Welcome to another emergency edition of the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.

This is Sunday, March 1st, 2026. We're recording this at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

And we're just going to talk about the last day or so in the war with the Iranian regime.

Joining me, as always, Executive E. Greenwald, hi, Abe.

Hi, Abe.

I think I said EBITR, but you were, in fact, editor.

And another editor, senior editor, Seth, Mandel.

Hi, Seth.

Hi, John. And, of course, commentary contributing editor and

host of the Breaking History podcast and columnist and writer at the free press, Eli Lake. Hi, Eli.

Hey, John. Thanks for having me. Okay, so important details, a lot of different things going on.

Iran has now apparently fired on 10 countries, not just Israel, which of course is a direct

combatant and is itself dropping lots of ordinance and doing all kinds of things in

Iran, but apparently is hit all around the Gulf, now targeting Cyprus and others,

the purpose of which seems to be to say,

we're going to be mean to until you put pressure on the Americans to stop this war,

and it seems to be having, based on public statements, the entirely the opposite effect

that the Saudis have now basically agreed to go all in, even Britain, which yesterday issued

an incredibly pusillanimous statement, because apparently a base somewhere other the British got involved in

some fashion are now sending typhoons. France has spoken and is somehow joining the fight

and various Gulf nations are saying, expressing outrage.

Gutter has closed its embassy in Tehran.

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