S15 EP7: Hour 3 - A Nation Not In Decline
The Erick Erickson Show
Erick Erickson
4.5 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | How would you like a 15% discount to my daily email, the stack of stuff, the show notes, |
| 0:05.4 | discounts to the conference, all of that. |
| 0:07.2 | All you need to do is text the word show to 33777. |
| 0:11.5 | You'll get the annual subscription with a 15% discount to my daily email. |
| 0:16.8 | You'll get the stack of stuff, the links to the show notes, discounts to the conference, |
| 0:20.1 | and so much more. |
| 0:21.4 | All you have to do is text the word show, S-H-O-W, to 33-777-7. |
| 0:27.4 | Text show to 33-777-7. |
| 0:34.1 | Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Our Three. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, America. |
| 0:43.5 | Welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. |
| 0:45.0 | I need to jump straight into news here. |
| 0:48.0 | The president has been briefed. |
| 0:50.2 | I'm reading from James Laporta at CBS News. |
| 0:53.8 | The president has been briefed on a wide array of military and covert tools that can be used against Iran that go well beyond conventional air strikes. |
| 1:01.1 | According to two Defense Department officials who spoke under condition of anonymity to discuss national security matters. |
| 1:08.3 | The president's national security team held meetings to discuss |
| 1:12.3 | those options. In fact, I can tell you that it was Hegseth and Rubio and Vance and several |
| 1:21.9 | members of the military and national security team in the room together. |
| 1:33.8 | As anti-regime protests sweep Iran, Mr. Trump has warned for weeks he might intervene. |
| 1:38.8 | Air power and long-range missiles remain central to any potential military response, but Pentagon planners have also presented cyber operation options and psychological campaigns intended to |
| 1:45.3 | disrupt Iranian command structures, communications, and state-run media. The officials said |
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