10/2/24 Daniel Davis on the Iranian Missile Strike on Israel

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Scott brings Daniel Davis back on the show to talk about the large waves of ballistic missiles that Iran shot at Israel earlier in the week in response to various Israeli strikes on Iran and its allies. Scott and Davis compare the strike to the one back in April, speculate on the Iranian objective and examine the larger context that this strike falls in. Discussed on the show: Daniel Davis Deep Dive on YouTube “US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah” (Politico) “The Return of Peace Through Strength” (Foreign Affairs) Daniel Davis did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in the army. He is a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities and is the author of the reports “Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders’ Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Effort” and “Go Big or Go Deep: An Analysis of Strategy Options on Afghanistan.” Find him on Twitter @DanielLDavis1and subscribe to his YouTube Channel. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	probably on that one. Yeah, it's worse and worse every day, but I think it'll still help you with the Danny and Daniel.
0:06.7	Anyway, hey man, welcome back to the show. How are you? You know, I'm doing all right. Thanks for asking.
0:12.4	Well, good. I'm very happy to hear that. I saw the news yesterday and they said
0:17.2	a ton of missiles are flying toward Israel and a lot of people were saying oh no now it now it's on, and it's the war.
0:23.4	And Netanyahu had said he's fighting seven nations,
0:26.9	would be six, but Bush gave the Shiites Baghdad,
0:29.9	so that's a thing.
0:32.2	But then they call the All Clear.
0:35.8	I want to check the New York Times.
0:38.0	And they said, it's over.
0:40.0	And I was like, oh, good.
0:40.9	It's just another one of those, huh?
0:42.5	But then, of course, there's obvious questions about today and tomorrow.
0:46.6	So first of all, can you just give us an assessment on the strikes?
0:50.8	Can you compare it to the last missile volley and with the percentages
0:54.1	shot down and the damage done and all that and then we can talk about the politics of
0:57.7	where we are and what comes next you think? Yeah I can so the the strike that happened last April was about 350 total
1:07.6	projectiles, combination of drones and ballistic missiles. Most of them were drones,
1:14.0	and it was important because that was a signal
1:16.4	that they don't want to escalate,
1:18.0	but that they had to respond
1:19.9	to the destruction of their embassy.
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