Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2023-12 to 2026-06.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
The United States should reduce its foreign military involvement and focus national resources on domestic priorities like healthcare and…
7 people · 5 episodes
The United States must prioritize protecting the homeland and securing its borders rather than getting involved in foreign conflicts and regime change wars.
“our main focus should be getting our homeland straight first and foremost. There's other threats from al-Qaeda in in Yemen, al-Qaeda in Syria. There's a lot that we don't know that's taking place in Afghanistan that Sarah's talked about at Nauseium on your show.”
Shawn Ryan Show · Mar 2026 · 2 episodes · 2.7M views on this topicHe argues that the United States should not be involved in the current conflict between Israel and Iran.
“I'll denounce the US involvement and say the US should not be involved in this.”
Timcast IRL · Jun 2025 · 2 episodes · 733K views on this topicThe speaker expresses a strong opposition to the United States getting involved in military conflicts abroad.
“I'm pretty opposed to war entirely.”
Timcast IRL · Jun 2025 · 2 episodes · 733K views on this topicThe United States should move a significant portion of its military budget toward public needs like healthcare and education.
“Just take that military budget of $900 billion, right? Where the America's where America's engaged in war crimes. Why don't you move it to 500 billion? He'll still lead the world by far. And we can take that 500 billion and give it to people so that they can actually live, damn it, in the United Sta”
MeidasTouch · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 504K views on this topicHe expresses frustration with the United States' involvement in foreign conflicts, especially in the Middle East.
“And it just irks me to see that here we go with Israel and it it's starting another war another war front and it's like help we're getting attacked and it's like all right well just intercept the missiles because Tel Aviv is getting rocked again you know and it's just again I I as I'm just a concern”
Timcast IRL · Jun 2025 · 1 episode · 378K views on this topicForeign policy is primarily driven by corporate and donor interests rather than the well-being of the American people.
3 people · 3 episodes
United States foreign policy is essentially a fraudulent theater run by donors where both parties consistently favor military intervention and corporate subsidies over the interests of the American pe
“You know what you're going to get? War. You know what you're going to get? Subsidies for corporations. You know what you're going to get? Endless funding of Israel. You're always going to get the same results because this is a giant fraudulent theater that they're playing on all of us”
The Young Turks · Jan 2026 · 3 episodes · 578K views on this topicForeign policy actions, such as the intervention in Venezuela, are primarily driven by the interests of oligarchs and corporations rather than the benefit of the American people.
“The profits are going to the colonizers. The profits are going to the oligarchs in the United States.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Feb 2026 · 3 episodes · 409K views on this topicThe United States is currently being used to fight wars on behalf of Israel at the expense of American interests and resources.
“Right now is when we are using precious, finite resources that could be helping the American people to assist Israel in their border expansion project.”
The Young Turks · Apr 2026 · 2 episodes · 186K views on this topicCurrent military actions against Iran or in the Middle East are counterproductive, lack clear endgames, or are based on flawed information.
3 people · 3 episodes
The United States should not be conducting military strikes against Iran as such actions damage the country's standing and lack a clear endgame.
“as an American who loves my country and as a patriot, would I have recommended this strike? I would not have recommended this strike. You can call me whatever you want, but this military flexing like this ultimately does not help the United States.”
The Rest Is Politics US · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 502K views on this topicThe Trump administration's foreign policy regarding Iran is incoherent, based on misleading or nonexistent information, and risks long-term instability.
“that's why this is so dangerous because the, you know, in Donald Trump's hands, this could escalate into a nuclear attack, a nuclear war because Trump gets backed into a corner and his ego can't handle it because his temperament is not normal.”
MeidasTouch · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 192K views on this topicA ground invasion of Iran's Kharg Island would be a practical failure because the American public would not support the high number of potential casualties.
“You're telling me that Americans are going to accept 25,000 US casualties to take an island that they until last week had never heard of in a war that most of them did not support at launch. Seriously.”
Michael Knowles · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 66K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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