Hello, everybody. This is JVL here with my best friends, Sarah Longwell, and Tim Miller of the

bulwark. We're at war still. Day four, maybe it's day four. There's lots to talk about

with the war. We have so many reasons for going to war.

And sometimes it's for freedom.

Sometimes it's to take the oil.

Sometimes it is to protect Israel.

Sometimes it is to protect America.

And sometimes it's to end a 47-year war. And also, sometimes it's not even a war at all.

It's amazing. And before we start, would either of you like to offer introductory thoughts as to this glorious war we are enjoying right now?

I've got some opening thoughts. Hit me. So, you know, I, as to this glorious war we are enjoying right now.

I've got some opening thoughts.

Hit me.

So, you know, I do think that there is, and we should just put this on the table right up front.

There seems to be a question in the ether from people who don't want to grapple directly with Donald Trump's war in Iran that is specifically about us.

Why don't these former neocons or potentially continuing neocons support automatically this war in Iran? And I'd like to just throw out a few

reasons. Before you do, I did write an entire newsletter on Monday about all the ways it could

work out just fine.

Yeah.

The one neocon that has some thoughts.

I didn't say those things were likely, but I did say like, it is possible that we could wind up in a better end state.

That's fine.

I do think it's worth, though, potentially just laying out why we might be skeptical of this war. And it's just a few things. I just have a short list.

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