WAR With Iran Would Be a DISASTER... And Nobody Wants to Admit It | Ep. 291

About this video

Mike Ritland interviews Adam Schurz, a former Marine and Navy SEAL who deployed nine times across 70+ countries and is now running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. Schurz shares his adoption story and later reunion with his biological family, his path from enlisting after 9/11 to becoming a Marine assaultman, and detailed combat stories from the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003. He also discusses his motivations for entering politics and his views on American unity.

Key takeaways

• Schurz recounts being adopted at six months, later reuniting with his biological mother and discovering three full-blood siblings, finding a missing piece of himself through those relationships.
• He describes enlisting in the Marines immediately after 9/11 during his senior year of high school, deploying to Iraq in early 2003 as an 0351 assaultman with an 83mm rocket, and shares self-deprecating combat stories including nearly being killed by an enemy fighter before his platoon leader saved him.
• Schurz reflects on the disparity between military brotherhood and political divisiveness, explaining his Senate run is motivated by fighting for American unity and principles, viewing politics through the lens of Sun Tzu’s Art of War.

Episode details: published May 12, 2026 · 37.4K views · 3:03:23 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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