The National Security Hour

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – America drifts between spectacle and sabotage as leaders chase headlines over principle. Weak staffing, media outrage, and eroding trust threaten institutions. Restoring accountability, voter integrity, and serious leadership becomes essential to defend democracy and renew a nation built on competence, transparency, and enduring patriotic responsibility...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – We are sliding toward a war the United States did not need and cannot afford. A small circle of hawks sold a narrative that Iran posed an imminent existential threat. That claim never stood up to basic scrutiny. Key policymakers ignored dissenting intelligence. They bought a timeline set by outside actors and then wondered why events raced...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – The growing homeland risk environment — where adversaries exploit chaos across multiple domains: cyber attacks, infrastructure disruption, ideological incitement, and opportunistic violence. Not every incident is directly tied to Iran, but the threat environment has clearly intensified and demands vigilance...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – Iran, like so many asymmetric adversaries before it, never intended to fight America straight up. Its real strategy is to endure, decentralize, and retaliate indirectly—through drones, missile salvos, proxy capabilities, and above all by threatening global energy flows through chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and...

The National Security Hour with Col. Mike and Dr. Mike – America is again involved in what surely looks like another ride down the highway of failed interventionist wars, this one again being waged on Israel’s behalf against Iran or one of its many enemies. The depth of the clear and cynical lock that Israel and rich Jewish-Americans have on U.S. policy in the Middle East can be seen in the...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – What does “America at war” actually mean — not just on the battlefield, but for Americans at home? Iran’s strategy has long relied on missiles, drones, proxy militias, cyber operations, and attacks on global shipping routes. Even after suffering significant military losses, Tehran still retains the capability to strike through asymmetric warfare...

The National Security Hour with LTC Sargis Sangari – Drones change the math of conflict. A weapon worth tens of thousands can force defenses that cost far more. Criminal cartels and state actors exploit that gap. Countermeasures are emerging, from directed energy to electronic measures. Those tools must be fielded at scale and priced for use, not hoarded as luxury tech. There is no simple path to...

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – America and the West are facing a sustained information warfare campaign designed to demoralize populations, divide societies, and destabilize governments without ever firing a shot. From classrooms and corporate training programs… to media, social media algorithms, and entertainment, narratives are seeded, amplified, and repeated until...

The National Security Hour with Brandon Weichert – My fear is that this war ends not with order restored, but with America strategically diminished. U.S. bases may become untenable. Arab partners may decide that hosting American power is simply too dangerous. And Washington, after spending blood and treasure yet again, may discover that its position in the Middle East has weakened rather than...

The National Security Hour with Blanquita Cullum – This is a moment to choose what kind of country we will be. We must harden our commitment to steady, well-funded programs. We should partner where trust is real and protect what is uniquely ours. We must rebuild industrial capacity and nurture children who want to solve hard problems. Spaceflight is costly and risky. That is why it teaches...