Posted on 03/17/2026 7:27:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Victor Davis Hanson weighs in on how the war with Iran is going after two weeks for "The Daily Signal."
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: We’re just completing the second week of the so-called Iran war — this effort of the United States to bomb the theocracy into submission so they will cancel their missile and nuclear programs and to champion the popular protests on the streets that have some potential to get rid of the regime itself.
But it’s a very surreal war. I haven’t seen — I don’t think any of us have seen — anything like it. It’s only been two weeks and we’re told that it’s dragging on, that it’s a forever war, that we’re losing, that the Pentagon and the Trump administration had no plans. And yet when you look at Iran, this huge country — much, much bigger and with a much larger population than Iraq or Afghanistan — it has no military left.
The Navy is dismantled. The Air Force is dismantled. The Republican Guard — all of these special contingents — are under enormous assault. The command and control is destroyed. The missile defense is destroyed. And yet people say that it’s unconquerable. It doesn’t make any sense. Its output of missiles and drones at the Gulf petrol states and Israel has dropped by 90%.
So what’s going on?
I think part of the problem is that there’s no media coverage. There are no embedded reporters there because we are not on the ground. When you don’t have a ground fight in enemy territory, you don’t have American embedded journalists traveling with the troops who can give diverse opinions and accurate accounts.
All we have are the journalists who are allowed into Iran...
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VDH gets it!!
It’s a real shame VDH can’t go to Iran and tell us what is really happening on the ground.
That CNN reporter interviewed an Iranian shopkeeper who had some windows blown out by an Israeli or American missile. I almost shed a tear. 😢
Vietnam and Afghanistan both lacked a significant air force, navy, or centralized military, yet we still lost:at the cost of trillions of dollars and American lives. Iran has 95 million people who are now unified against the United States. The demographics are against us and Israel, as Europe is becoming more heavily Muslim, and the U.S. has a large Muslim population (thanks to Obama). This will not be won by air power, and the political ramifications of putting troops on the ground will be political suicide.
I thought it was enlightening for VDH to compare how everyone talked about Operation Desert Storm vs how they talk about the Iran war.
VDH ping
Hope he is feeling better.
“It’s a real shame VDH can’t go to Iran and tell us what is really happening on the ground.”
Actually I’d rather you go.
Hell, I’ll help you pack and offer to drive you to the airport.
Just say when.
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Clutch those pearls a little harder, and maybe the Orange man will hear you.
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Why don’t you go to Iran you effing troll.
That makes anything else you have to say worth ignoring.
You don't know what you are talking about.
“””Vietnam and Afghanistan both lacked a significant air force, navy, or centralized military, yet we still lost”””
We could have won Vietnam if not for pearl clutchers like you in our government. Operation Linebacker 2 brought the Vietnamese to the peace table with unlimited naval and air bombardment. The key is unlimited air and naval bombardment.
“Iran has 95 million people who are now unified against the United States.”
Yeah, sure, whatever you say. >rolls eyes<
He usually does. Smart is an understatement.
There is some truth in what you say. Who would have bet on the Colonies in the Revolutionary War? That aside, a continued barrage of attacks until unconditional surrender remains a good approach.
We have 330 million and maybe half support this. I do.
If Iran’s military and terrorist capability is so utterly destroyed, then why can’t oil tankers get through the Strait of Hormuz without the risk of being blown up?
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