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Pro-War Vs Anti-War: A Debate On Iran (S01E28)
Thursday, March 19, 2026, Istanbul
Some big war news today. Iran shot at and struck a US F-35 stealth fiigher. The damaged plane managed to land in the Gulf.
Iran also fired a barrage of missiles at Israel’s refinery in Haifa, in response to the Israeli strikes on the South Pars refinery on Wednesday. At least one managed to hit the offshore facility.
All of this contradicts repeated US and Israeli assessments that they have all but degraded Iranian capabilities.
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