David Pakman

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The Daily Stoic · How To Think For Yourself In A World Full Of Lies | David Pakman · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, I think what's going on in Iran is, in a sense, a good example where there's a lot of like, what is your opinion?

Are you for or against the war?

Are you for or against the regime?

And it's like, listen, my political views are such that I'm against authoritarian, theocratic regimes.

And so, of course, the Iranian regime is not a regime that I said, this is a model that I look up to.

I think this is very bad.

And in addition to that, there's a question of, well, hold on.

They tried to goad President Obama into doing the same thing and he didn't do it.

They tried to goad President Biden into doing this and he didn't do it.

Is Trump just so smart and alpha that he figured out this was the thing to do?

Or is there another layer to whether this is something the United States should be involved in?

Was it legal?

Was there congressional authorization?

That's much more complex, even though I don't claim that it's the most complex thing in the world, than this is a great thing or this is a terrible thing.

Yes, it is.

It's very difficult.

And it's, you know, listen, there's I also understand the pressure of I'm always somewhere between zero and 24 hours from the next deadline for an episode.

I understand that.

And that has a real effect.

And I'm kind of thinking about and writing about that a lot for my next book, which is that there are these other pressures that do impact the way that information gets out.

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