Inside JSOC’s Most Dangerous Mission Ever | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

Inside JSOC’s Most Dangerous Mission Ever | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

Author: dee takos July 9, 2026 Duration: 47:49
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.
The High Side:
https://substack.com/@thehighside/note/p-192763347?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=mr77m
Jack's new book:
https://a.co/d/0gywUGvn
00:00 - Inside JSOC’s Planned Iran WMD Raid
01:21 - Why Some Called It “Eagle Claw 2.0”
03:41 - Why Getting Into Iran Was Only Half the Problem
04:46 - Not a Quick Hit: Why This Required 1,000+ Troops
06:40 - Moving Highly Enriched Uranium Out of Iran
07:37 - Fighting Through a CBRN Environment
08:04 - The Libya WMD Plan That Foreshadowed Iran
09:55 - The Limits of Small Special Operations Teams
11:10 - Why JSOC Wanted to Capture the Uranium
12:29 - The Dirty Bomb Risk of Leaving Material Behind
14:56 - Why Trump Did Not Greenlight the Raid
18:14 - JSOC vs. CENTCOM Tensions Over the Mission
20:37 - Iran’s Air Defenses and MQ-9 Reaper Losses
25:20 - JSOC’s Counter-WMD Mission Before 9/11
32:10 - Pakistan’s Fear of a U.S. Nuclear Weapons Raid
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