Wednesday, March 4, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses who is in command of Iran’s military forces, if President Trump’s attacks in Iran were constitutional, if inaction in Iran would have been worse, and the death of Khamenei and prediction markets.
Part I (00:14 – 07:44)
Who is in Command and Control of Iranian Forces? Iran’s Military is Likely Still Following the Orders of Ayatollah Khamenei
Part II (07:44 – 18:56)
Was the President’s Action Constitutional or Not? The Complications of President Trump’s Decision in Light of the Controversial (And Unconstitutional?) War Powers Act
- War and Peace Cannot Be Left to One Man — Especially Not This Man by The New York Times (David French)
- Secretary of State Rubio on Iran Strikes by C-Span (Marco Rubio)
What Would Be Worse in Iran, Action or Inaction? Inaction on Iran Assuredly Would Have Been a Failed Policy
Part IV (21:20 – 25:52)
Are the Prediction Markets Turning into Death Markets? The Death of Iran’s Khamenei in the Prediction Markets is Raising Massive Questions
- Bets on Fate of Iran’s Khamenei Spark Uproar at Leading Prediction Markets by The Wall Street Journal (Kevin T. Dugan and Krystal Hur)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, March 4th, 2006. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.7 | Events continue to unfold in Iran and surrounding Iran, and in particular, the military conflict |
| 0:20.3 | referred to as a war by President Donald Trump |
| 0:22.8 | that now involves the United States, Israel, and not only Iran on the other side, but allied powers on both sides. |
| 0:30.9 | On the side of Iran, you now have Hezbollah in Lebanon and elsewhere, also now posing a threat. |
| 0:36.6 | Israel is going to be directing more of its efforts |
| 0:38.8 | against Hezbollah. That's an Islamic militia, very much tied historically to Iran. On the American side, |
| 0:46.0 | you have not only, of course, Israel acting as an ally, very close ally in this situation, |
| 0:51.3 | but you also have a very interesting diplomatic picture that is unfolding. |
| 0:55.8 | And that turns out to be an issue with a lot of worldview significance. |
| 0:59.7 | There are many people who believe that the proper approach to world conflict is to try to |
| 1:04.8 | diffuse or at least to take a lot of the energy out of those conflicts by means of international |
| 1:10.5 | diplomacy. |
| 1:12.0 | There are those who are faulting President Trump for not allowing diplomacy to do its work. |
| 1:17.9 | British Prime Minister Kier Starmor made very clear that he was opposed to the United States effort |
| 1:23.7 | and basically said that it should have been handled in a way that amounted to diplomacy. |
| 1:29.8 | You have similar statements coming from others. |
| 1:31.9 | Most importantly, perhaps, well, at least most interestingly, from the leadership of the United |
| 1:37.1 | Nations, saying that this is a failure of the United States to go through the UN process. |
| 1:42.8 | By the way, is it that? |
| 1:44.1 | No, it's an intentional decision by the United States to go around the UN process. By the way, is it that? No, it's an intentional |
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