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Daily Signal Podcast: How Obama, Biden Made Iran Believe It Could Take On the Whole World

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News, Politics

4.4 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Within a matter of weeks, Iran’s ability to wage war has been rendered inert by American and Israeli forces. Over the course of seven U.S. presidencies, Iran—the most populous Middle Eastern country—developed a self-inflated view of itself. But why? Whether through the Biden-backed Iran nuclear deal or Barack Obama’s “creative tension” approach to Middle East […]

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0:43.5

Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.

0:49.8

We're now beginning the seventh week of military operations against Iran.

0:53.5

They're in a lull now during a negotiation, but the war continues.

1:00.6

And if you look at Iran, it's a very strange situation because its command and control have been decapitated.

1:02.8

Its military has been, I guess you'd call it inert.

1:07.8

There is no air force.

1:09.0

There's only PT boats left of its Navy.

1:12.4

Its army is of no use since this is an air war. Its nuclear military industrial complex has been

1:20.7

bombed smithereens. It's probably lost a half a trillion dollars in a half century long investment

1:26.4

in military hardware and military

1:32.2

industries at the expense of a very restive population.

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