Pump the Brakes on an Iran Victory Lap

Pump the Brakes on an Iran Victory Lap

Author: Dan Proft March 11, 2026 Duration: 2:30:49

0:30 - Sen. Josh Hawley on Watters: time to declare victory

17:10 - Nixon in 1983 on the Shah vs. the revolution

37:22 - CTA

58:31 - SAVE Act 

01:16:00 - Peter Berkowitz, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department:  U.S.-Israel Joint Action Against Iran Is Just and Necessary. Check out  Explaining Israel: The Jewish State, the Middle East, and America

01:38:15 - Stephen Moore notes that even as the world’s top oil producer, the U.S. economy is still influenced by instability in the Middle East. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:55:56 - CBS News investigation of LA hospices

02:17:05 - Geoffrey Cain, author of The Perfect Police State — an investigation into China’s surveillance dystopia — explains why  Trump’s ultimate target in this war is China. Follow Geoffrey on X @geoffrey_cain

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