Ben Rhodes
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And so...
That's that's why we sincerely like just don't think this is the right way.
It's not out of any, you know, no love for this regime.
It's been horrible for the Iranian people.
But I think we just have to learn from history.
And I just want to come back to what you mentioned it, Tommy.
And if you have a final thought on this.
The media coverage, some of it's very good, but some of it is just, what are we doing here, people?
I know.
You had people credibly referring to the Israeli statement that this was like a preemptive strike, like preemptive.
What are we preempting?
That's Iraq war language.
It's almost like they were trolling the US media and just being a stenographer for this fucking bullshit.
Yeah, good to see you, Rachel.
Well, you're exactly right, Rachel.
I mean, you and I have been talking about Iran for over 15 years, I think.
And this was always a scenario that people were concerned about in terms of where conflict between the United States and Iran could go.
This is not a limited strike on nuclear targets.