The Cost Of War Is More Than Oil
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The war with Iran has already killed more than a thousand Iranians, including 175 people killed at an elementary school on February 28th. According to multiple news outlets, a preliminary report from the U.S. military says the U.S. was at fault for that strike. President Donald Trump previously said Saturday that Iran was at fault for the attack and then, on Wednesday, replied, "I don't know about it," when a reporter asked him about the investigation. It's part of a larger pattern in the Trump administration's messaging about the war. From why we're in this conflict in the first place, to what our goals are, to when this war will end, there's a fog around everything. Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly joins the show to discuss how members of Congress are dealing with the White House's stonewalling.
And in headlines, President Donald Trump travels to Ohio and Kentucky to downplay concerns about the economy, no one has any idea what Kristi Noem's new job entails, and newly released deposition videos show a former DOGE staffer struggling to answer basic questions about DEI.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, March 12th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. The show that says |
| 0:07.8 | if you go to a taco place on vacation in New York or anywhere else and have a salsa that's too |
| 0:12.3 | spicy for you, you simply say, that's too spicy for me. You do not, as a German tourist did earlier |
| 0:18.4 | this year, sue for damages, especially since the judge might |
| 0:21.6 | make fun of you in his opinion, citing with the restaurant, quote, a quick Google search for |
| 0:25.8 | Mexican food, salsa, or even Los Tacos reviews likely would have revealed that salsa can be |
| 0:31.8 | quite spicy, wrote U.S. District Court Judge Dale Ho, with a level of sarcasm even spicier |
| 0:37.3 | than the sauce |
| 0:37.9 | is all started with. |
| 0:41.3 | On today's show, President Donald Trump rebrands the war as an excursion and tries to |
| 0:46.4 | convince everyone that the economy is doing just fine. |
| 0:49.4 | A newly released deposition videos show that a former Doge Bro has no idea what DEI is. |
| 0:55.1 | Who would have thought? But let's start with a war in Iran. |
| 0:58.5 | And as we take decisive action to stop the threat posed by the |
| 1:03.0 | terrorist regime in Iran with Operation Epic Fury! |
| 1:07.8 | Thank you. Epic Fury. |
| 1:18.3 | Is that a great name? |
| 1:22.2 | Well, it's only good if you win, you know, you can only do. |
| 1:23.4 | And we've won. |
| 1:24.8 | Let me say we've won. |
| 1:28.9 | Trump had his own, President George W. Bush, mission accomplished moment on Wednesday, |
| 1:33.6 | telling a crowded a rally in Kentucky that the war with Iran is over, before adding, quote, |
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