The War Trump Can’t Control

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsFollowing the U.S.’s war with Iran can give you whiplash. One day, it’s nearing a resolution; the next, the nations have resumed missile strikes on each other’s military installations, and Iran on Gulf States caught in the destructive web of this conflict.
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsFollowing the U.S.’s war with Iran can give you whiplash. One day, it’s nearing a resolution; the next, the nations have resumed missile strikes on each other’s military installations, and Iran on Gulf States caught in the destructive web of this conflict. By the time President Trump declared, on Friday, that a cease-fire with Iran was over, the United States had already hit more than 140 targets in the preceding days—his words did not make policy; they were simply an articulation of reality.Though the president has said he would not enter any “forever wars,” America seems to find itself headed toward one. My colleagues Tom Nichols and Nancy Youssef, who cover the military and diplomacy for The Atlantic, joined me on Radio Atlantic to discuss the conflict that is beginning to feel more like a permanent condition.The following is a transcript of the episode:[Music]Tom Nichols: If you want to know whether countries are at war, ask them if they think they’re at war.
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- Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsFollowing the U.S.’s war with Iran can give you whiplash. One day, it’s nearing a resolution; the next, the nations have resumed missile strikes on each other’s military installations, and Iran on Gulf States caught in the destructive web of this conflict.
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The War Trump Can’t Control
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