Winning the Narrative War? Clarify America’s Goals on Iran, Air Power, and No Ground War | Victor Davis Hanson

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

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Within the first 30 days of the conflict in Iran, the United States and Israel have achieved military successes not previously seen in modern warfare: a country, with the population of Texas, has had its entire navy and air force decimated within a month. Battlefield wins mean nothing if you can’t sell the war back home. Here’s how President Donald Trump can make the political reality equal to the military reality, which is a near success. 00:00 30-Day Air Supremacy 02:32 Iran Under Pressure 03:47 Cutting Off Resupply 04:31 Counting the True Cost 06:04 Messaging the War 08:23 Regime Change and No Ground War 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short 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 Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	We've talked about the opposition to the war.
0:32.3	We've talked about the divergence between the political reality and the military reality.
0:37.0	And we've talked about why this
0:39.1	hysteria is so sharp, so excessive. I'd like just to go back, though, and talk a little bit about
0:44.0	the military reality. I've never seen, and I don't think any of us have ever seen a 30-day
0:48.7	campaign like that. They have no air force. They have no Navy. Can they resupply? Can they bring in missiles? Can they
0:56.6	bring in drones? Well, they can't do it through the straight of our moves. We've destroyed all
1:00.4	their transport aircraft. They can't go to a third-party country, pick up Russian drones, and fly them
1:05.3	back. We've controlled the airspace. We have done amazing work to attract their drones and their
1:10.6	ballistic missiles and their nuclear facility.
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