Posted by Alumni from The Atlantic
March 29, 2026
'In a tactical sense, there's no question that overwhelming military power is brought to bear and Iran is being degraded,' David Ignatius, a foreign-affairs columnist at The Washington Post, said last night. But 'the more I watch this process of a weak enemy being pounded and pounded, I'm reminded of the Gaza war.' After two years of fighting, 'Hamas still controls most of the Palestinians in Gaza,' Ignatius argued. 'Even with all that power, Israel wasn't able to win'and I think that's what we're all worrying about.' Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent at The New York Times; Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker; Ignatius; and Missy Ryan, a staff writer at The Atlantic. learn more