Victor Davis Hanson: Obama Dreamed of an Iranian-Led Axis to Counter Israel, Then Trump Destroyed It

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

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Since striking Iran’s nuclear sites and military personnel last June, America and Israel have brought the Islamic regime to its knees. A web of paranoia, triggered by Israel's systematic dismantling of Iran’s terrorist surrogates and in-country air defense systems, has caused the regime to lash out against an already wary population. The Obama-Biden administration tried for years to position Iran, and its surrogates, as a “counterweight” to Israel and the more moderate Arab countries in the region, favoring neither one side nor the other. President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran and subsequent sanctions have tipped the scales in favor of Israel and the more moderate Middle East regimes. “ We don't have to be the instigators. We don't have to stage coups. All we have to do is turn up the heat and let this pot boil over. And boil over it will,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest 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 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	There is going to be an eruption in Iran, I think, maybe within a year or two. It's in a state of
0:37.2	paranoia. Israel showed the world that Iran was a year or two. It's in a state of paranoia.
0:38.2	Israel showed the world that Iran was a papered tiger.
0:41.8	It has dismantled its terrorist surrogates.
0:44.7	The United States then took out its nuclear proliferation apparatus.
0:48.8	So what has happened in the Middle East is that the Obama idea that Iran should be a counterweight
0:56.7	to our friends' democratic Israel and the moderate Gulf states, this then would create tension
1:03.6	in the Obama administration and its successive Biden administrations would then come in
1:09.4	and adjudicate. That is in shambles now.
1:25.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:29.5	There is going to be an eruption around Iran, I think maybe within a year or two. We hear stories that the revolutionary Islamic
1:35.1	government has already executed almost a thousand of its own citizens. It's in a state of paranoia.
1:42.5	Why? Because it has no air defenses one. Israel showed the world that
1:48.6	Iran was a paper tiger. It has dismantled its terrorist surrogates, just wiped out the Houthi
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