#473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East
Lex Fridman Podcast
- Published
- June 26, 2025
- Duration
- 4h 5m
- Summary source
- youtube captions
- Last updated
- Apr 21, 2026
If we want to avoid wars, we have to have serious deterrence because our enemies need to understand we will use selective, focused, overwhelming military power when we are facing threats like an Ir…
Summary
If we want to avoid wars, we have to have serious deterrence because our enemies need to understand we will use selective, focused, overwhelming military power when we are facing threats like an Iranian nuclear weapon. I'm not seeing the peace through strength. I'm saying permanent militarism and permanent war through strength. Do you ever ever hold our adversaries responsible or do you just don't think we have any adversaries? The easiest kind of nuke to make out of urani…
Show notes
Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, and for the past three decades, a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy and military interventionism. Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, host of the Iran Breakdown podcast, and a leading expert on Iran and its nuclear program for over 20 years. This debate
Themes
- society
- culture
- I'm not seeing the peace through strength
- I'm saying permanent militarism and permanent war through strength
- Do you ever ever hold our adversaries responsible or do you just don't think we have any adversaries