Will Trump Call for a Draft? Iran War Overflowing.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Politics, News, National Security, News Commentary, Daily News, Veteran

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s Iran war is escalating, American troops and civilians are dying, and the truth is already becoming the first casualty—again. In this all-new solo episode 460 of Independent Americans, Paul Rieckhoff breaks down why the conflict feels like Vietnam all over again, what U.S. intelligence is really saying about regime change, and why American flag-draped caskets coming home must never be normalized. From a horrific school bombing in Iran to drone terror in Ukraine and rising ISIS-inspired threats in New York City, he connects the front lines overseas to the streets where you live, while calling out chicken hawks, failed leadership, and the propaganda pouring out of Trump’s White House.

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0:00.0	But every time we see a casket come home, from a foreign war of choice especially,
0:05.2	the president owes those families and all Americans an explanation.
0:09.4	What was it for?
0:11.2	Was it worth it?
0:12.8	And every single one of us, every single one of you,
0:16.4	has a right to our opinion and to speak out about it.
0:36.1	Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:40.0	Welcome to episode 460, 460.
0:46.3	I am coming to you from New York City, USA, and the weather here is amazing.
0:49.8	Holy smokes, it feels like we finally made it to spring.
0:52.8	It is sunny and 60.
0:57.1	I'm a little bit spellbound by this. I mean, it's amazing. We finally have sun and heat. And I went for a run this morning. And I went by the Statue of Liberty. And I can report
1:05.0	to you that she is still standing out there. She's still there. She endured all the ice and the ice and the worst winter
1:12.6	in America in a long, long time, but she is still out there and spring is coming. And we can all
1:18.3	get through this, folks. We got through winter. We will get through whatever is next. And it is
1:22.7	Tuesday, March 10th. And we are definitely on this day, on this day especially, we are going to stay vigilant.
1:35.9	Big show today to just preview what's coming up ahead. Most of all, I will be on Stephen
1:41.4	Colbert tonight. So maybe some of you are listening to the show for the first time because you saw me on Stephen Colbert. And hopefully the FCC didn't shut us down. So welcome to the new folks. Thanks to all of our longtime supporters. Today's artist is Country Joe McDonald, who is perfect for today because he passed away this weekend at the
2:02.5	ripe age of 84. He was one of the starring acts of Woodstock, and he wrote a song that is
2:09.1	very, very perfect for these times because it does feel like deja vu all over again.
2:14.5	He wrote the song, I feel like I'm fixing to die. They captured the anti-war
2:19.1	sediment of Vietnam. He was one of the defining voices of the counterculture movement in the
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