America First (unless Iran...)

美国至上(除非伊朗……)

Today, Explained

2025-06-24

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Vox's Josh Keating and author Vali Nasr explain what bombing Iran won’t accomplish. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Laura Bullard and Denise Guerra, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Further reading: Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History by Vali Nasr. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Iranians protesting US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran. Photo by Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • This weekend,

  • the current president of the United States did something no former president of the United States has ever done.

  • He bombed Iran.

  • For a lot of people it was giving Timu George W. Bush,

  • but the vice president had a counter argument.

  • But the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents and now we have a president who actually knows how to accomplish America's national security objectives.

  • But are these America's national security objectives?

  • Because most Americans aren't interested in bombing Iran and certainly most Americans don't want a war with Iran,

  • but it sounds like the president might?

  • It's not politically correct to use the term regime change,

  • but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again,

  • why wouldn't there be a regime change?

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