The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · March 2, 2026 · 48m

Fareed Zakaria on the Endgame in Iran

Zakaria dissects the US/Israel military campaign against Iran: what defines success, why clear objectives matter, and how failing to establish them risks another 'forever war.' His warning: if Trump quits now, he leaves the Islamic Republic in place with more hardliners, more support, and more money. If he escalates, there's no exit strategy. A lose-lose analysis from one of the sharpest foreign policy voices.

Highlights

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No clear objectives = no exit strategy

Zakaria: the Iran campaign's defining failure is the absence of clear objectives. Without knowing what 'success' means, you can't measure it, achieve it, or leave.

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Misc

✧Aired weeks before the war escalated further in March

✧Zakaria: the absence of clear objectives is the defining failure

✧'If Trump quits now, he leaves the regime stronger than before'