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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s 3 Possible Responses to Trump’s New Pressure

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Victor Davis Hanson: Just thinking about Iran, there’s some developments today that we, on one of the islands in the strait, thought that they were, I think we were pretty assured that it happened, were arming missiles that had, I’d never really heard of this, but mines on them, and so that they could reclaim control of the Hormuz.  

So then we took those out, and then they replied by sending eight or nine missiles to Jordan, which didn’t do any damage. And now, as I’m talking, I think [President Donald] Trump is considering hitting them. 

A lot of us, I think we said on this podcast, we expect an October [surprise] … I didn’t quite expect a September surprise. But Iran has to do something because it is being squeezed economically, culturally, medically, politically, militarily, and its economy is ruined.  

The only thing I’m troubled by is I understand that we did a lot of damage for the first 38 days. But I don’t understand, since we were six months from the midterms, why we didn’t spend, as we’ve said on this podcast, another 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, and obliterate Pike Mountain with B-1s coming back again, maybe three or four missions. Just hit it, hit it, hit it. 

I’m not aware of the inventory status of our bunker busters, but I didn’t know why we didn’t take out some of their dual-use bridges, their TV communications, crater their airport, and really do a lot of damage early, and then start what we’re doing right now in April. In other words, complete economic sanctions, blockades, shut down their access to foreign exchange, everything. Secondary sanctions against those who trade with them. I think they would’ve been kaput by now. 

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Hanson: Not that they won’t be, but …  

Fowler: Well, do you think it has something to do with Donald Trump’s belief and his talent for being a negotiator? Do you think that has something to do with it? 

Hanson: I do. I think you overestimate … I think the difference is … The Chinese have a sense of their own........

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