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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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Has this more made the US stronger strategically or the opposite?

I think it's pretty much made the US weaker.

Ultimately, I don't think this has been exactly what the United States bargain for. And there you go. There's CBS evening news coverage of the war in Iran. You ask one guy, did the war make the U.S. stronger or weaker? He goes with weaker. And in other news, what the hell? I actually uttered an oath out loud when I saw that in the news last night.

I like Elliot Ackerman. That was the analyst there, his book about war.

One of the best things I've ever read in my life about war, highly recommended to anyone.

You could listen to it. He reads the book if you do the audio book. But it's so good.

But anyway, asking one guy who says this has been bad for the United States,

and then I did like, well, that's the final word, is nuts.

If you've been paying attention to the war at all,

there are all kinds of different opinions by lots of people giving their straight analysis of,

it's been a success, it's been a failure, it's been this, it's that,

you know, mixture of, that's just, why? Why do we need to do this? Why treat us like we're

idiots? Because we are idiots? Is that why? That's the one right there. Yeah, it was the CBS

evening news. God, that bothered me. Quote unquote, journalist talking heads. They're so

incurious, as I'm frequently saying.

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