Why Are We in Iran? | Glenn Loury, Larry Kotlikoff, Daniel Bessner, Andrew Day | TGS LIVE

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This recording of last week’s livestream presents a panel of guests whose political orientations and positions on the Iran War demonstrate the scrambling effect this conflict is already having on domestic political alliances. On the anti-war side, we have historian, foreign policy expert, and man of the left Danny Bessner of the University of Washington and the American Prestige podcast. He’s joined by Andrew Day, senior editor of the American Conservative. I haven’t made a side-by-side comparison of their political views, but I don’t imagine they agree on much. This war is an exception.

On the other side, we have my friend Larry Kotlikoff, an economist at Boston University, a liberal, and an adamant defender of the war in Iran. His Substack post after the initial bombing runs in Iran effusively praised Donald Trump’s leadership, which might come as a surprise to those who know Larry’s work—he’s had few compliments for the president before now.

Larry's Substack post, "Finally, a President with the Balls to Handle Iran"

Andrew's writing for the American Conservative

Danny's podcast, American Prestige

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