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This is the podcast of Free Minds, Free Markets, and Free Takes.

I'm your host, Peter Souterman.

And today I am joined by my illustrious colleagues, Catherine Mangy Ward, Nick Gillespie,

and Matt Welch.

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And happy Monday.

We bombed Iran.

On Saturday, America joined Israel's attacks against Iran's nuclear facilities after President Donald Trump ordered American bombers and submarines to strike three heavily

fortified sites.

In a brief late-night speech on Saturday, Trump said the strikes were successful,

and he warned Iranian leadership that America would respond forcefully if Iran attacked Americans in return.

Some reports say that Trump wants this to be a one-and-done, a single successful attack, not a prolonged war.

But Trump and top administration officials are

clearly leaving the door open for more strikes and maybe even regime change. So here is my opening

question. How are Americans supposed to vote against war? Yeah, yeah, I know it's true. Trump has long

said he doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. But he also ridiculed Barack Obama for being a bad

negotiator whose weaknesses would get America into a war with Iran. That was supposed to have a nuclear weapon. But he also ridiculed Barack Obama for being a bad negotiator

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