Scott Horton
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Ep. 6259 - Robert Pape on How His Escalation Trap Model Stands Up to Recent History - 8/13/26
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1:03:48Now PlayingScott brings Robert Pape back on the show. They discuss the difficult situation Trump is in as he tries to find a face-saving way out of his war with Iran. But first, Scott and Pape look back at Pape’s career and previous conflicts like Iraq War I and Bosnia to assess how reliable the model he’s using to analyze this current war is.
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