Victor Davis Hanson: The US Needs to Hit Iran Harder to End the War

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🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The war with Iran has settled into a dangerous pattern of strikes, retaliation, and stalled negotiations. Iran appears to be using talks to buy time while continuing to threaten the Gulf, tankers, and the Strait of Hormuz. The United States has already damaged major parts of Iran’s military and political structure, but the conflict will continue unless Iran loses the ability to keep attacking its neighbors and disrupting global shipping. The path forward is to raise the cost on Iran’s military infrastructure, weaken its ability to strike, and create the conditions for most American forces to come home. With oil prices stabilizing, regional allies capable of helping keep the strait open, and the midterms approaching, the question is whether Trump can end the conflict decisively and shift attention back to the economy and the political fights at home. Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://www.JoinADF.com/HANSON or text HANSON to 83848 to sign ADF’s petition to protect female sports. Add your name to the declaration and side with truth and fairness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.4	We need to up the level of damage we do to Iran,
0:42.5	and unfortunately that might entail dual targeting electrical plants,
0:48.2	roads, bridges, and the actual barracks, camps, military facilities of all the various aspects of the Iranian military.
0:59.0	And then once we feel that they are so attrided, they're not going to pose a serious threat to those who are keeping the straight open,
1:08.0	then we can go and remove most of our assets back home.
1:12.2	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.
1:25.1	We're now in the 134th day of quote-unquote the war with Iran.
1:31.3	I'm speaking on July 12th, but we got to remember that we've really only had March and April.
1:40.3	We started on February 28th, about 38 days until we stopped fighting on April 8th. So we're
1:48.8	really talking about 90 plus days of negotiations and 38 days of actual fighting. That should tell us
1:56.9	something about what the Iranian strategy is. They want to talk, talk, talk,
2:02.2	and they do not want to fight, fight, fight. We want to fight and get over and go home,
2:07.0	and they don't. And they, because of the length of the negotiation vis-a-vis the kinetic
2:11.9	part, they may be in an advantaged position. Part of the problem is that we have knocked out the four centers,
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