Israel, Iran, & WW3? What’s Really Happening

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.9 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Meghan and Miranda open up about their growing anxiety over the looming conflict between Israel and Iran... and whether it’s the spark that drags us all into World War 3. They’re joined by foreign policy analyst Noah Rothman, who breaks down what this escalation means for the region, and why it could actually be key to reshaping the Middle East. Then, comedian Daniel-Ryan Spaulding checks in live from Tel Aviv to share what it’s really like on the ground right now — the tension, the resilience, and the unexpected humor.

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0:00.0	Megan McCain has entered the chat.
0:07.0	Megan McCain has entered the chat. Welcome to Citizen McCain.
0:32.0	I'm your host, Megan McCain, here as always with my co-host, Miranda Wilkins.
0:35.8	Is World War III starting?
0:37.4	Was the text message I got blasting through my phone all weekend?
0:40.9	Are we entering World War III?
0:42.8	Like, millennials don't have enough problems.
0:44.8	You know, I, over the weekend, I don't know if you were going to talk about this with,
0:48.3	we have Noah Rothman coming on and then Daniel Ryan Spalding, live from Tel Aviv,
0:52.2	who's going to come on to talk about everything happening in the Middle East.
0:56.0	I have to tell you, Miranda, I'm very anxious.
1:00.0	The last thing I think I was trying to explain to a friend over the weekend who's like basically
1:05.2	is for every war that could ever exist that specifically my generation and our age range
1:10.7	are incredibly war-wary because
1:12.4	we spend our entire 20s into our mid to late 30s with men and women we know serving in
1:19.3	wars that we were lied to about the premise of with the original sin of weapons of mass destruction.
1:24.6	That doesn't mean, you know, I have conflicting feelings about all of it,
1:27.7	which we can do a longer show for another time. But the last thing I think anybody wants,
1:32.8	but particularly millennials and elder millennials, is to do this all over again. Have you been
1:37.9	anxious all weekend? People are also very confused and don't know what to believe. Most of my
1:43.0	friends are huge. I would say all my friends
1:45.2	are big supporters of Israel, but still have hesitation and anxiety about where this could possibly
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