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Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Victor Davis Hanson: A US Ground War With Iran Would Be Costly and Likely Unnecessary

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Jennifer Hayne

News Commentary, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Many Americans are wary of U.S. boots on the ground in the Middle East after the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that became "endless." President Trump’s comment about possible “boots on the ground” is likely just “Art of the Deal” rhetoric, explains Victor Davis Hanson in today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”  “I think his point was that you’re never going to tell the enemy what you’re going to do.” 👉America is worth preserving. Do your part and act now by going to https://www.heritage.org/beautiful 👉Tap water in the United States often contains a variety of harmful contaminants that pose significant health risks. Go to CovePure NOW and get $250 off the #1 water filtration system: https://CovePure.com/vdh   👉Claim your liberty offer of up to $5,000 in free metals with allegiance gold by going to https://www.ProtectWithVictor.com 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest editions of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” 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   👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2iOoN0xoOoSNvDFlpLLYGY?si=5a9f369acc874c6e 👉 Apple Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/victor-davis-hanson-in-his-own-words/id1566731706 👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/VictorDavisHansonInHisOwnWords?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v1_sa_o  👉 Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I really admire the Greeks, I admire the Cypriots, I admire the Kurds, the Armenians, I admire the Israelis,

0:07.0

because they're all fragile people and they have these wonderful historical traditions, this wonderful literature, this wonderful, as I said, religions,

0:15.0

and they're trying to keep a coherent, identifiable culture. And we have the same same thing here I don't think it's

0:21.4

based on race I think it's based on Western tradition and the American variant of it

0:26.1

if you don't believe in that or you feel guilty about it then you're gonna destroy

0:29.6

it and we've seen what the alternative is south of the border we've seen it in

0:33.4

Asia we've seen it in Africa, and it's not pretty.

0:51.6

Well, hello, ladies, and hello gentlemen, and welcome to Victor Davis Hansen in his own words,

0:54.6

and we're fortunate today because we do actually have Victor Davis Hansen here who's going to share his own words of wisdom. It is Saturday, March 7th. This episode

1:02.5

will be up on Tuesday the 10th. This podcast is on YouTube and audio, all platforms, and is sponsored

1:10.7

run by the Daily Signal,

1:13.6

where Victor also has another gig, Victor Davis Hanson, and a few words, and he's been pumping

1:18.6

those out back in the full saddle there, right? Four times a week, Victor is doing that. Twice a week

1:24.1

here. Victor is the Martin and Annie Leanderson, senior fellow with the Hoover Institution, and he's also a senior here. Victor is the Martin and Annie Lee Anderson senior fellow with the Hoover

1:28.5

Institution and he's also a senior contributor at the Daily Signal. He's got a website,

1:33.7

The Blade of Perseus, victorhansan.com. Do subscribe, $65 a year. You just want to stick your toe in the

1:39.8

water, $6.50. Why would you do that at all? Because Victor, twice a week, does an exclusive, does. He writes

1:46.8

exclusive articles for the website and creates one exclusive video. So check it out. You

1:56.0

will regret not having done so sooner. Victor, much to talk.

2:01.4

Yes, sir.

2:03.5

Yeah.

2:04.5

I've had so many, I probably had six or seven hundred letters that came.

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