Iran’s position within the battle
27:00 — U.S. weapons ending up with Iranian-backed militias and PMUs
29:00 — Assembly Iranian Kurdish fighters and deciding to work with them
32:10 — Residing within the Qandil Mountains with Kurdish insurgents
34:20 — Kurdish separatism, Mahabad, and desires of independence
39:10 — Life with Iranian Kurds: morale, tradition, and surviving within the mountains
41:45 — Studying insurgency warfare from the within
43:20 — Why insurgencies are practically unattainable to defeat
47:55 — May Iranian Kurds truly assist overthrow Tehran?
53:20 — Why regime change in Iran was all the time unrealistic
01:02:00 — Early Ukraine battle experiences and the way drones modified every part
01:14:30 — FPV drones, trench warfare, and why fashionable fight is now clear
01:28:00 — What Western militaries nonetheless don’t perceive about drone warfare
01:40:30 — Surviving artillery, drone drops, and fixed surveillance in Ukraine
01:55:00 — Why infantry motion is turning into practically unattainable on the trendy battlefield
02:07:00 — International fighters in Ukraine: motivations, strengths, and issues
02:18:00 — Corruption, logistics, and the fact behind the Ukrainian battle effort
02:31:00 — Classes from Iraq, Kurdistan, and Ukraine for future U.S. wars
02:42:30 — China, Taiwan, and the way drones might reshape the Pacific battlefield
02:54:00 — Why small models and flexibility matter greater than ever
03:05:00 — The psychological toll of nonstop drone surveillance and attrition warfare
03:15:30 — Ultimate ideas on the way forward for warfare and the place battle is heading
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