2: David Rothkopf and Paul Rieckhoff on The Iran War

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing war with Iran, featuring insights from foreign affairs expert David Rothkopf and Iraq War veteran Paul Rieckhoff.

America is at war with Iran. It's the eighth time that Donald Trump has attacked another country since he began his second term (despite pledging "no new wars" during his campaign). To break it all down, we're joined by foreign affairs expert David Rothkopf and Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq War vet and CEO of the Independent Veterans of America. We take a look at the difficult history between America and Iran along with the current military campaign Trump has started in the region. Trump and his administration have yet to outline exactly WHY we are fighting, and with Americans already dying, it's no surprise that this war is extremely unpopular. Not to mention, this is costing our country a billion dollars a day and will only become more expensive as the war expands. David and Paul discuss the long term impact this might have for America and the Middle East and how it may escalate in the region and could signal a scary moment for the global nuclear arms race. READ David Rothkopf in The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/david-rothkopf/ SUBSCRIBE to David's Substack "Need to Know": https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/ LISTEN to David’s podcast "Words Matter" with fellow…

People in this episode

Host: Al Franken

Guests: David Rothkopf, Paul Rieckhoff

Topics covered

• Iran War
• US foreign policy
• Trump administration
• military campaign
• veterans
• nuclear arms race

Keywords

• Iran
• Donald Trump
• war
• foreign affairs
• military campaign
• veterans
• nuclear arms race
• David Rothkopf
• Paul Rieckhoff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Independent Veterans of America

Books & works: Words Matter, Need to Know, Independent Americans

Places: Iran, America

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