{"id":2584653,"date":"2026-03-27T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comparing-iran-iraq-wars-is-31-flavors-of-delusion-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:54:06","slug":"comparing-iran-iraq-wars-is-31-flavors-of-delusion-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comparing-iran-iraq-wars-is-31-flavors-of-delusion-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Iran, Iraq wars is \u201831 flavors of delusion\u2019: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomparing-iran-iraq-wars-is-31-flavors-of-delusion-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Washington Examiner piece features Joe Concha discussing Operation Epic Fury and its perceived success under the Trump administration on Fox News\u2019 Hannity, arguing that American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">media coverage<\/a> of the Iran war has misled the public. Concha says comparing the Iran war to the Iraq War is \u201c31 flavors of delusion,\u201d and he cites a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-posts-repulsive-defense-of-twitter-execs-makes-even-elon-musk-look-good\/\" title=\"The Washington Post\u2019s Repulsive Defense Of Twitter Execs Makes Even Elon Musk Look Good\">politico headline<\/a> to reinforce the point.He asserts that the Iranian leadership has been effectively diminished and that the world should be grateful, while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >contrasting casualty figures-13<\/a> U.S. deaths in the Iran conflict versus more than 4,400 in the Iraq War-to argue the two wars are not comparable. The article also notes Russia reportedly sending drones to Iran to bolster its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prager-trip-to-vietnam-reconfirmed-my-hatred-of-communism\/\" title=\"PRAGER: Trip To Vietnam Reconfirmed My Hatred Of Communism\">war effort<\/a> and references claims from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps about children as young as 12 being eligible to join the war. Throughout, the piece includes recommended stories and a paywalled video, illustrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-idiot-percentage-of-this-population-that-just-needs-to-be-told-what-to-do\/\" title=\"MSNBC: \u2018Idiot Percentage Of This Population That Just Needs To Be Told What To Do\u2019\">broader media<\/a> and geopolitical framing surrounding the Iran conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Comparing the Iran war to the Iraq War is &lsquo;31 flavors of delusion&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2545150\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" type=\"mediapress_author\" id=\"12404\">Joe Concha<\/a> dove into Operation Epic Fury and its success under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Concha said Americans have been misled by media coverage of the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4506161\/savannah-guthrie-return-today-show-after-absence\/\">Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show after absence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4501018\/action-star-karate-champion-chuck-norris-obituary\/\">Chuck Norris, 1940-2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4502938\/project-hail-mary-movie-review\/\">Completed &#8216;Hail Mary&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Iranian leadership has been obliterated. Not just the varsity, but the JV,&rdquo; he said on Thursday. &ldquo;The world should be thankful, but that does not seem to be the case here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3451156&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d267ffcea373cf8912a428f3a483a999\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Host Sean Hannity cited a <em>Politico<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/iraq-iran-donald-trump-blunder-far-worse\/\">headline comparing<\/a> the war in Iran to the Iraq War.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This comparison between the Iran war and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq-war\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1072\">Iraq War<\/a> more than two decades ago &mdash; it&rsquo;s 31 flavors of delusion,&rdquo; Concha said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4504160\/russia-drones-aid-iran-war\/\"><strong>RUSSIA SENDING DRONES TO IRAN TO SHORE UP WAR EFFORT: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hannity also cited a report circulating online that shows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said children <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202603265637\">as young as 12<\/a> can join the war effort.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Iraq War &mdash; we had more than 4,400 U.S. military deaths. The Iran war &mdash; 13 U.S. military deaths,&rdquo; Concha said. He added that comparing the two conflicts is &ldquo;like a knife fight in a phone booth. It&rsquo;s over quite quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war vs Iraq war: total delusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2584654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/israeliranwar_747486.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4551,76686,73764,69373,74733],"class_list":["post-2584653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy","tag-iran-iraq-wars","tag-joe-concha-2","tag-media-critique-2","tag-middle-east-politics-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/israeliranwar_747486.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584657,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584653\/revisions\/2584657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}