# Ep. 220 - All The Arguments Against The Iran War

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Published: 2026-03-22T15:37:41+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode: 0:00 - Intro + Banter 2:47 - The real costs of the war in Iran thus far 9:05 - Our worsening economic situation 12:58 - David’s rebuttals to the arguments for the war 14:10 - They were going to get nukes 17:43 - Is the threat of a nuke real? 21:39 - But they attacked us in 1979… 26:10 - Iran attacked our troops in Iraq 30:06 - What about the “Death To America” chants? 34:55 - Iran could have made a deal and chose not to 36:51 - The radical Islamists would refuse a deal anyway 41:34 - Is this war legal? 48:36 - What does it say that congress won’t vote to declare war? 53:55 - What can we expect from this war going forward? 57:54 - War strategy vs. tactics - Can we win? 1:06:29 - In war games, Iran always prevails 1:08:19 - How could this end? To help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link! https://discord.gg/B9HD5r7GxK This episode is brought to you by Revved Up Promo: https://www.revveduppromo.com/ CREDITS Produced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works - https://www.sheehan.works Edited by Jake Bennett https://www.bennettstudios.co/ Intro Music by Dave Moran

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