<p>The Empire Has No Clothes: Why Iran is Exposing America&#39;s Paper Tiger Military | Silk and Steel</p><p><br></p><p>► Subscribe to the UK Column YouTube channel ► https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial</p><p><br></p><p>In this explosive episode, Carl Zha joins Rasheed for a no-holds-barred analysis of the catastrophic Iran war that has exposed the hollow core of American military power.</p><p>The headlines are writing themselves:</p><p>* The US is now publicly begging Europe, Japan, and China to bail them out</p><p>* Pete Hegseth claims &quot;total victory&quot; every day while requesting $200 billion more for a war they supposedly already won</p><p>* Two F-35s have fallen out of the sky – and US pilots are flying 36-hour missions on drugs because their bases are destroyed</p><p>* Iran is exporting more oil now than before the war – and getting paid in yuan</p><p>* China&#39;s Beidou satellite system is more advanced than GPS and guiding Iranian missiles</p><p>We break down:</p><p>* The illegality of the US attack under international law (UN Charter Article 2.4) and US Constitution</p><p>* How Trump was negotiating with Iran – they accepted all terms – then he bombed them (Pearl Harbor-style)</p><p>* The &quot;Clean Break&quot; plan from 1996: Israel&#39;s 30-year obsession with destroying Iran</p><p>* Why Iran&#39;s Mosaic Defense means there&#39;s no one left to negotiate with</p><p>* The real reason Trump did this: Epstein files and domestic failures</p><p>* How China stockpiled 1.2-1.5 billion barrels of oil while Trump drained the US reserve</p><p>* Why India&#39;s betrayal of Iran backfired spectacularly (now paying $100/barrel for Russian oil they used to get at $50)</p><p>* The fertilizer crisis: China and Russia stopped exports – it&#39;s planting season and farmers have nothing</p><p>* Why the AI bubble is about to burst (helium from Qatar is gone, energy is gone)</p><p>Plus: The Gallipoli comparison, the DOOM Butlerian Jihad meme, and why the world will never be the same after the Strait of Hormuz closure.</p><p><br></p><p>► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live</p><p><br></p><p>► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/</p><p><br></p><p>► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism &amp; investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/</p><p><br></p><p>► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news: https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial</p><p><br></p><p>Follow #UKColumn on:</p><p>► X: https://x.com/ukcolumn</p><p>► Telegram: https://t.me/ukcolumn</p><p>► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKColumnExtracts</p><p>► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uk_column_news</p><p><br></p>