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Welcome to the Watchtower, Riley Blanton's analysis of conflict, culture, and leadership with leaders, creators, veterans, and independent thinkers who are in the arena talking about ideas worth defending.
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9 episodes
since April 1, 2026
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If you’re trying to understand this conflict with any depth, Robert Pape is someone you should be listening to. He’s a political scientist at the University of Chicago who has spent two decades studying the strategic logic of military coercion, and his appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast is ge…
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker was preparing for the funeral of his country’s supreme leader. So why was he posting about American food stamps? That is the central question of this week’s podcast recorded on the ground at FreedomFest in Las Vegas. There are three segments: a breakdown of why the Iran ce…
Whoever controls the narrative controls the battlefield.
Apparently, a 30-year-old YouTuber from Los Angeles gets this concept more than a 300-franchise Lego-adjacent corporation. This is the Reckless Ben story. And if you haven’t seen the videos, it be crazy; here’s the compressed version.
The Se…
President Trump’s heated call with Prime Minister Netanyahu over Israeli strikes on Hezbollah exposes the fault lines between U.S., Israeli, and Iranian interests during a “ceasefire in name only.” In this episode, Riley breaks down the strategic fallout from Operation Epic Fury, the stakes in the …
I’m back on the Watchtower Intel pod with a two-part episode. First, I joined Scott Ryfun on WGIG’s Straight Talk to answer a deceptively simple question about the Iran war: Did we win Operation Epic Fury?
Drawing on my Air Force intelligence background, I’ll break down what “success” really means…
It’s a video this week!
The Department of Defense is now the Department of War.Open the 2026 National Defense Strategy, and that’s what you’ll see. A Memo signed by the Secretary of War.
I read the whole thing, so you don’t have to.
Some called the focus on the Western Hemisphere “isolationism.” …
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The most dangerous leader you’ll ever work for isn’t incompetent; they’re actually competent enough to advance their career while caring about all the wrong things. Mission and people become tools for personal gain.
In this episode, I break do…
This week I appeared on Scott Ryfun Straight Talk — coastal Georgia’s most-listened-to talk radio show — to cut through the noise on the Iran ceasefire extension.
We covered:
* Why the “indefinite ceasefire” shows how the IRGC has consolidated power
* The strategic difference between operational su…
On March 27, Iran struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia — damaging KC-135 tankers and an E-3 Sentry AWACS.
That last one is a big deal. The E-3 is one of the highest-value assets in the theater. It doesn't get hit by accident. So how did Iran know where to look?In this video, I break down …
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