Aaron David Miller
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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I think the administration is not being transparent on that.
But 16, 17 Americans killed in a war that's last five months is not going to bring pressure to end it.
This is not Vietnam.
I think he's willing to stay with this until he can figure out a way to claim success.
But I just don't see how he does that.
That's just another choke point.
that is going to represent, again, a weaponization of geography.
Geography is destiny when it comes to the Middle East.
It really is.
It's, in my judgment, one of the often ignored aspects of why a nation behaves the way it does is literally where they are.
I mean, you know, when the Iranians decide they're going to weaponize geography, how we miss that.
Every intelligence assessment assumed
And I left the government 20 years ago, but more than almost 25 years ago.
I guarantee you that CIA analysis, INR analysis, basically said that if you mount a major, major campaign against Iran, which they will interpret as being an effort to change the regime, they will block the Straits.
And...
You know, why no one thought this through is one of the great I can't believe it's about this war.
Yeah, I mean, escalation or negotiation.
I mean, there is extrication, which is the third option.
That is to say, basically, you declare victory and go home.
But as we discussed, I don't think that's an option for him because I think it would result in humiliation.
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