Political scientist Dominic Tierney on why the U.S. gets trapped in conflicts like Iran

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Swarthmore College political science professor Dominic Tierney about the U.S.-Iran war and other conflicts that have left the U.S. in drawn-out entanglements.

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