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The Washington Roundtable on the Iran War
March 4, 2026·45 min·4 clips
Trump promised no new wars, but now the U.S. and Israel have launched a major assault on Iran—how did this happen?
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A sharp, grave discussion of Iran, Trump's promises, and the cost of war.
The Political Scene looks at Donald Trump's promise to keep America out of wars of choice and sets it against the major U.S.-Israel assault on Iran, where missiles and drones are now part of a widening regional war.
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Listen if you want Trump's anti-war promises tested against a major assault on Iran and the political fallout.
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