#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, and for the past three decades, a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy and military interventionism. Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, host of the Iran Breakdown podcast, and a leading expert on Iran and its nuclear program for over 20 years. This debate was recorded on Tuesday, June 24, after the Iran-Israel ceasefire was declared.

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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD): https://www.fdd.org/

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Scott’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@scotthortonshow

Scott’s Podcast: https://www.scotthortonshow.com/

Scott’s Website: https://scotthorton.org/

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The Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/

Antiwar.com: https://antiwar.com/

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:36) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(08:02) – Iran-Israel War

(16:45) – Iran’s Nuclear Program

(48:37) – Nuclear weapons and uranium

(1:00:40) – Nuclear deal

(1:26:14) – Iran Nuclear Archive

(1:48:50) – Best case and worst case near-term future

(2:24:15) – US attack on Iran – Operation Midnight Hammer

(2:47:48) – Nuclear proliferation in the future

(3:08:46) – Libertarianism

(3:21:35) – Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

(3:37:10) – Trump and Peacemaking process

(3:42:08) – WW2

(3:55:08) – WW3