The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran’s nuclear program survives. And while the regime has been weakened, it remains intact. So what has President Trump accomplished—and what comes next in the war? Today on School of War, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of sitting in the interviewer’s chair, as I usually do – I’m the one being interviewed. I joined Rafaela Siewert of The Free Press to talk through my current thinking on the war in Iran.
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02:03 Trump’s speech
05:22 Escalation
10:10 Goals
12:25 Risk and scale
15:15 Kinds of surprise
17:37 Misreading the Iranians
22:10 15 Points
25:49 Opening the Strait of Hormuz
29:24 Branding
32:44 Oil
37:15 Kharg Island
41:35 Regime alteration
44:20 Time and resources
48:49 Balance
50:11 Trump, MAGA, and the Right
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