Trump's Military Options: Is A Strike On Iran Necessary?

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News, Politics

4.6 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ Michael Duncan, Comfortably Smug, and John Ashbrook tackle the Iran question: should Trump strike or seek peace? They explore the 50 years of context—Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the 444-day hostage crisis, Hezbollah’s 1983 Beirut bombing (241 US service members killed), and Qassem Soleimani’s IED attacks in Iraq. 🇮🇷 Guest Brian Hook, former Assistant Secretary of State, breaks down Israel’s surgical strikes on Iran’s proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah) and missile capabilities, exposing Iran’s weakened state. Will the Ayatollah take Trump’s off-ramp or face a bunker-buster on the Fordow nuclear facility? 🤔 On the lighter side, they roast Senator Padilla’s flop at a Kristi Noem event, Ilhan Omar’s unhinged ICE rants, and a WNBA brawl targeting Caitlin Clark. 🏀The “No Kings” protests get shredded—labeled anti-military and out-of-touch. Plus, a bizarre clip of a woman claiming she’s in an alternate timeline where Kamala Harris won! 😵‍💫 Question of the day: Does Trump strike Iran or negotiate peace? Drop your take below! 👇 Subscribe, like, and hit the bell 🔔 for more unfiltered bangers! #RuthlessPodcast #Iran #Trump #NoKings #CaitlinClark

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0:00.0	Should Donald Trump strike Iran? Should he wait out the process in order to try to find peace?
0:05.6	I don't want America to put boots on the ground anywhere in the Middle East ever again.
0:10.5	But you can't have that conversation and leave out all the context of what's happened for the last 50 years.
0:15.6	And not for nothing, but like, who do you think was killing all those American service members in Iraq?
0:21.2	There's Qasem Soleimani, who we turned into salsa, who was put in those IEDs with the Shia militias across Iraq.
0:29.9	None of this is without that important context.
0:35.6	America's beverage companies are investing in America. We're American companies making American
0:41.1	products with American workers in America's hometowns. We're local bottlers and manufacturers
0:46.7	operating in all 50 states, employing more than 275,000 Americans in good paying jobs, delivering for the nation, because we believe in
0:56.6	the promise of America and the people who make it great. Learn more at we deliver for America.org,
1:02.6	paid for by the American Beverage Association.
1:07.2	Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
1:11.7	Keep the faith. Hold the line and own the lids.
1:14.5	It's time for our main event.
1:20.5	Welcome back to the Routless Variety Program. I'm Michael Duncan, joined with me comfortably
1:25.3	smug and John Ashberg. No Josh Holmes again today, unfortunately, but we have a great show for you.
1:32.9	Yeah, there's a lot going on.
1:34.1	Yeah, there's a lot going on.
1:35.0	We have noticed.
1:36.0	But we do miss our friend.
1:37.9	We do.
1:38.4	And we can't wait until next Tuesday when he comes right back here to you.
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