E205 - Angry Male Vet on Iran, the Midterms, and the Weeks That Worry Him Most

The conversation widens to the global picture: why Iran and Ukraine have shown that larger militaries can be fought to a standstill, what that means for China and Taiwan, and how Gulf allies feel exposed. They connect the war's cost, officially put at 37.5 billion but estimated far higher, to defense and oil interests, and to a Congress they argue has stopped representing constituents.

The back half turns to elections. Both stress that the president has no power over elections run by states, walk through the window between Election Day and January that concerns them most, and cite...