Jack Murphy joins us to break down his new High Side investigation into JSOC’s planned mission to recover highly enriched uranium from Iran, a raid some insiders compared to “Eagle Claw 2.0.” He explains why the operation would have required far more than a small special operations team, the risks of fighting in a CBRN environment, and why the mission may have been too dangerous to greenlight.<br />The High Side:<br />https://substack.com/@thehighside/note/p-192763347?utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;r=mr77m<br />Jack's new book:<br />https://a.co/d/0gywUGvn<br />00:00 - Inside JSOC’s Planned Iran WMD Raid<br />01:21 - Why Some Called It “Eagle Claw 2.0”<br />03:41 - Why Getting Into Iran Was Only Half the Problem<br />04:46 - Not a Quick Hit: Why This Required 1,000+ Troops<br />06:40 - Moving Highly Enriched Uranium Out of Iran<br />07:37 - Fighting Through a CBRN Environment<br />08:04 - The Libya WMD Plan That Foreshadowed Iran<br />09:55 - The Limits of Small Special Operations Teams<br />11:10 - Why JSOC Wanted to Capture the Uranium<br />12:29 - The Dirty Bomb Risk of Leaving Material Behind<br />14:56 - Why Trump Did Not Greenlight the Raid<br />18:14 - JSOC vs. CENTCOM Tensions Over the Mission<br />20:37 - Iran’s Air Defenses and MQ-9 Reaper Losses<br />25:20 - JSOC’s Counter-WMD Mission Before 9/11<br />32:10 - Pakistan’s Fear of a U.S. Nuclear Weapons Raid<br />"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support</a>.