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Slack.com slash DHQ. Iran launches an attack on a US airbase in Iraq. The missiles flopped

and no Americans were killed, at least as of this airing, but the question remains. Are

we at war with Iran? We will examine what the strike means as well as the broader Trump

doctrine. Then, Covington Kid, Nicholas Sandman, wins a big payout from CNN. As the fake news

company settles, a $250 million defamation lawsuit. Speaking of fake news, the media are

spreading lots of it when it comes to the Australian wildfires. And finally, the New York

Times asks the right question and gives a dumb answer in the dumbest article on the internet

today. All that and more on Michael Knowles, and this is the Michael Knowles Show.

Are we at war? Are we going to war? Should we go to war? Is war ever justified? We will

answer all of those questions today. First, the facts, because from the moment that this

attack was launched last night from Iran onto these US air bases in Iraq, there was a

ton of opinion, a ton of fake news very little in the way of facts. What do we know? We

know that Iran lobed more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Al Assad air base in Iraq last

night. That's the bad news. The good news is, as of right now, Wednesday morning, there

are no reported casualties at all. No American casualties, no Iraqi casualties, no casualties,

no casualties, period. Obviously, information is coming in in drips and drabs, but that's

the latest that we have. You might be confused to hear that because last night, left-wing

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