Obama’s 7‑Month War vs. Trump’s 30 Days: The Left’s Selective Outrage | Victor Davis Hanson

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

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The Left has spent every waking moment the last month trying to convince the public that the Trump administration’s so-called “war” in Iran isn’t legal. But they keep running into the same problem: Historically, they did the same thing, and on a much larger scale, argues Victor Davis Hanson on part 1 of his examination of the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:” “The war is legal, and the hysteria about it is media-driven, as a part of the left's ability to weaken the presidency.” (00:00) Is the War Legal? (02:00) Libya and Afghanistan Comparisons (04:40) Trump’s War Aims (06:36) Regime Change Debate (07:52) Military Wins vs Politics 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Let's start with the current state of affairs in the bombing campaign against Iran.
0:34.8	We could call them Iranian question.
0:37.2	Iranian, how's that? There's been a question,
0:39.4	is it legal? And the left has brought that up on repeated occasions that Trump does not have
0:44.5	authorization from Congress. But the 1973 War Powers Act says that a president just must notify
0:50.8	Congress. Mark Rubio has done that. We notified Congress. I mean, we notified the gang of eight.
0:55.3	We notified congressional leadership.
0:56.9	It brings up another issue.
0:58.6	We've forgotten the 2011 Libyan bombing.
1:01.9	When there was a civil war, along with some NATO countries,
1:05.1	it was the idea of Barack Obama, the constitutional lawyer,
1:08.2	Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton,
1:10.8	who demanded that we bomb.
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