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Spoils Of War: Why Iran Won’t Give Up The Strait of Hormuz (S01E120)
Monday, August 3, 2026, Chicago
Donald Trump backed off again from his latest threat to launch a major campaign against Iran, citing a fresh breakthrough in talks between Iran and Oman over re-establishing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
In the latest episode of badlands, I discuss why Iran feels entitled to keep control of the Strait of Hormuz, which it sees as its spoils in a war that was unjustly launched against it.
I also address the neocon argument that Iran has been at war agaisnt the US have been at war for “47 years.”
In an interview with Fahd Hassan of Pakistan’s Express 24/7…
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