3/3/26 Daniel Davis on Trump’s Dangerous New War with Iran

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Daniel Davis joined the show for a quick rundown on the war Trump just launched on Iran. He and Scott talk about what’s happened so far and where things may go from here. Discussed on the show: Daniel Davis / Deep Dive 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. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest, reporting to the American people, what's going on in this country?
0:11.0	Because the babies are making it.
0:13.0	We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.
0:15.0	This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian Foreign Policy, mostly.
0:21.7	When the president visit, that means that it is not only...
0:24.5	We're going to take out seven countries in five years.
0:27.1	They don't know what the fuck they're doing.
0:29.3	Negotiate now.
0:31.4	End this war.
0:33.5	And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.
0:39.6	All right. All right.
0:41.5	Welcoming back to the show, the great American hero, Danny Davis.
0:45.5	And I say that not because he bought in three wars, but because he told the truth about the Afghan war at great risk to himself professionally and even legally, probably
0:56.2	breaking ranks as he did to tell the truth about what a damned liar David Petraeus is in 2012.
1:03.5	And we'll always be remembered for that as well as his incredible insight in writing.
1:08.7	And now, especially on his daily show Daniel Davis
1:12.3	deep dive here on the YouTube's welcome back to the show how you doing Danny I'm
1:17.5	doing good thanks for having me back Scott I'm very happy to have you here but I'm
1:21.8	really pissed off that they started this war and I know that basically you and I both gave the same warnings
1:29.2	about why not to do this for the last, well, 20 years on my part and at least a good 15 or so on
1:36.2	yours what might happen if we did this and for all I know you warned while you're still in
1:42.0	the service too. Why not to? But I mean,
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