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'Catastrophic miscalculation': Conservative writer on Iran war
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July 20, 2026
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2:19Now PlayingDavid French, opinion columnist for The New York Times, tells Joe the Trump administration's decision to start a war with Iran was a "catastrophic miscalculation" that the conflict would be swiftly won "like Venezuela 2.0." The comment comes after three American service members were killed by Iranian attacks in recent days. But French wonders, too, whether the Iranians made a miscalculation by continuing to close the Strait of Hormuz.
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