  We propose a new way of using geometric transitions to study metastable vacua
in string theory and certain confining gauge theories. The gauge theories in
question are N=2 supersymmetric theories deformed to N=1 by superpotential
terms. We first geometrically engineer supersymmetry-breaking vacua by wrapping
D5 branes on rigid 2-cycles in noncompact Calabi-Yau geometries, such that the
central charges of the branes are misaligned. In a limit of slightly misaligned
charges, this has a gauge theory description, where supersymmetry is broken by
Fayet-Iliopoulos D-terms. Geometric transitions relate these configurations to
dual Calabi-Yaus with fluxes, where H_RR, H_NS and dJ are all nonvanishing. We
argue that the dual geometry can be effectively used to study the resulting
non-supersymmetric, confining vacua.
