Surprise: Iran Another Neocon Disaster, with Dave Smith | Tom Woods Show #2782
by Tom Woods on TomWoodsTV
View my bio on Vigilante.TV: https://vigilante.tv/c/tomwoodstv 
The great Dave Smith talks about the Iran war, the problems, and what 2028 might look like.
Tom and Dave go deep on one of the most predictable disasters in recent American foreign policy — the Iran war. How did it start? Why did it fail? And who was really driving it?
In this episode they break down the full arc: from Netanyahu and Mossad's White House pitch, to Trump launching a war that no senior American official actually endorsed, to the desperate ceasefire attempts and the Memorandum of Understanding that sent hawks into a frenzy — and then back to war again. Dave deploys his now-legendary "Junior Mint" theory to explain the one missing piece in US-Israeli relations that no amount of analysis can fully account for.
Topics covered:
- Laura Loomer's stunning flip on Ukraine — and what it reveals about the right-wing civil war between Tucker Carlson's non-interventionism and the Mark Levin's of the world
- Why neocons always feign certainty, always launch the war, always watch it become a catastrophe, and always demand you double down
- The New York Times' bombshell report: did Netanyahu and Mossad convince Trump to launch a war that his own team thought was "farcical"?
- Trump's two ceasefire bids — the 10-point Iranian framework and the MOU — and why the hawks killed both of them
- US missile stockpiles depleting as Iran refuses to break: the military reality that forced a pause
- Did Trump make secret pledges to Miriam Adelson and major donors before the 2024 election? What would that mean for how we read everything since?
- The blackmail and leverage theories: why does something always seem to be "missing" from the official explanation of US-Israeli decision-making?
- The Clean Break Memo, Norman Podhoretz, David Wormser — the documented neoconservative blueprint for the region and how it's been executed
- Reagan's own memoir warned that the US cannot fix the Middle East — and DC ignored it completely
- What Ron Paul's 2008 showing and Trump's 2016 win prove about where the American people actually stand on endless war
- Why the political taboos around Israel persist even as public exhaustion with foreign interventionism reaches historic highs
- Honest assessment of 2028: what the landscape looks like for non-interventionists and the liberty movement
(Ep. 2782 of the Tom Woods Show)
Sponsors:
Expat Money: https://expatmoney.com/woods
Policygenius: http://policygenius.com/woods
Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods
Guest's Website:
https://comicdavesmith.com
Guest's Twitter:
@ComicDaveSmith
Show notes page:
https://tomwoods.com/2783
Other Important Links:
https://SupportingListeners.com
https://TomSchoolofLife.com
https://LibertyClassroom.com
https://RonPaulHomeschool.com
https://NationalDivorce.com
Audio & Video Production & Thumbnails by:
Podsworth Media
https://podsworth.com
Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show!
My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing:
https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk
Intro & Outro audio & video by Chris Williams, Chris Beeman, & Robert Pearson of Podsworth Media, 2024.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction & Welcome
0:42 - Laura Loomer's Dramatic Ukraine Flip
2:40 - The MAGA Civil War: Tucker Carlson vs. the Warhawks
5:12 - Making Sense of Trump's Decision to Go to War with Iran
8:17 - The "Junior Mint" Theory: There's Always Something Missing
9:51 - The NYT Report: How Netanyahu Convinced Trump
11:30 - Every Neocon War Follows the Same Exact Playbook
12:06 - Why DropSite Has the Best Iran War Coverage
13:30 - Trump's Two Ceasefire Deals — and Two Collapses
14:25 - Sponsor: Expat Money
16:03 - Trump's Frustration with Israel: Real or Theater?
17:17 - Did Trump Make Secret Pledges to Donors to Win in 2024?
19:00 - Blackmail, Leverage, and the Hidden Pressures Nobody Talks About
25:00 - The Clean Break Memo and the Neocon Blueprint for the Middle East
31:00 - Reagan's Warning: "You Cannot Fix the Middle East"
36:00 - Ron Paul Was Right — and It Wasn't Enough
42:00 - The Political Taboos That Protect Endless Interventionism
47:00 - Sponsor: PolicyGenius
49:00 - What 2028 Could Look Like for the Liberty Movement
56:00 - Final Thoughts: Can America Learn From Its Own Foreign Policy Failures?
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqgCAkzT4w