Inside the Iran War: Is the U.S. Really Winning? (ft. Kurt Schlichter)

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Operation Epic Fury: Total dominance or political quagmire? Senior Columnist for Townhall and Retired Army Colonel Kurt Schlichter joins Will to discuss the current state of the Iran war, explaining the wider ramifications of taking out the Iranian regime and sharing his predictions for what comes next.Plus, Will and The Crew react to James Carville’s bold acceptance of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s misguided response to a failed attack outside his residence during a protest.Subscribe to ‘Will Cain Country’ on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Will Cain Country!⁠⁠⁠Follow ‘Will Cain Country’ on X (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), Instagram (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), TikTok (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), and Facebook (⁠⁠⁠@willcainnews⁠⁠⁠)Follow Will on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WillCain⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Iran War.
0:14.8	Dominance or Quagmire.
0:17.1	Win or lose?
0:19.9	Grades.
0:21.6	What's really happening in Iran?
0:25.7	Senior columnist for townhall.com.
0:28.5	Kurt Schlichter. It is Wilcane Country, the Wilcane Country YouTube channel, the Wilcane Facebook page.
0:46.8	We hope you'll follow us, Spotify, or on Apple.
1:06.0	Late last week, I saw a post on social media by former MSM journalist, now independent journalist, Mark Halpern, under the banner of Two-Way.
1:14.7	He posted that, depending on who you listen to, Fox News, or MS Now, you might not have a real idea of what's actually happening in Iran.
1:17.7	As an example, he used a clip of me.
1:24.1	Reporting that CENTCOM suggests Iran ballistic missile capabilities are degraded by 90%. Its drone capabilities destroyed 80%.
1:27.4	It's navy at the bottom of the ocean. That's all numbers according to the Pentagon.
1:34.3	Meanwhile, Nicole Wallace over on MS now suggests the war is spiraling out of control, out of the control of President Donald Trump, and fears that it could be growing into something that is much more
1:44.5	than promised. The suggestion was, Halper will cut through the noise, the noise that you hear from Fox,
1:50.6	from MS now. So what's really happening? Is there propaganda? Is there fear mongering?
1:57.8	Is there TDS? Is there wishful thinking? What's really happening with the war in Iran? Tell me answer that. Let's talk to senior columnist for townhall.com, the author of Panama Red, trial lawyer, and retired Army infantry colonel, Kurt Schlichter, joins us now. What's up, Kurt? Hey, how's it going? It's going well. Well, that's the question for you.
2:18.7	How's it going?
2:19.7	How do you think it's going, Kurt, in Iran?
2:23.6	Well, gosh, we've killed their leadership.
2:26.2	We've destroyed their integrated air defense system.
2:28.4	Their entire Navy has become submarines.
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