SITREP Ep. 114: Broken Wars, Veteran Truths, and the Real Cost of Empire

Badlands Media

In one of the rawest and most revealing episodes of SITREP yet, CannCon and Alpha Warrior take listeners deep into the heart of war, disillusionment, and the political games that put American lives on the line. They unpack the shocking revelations from former Pentagon senior advisor Dan Caldwell’s interview with Tucker Carlson, exploring the disconnect between D.C. war hawks and the troops they send to fight endless, failing regime-change wars.

With brutal honesty, the hosts share their own experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, reflecting on the lives lost, the civilians left behind, and the long-term psychological and geopolitical fallout. They call out the corruption of military leadership, the betrayal of allies, and the revolving-door foreign policy that fuels chaos abroad and PTSD at home.

But the episode also digs into bigger themes: the spiritual cost of war, the value of true service, and the long-term consequences of misguided interventionism. From combat experience and conscription debates to fears of future domestic terror used as political leverage, this episode is a deep dive into what happens when patriotism meets propaganda, and the warriors decide they’ve had enough.