NOT AGAIN: The Iran Conflict Is Starting to Feel Familiar | Guest: John D. Davidson | 4/30/26

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Steve discusses the ongoing war in Iran and says the United States, despite incredible military success, seems to be stuck. Then, John Daniel Davidson joins the program to discuss Iran, his book "Pagan America," and other matters. In Hour Two, Theology Thursday discusses what the Orthodox Church believes and compares it to other branches of Christianity. TODAY'S SPONSORS: BIRCH GOLD: Text STEVE to 989898 PATRIOT MOBILE: https://patriotmobile.com/STEVE or call 972-PATRIOT for your FREE MONTH of service FAST GROWING TREES: https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=Steve+Deace+Show code DEACE ANIMAL FARM: https://www.angel.com/animalfarm GEVITI: https://www.gogeviti.com/deace CHEF IQ: https://chefiq.com/ use promo code STEVE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	It's the Steve Day Show and here's what happened while we were away.
0:33.4	Brought to you by laying siege as the naval blockade of Iran continues and more rumors of renewed
0:39.6	military strikes start to stir. President Trump at the White House says,
0:43.1	The blockade is genius, okay? The blockade has been 100% foolproof. It shows how good our Navy is.
0:49.7	I can tell you that. Nobody's going to play games. I mean, militarily, we've wiped them out.
0:53.7	They have no military left. It's all the Navy's at the bottom of the sea. The Air Force is never going to fly
1:00.4	again. We've got an amazing military. Now they have to cry uncle. That's all they have to do.
1:08.4	Iranian Supreme Leader Motabha Khomeini, or somebody writing on his behalf, sent out a series of angry screeds this morning, stating that Iranian forces will put American forces at the bottom of the sea, that Hormuz is Iran's, and that Iran will continue to ensure regional security. Treasury Secretary Scott Peasant outlines what the American strategy is at this juncture of the conflict.
1:29.4	We've been in a long race and we are sprinting for the finish line.
1:33.3	And we have gone to the buyers of Iranian oil and told them that we are going, we are willing to do secondary sanctions on your industries, on your banks,
1:47.5	who tolerate Iranian oil in their system. One of the big mistakes out of many that the Iranian
1:54.8	leadership made was bombing their GCC counterparts because for years we had heard that there
2:00.7	was no IRGC money in their
2:03.7	bank accounts. Now they've become more transparent and we are freezing those bank accounts for
2:09.4	the Iranian people. Back on domestic matters, the Voting Rights Act is not the only activity
2:14.2	at the Supreme Court this week as the court heard oral arguments in a case trying to figure out if Haitian nationals, among others, have a right to be in the country.
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