Benham Ben-Taliblu

I think this is consistent with how he sees the Iranian threat, consistent with his options, consistent with what he campaigned on multiple times before the American public. And he is trying to square peg round hole this because the Islamic Republic is trying to raise the cost and the US is trying to limit the cost. And nary the two shall meet.

I think this is consistent with how he sees the Iranian threat, consistent with his options, consistent with what he campaigned on multiple times before the American public. And he is trying to square peg round hole this because the Islamic Republic is trying to raise the cost and the US is trying to limit the cost. And nary the two shall meet.

Well, I do think there is a strategy here. It's just that there are other strategies as well. I think there's an attempt by the Iranians to rope-a-dope the Americans. I think there's an attempt by Iran's great power partners, the Russians and the Chinese, to magnify the Iranian threat, to suck up all the oxygen in the room and

Well, I do think there is a strategy here. It's just that there are other strategies as well. I think there's an attempt by the Iranians to rope-a-dope the Americans. I think there's an attempt by Iran's great power partners, the Russians and the Chinese, to magnify the Iranian threat, to suck up all the oxygen in the room and

Well, I do think there is a strategy here. It's just that there are other strategies as well. I think there's an attempt by the Iranians to rope-a-dope the Americans. I think there's an attempt by Iran's great power partners, the Russians and the Chinese, to magnify the Iranian threat, to suck up all the oxygen in the room and

time and political space in Washington deal with a tier three threat and to not be able to deal properly with a tier one threat, which is the likes of China and Russia, in my view.

time and political space in Washington deal with a tier three threat and to not be able to deal properly with a tier one threat, which is the likes of China and Russia, in my view.

time and political space in Washington deal with a tier three threat and to not be able to deal properly with a tier one threat, which is the likes of China and Russia, in my view.

But with respect to the things that people have called contradictory in the president's policy and even some of the president's statements and even some of the statements of his advisors, I think I would say, yes, you could see different approaches being taken by different flanks of the Republican Party pretty early on in the Trump administration.

But with respect to the things that people have called contradictory in the president's policy and even some of the president's statements and even some of the statements of his advisors, I think I would say, yes, you could see different approaches being taken by different flanks of the Republican Party pretty early on in the Trump administration.

But with respect to the things that people have called contradictory in the president's policy and even some of the president's statements and even some of the statements of his advisors, I think I would say, yes, you could see different approaches being taken by different flanks of the Republican Party pretty early on in the Trump administration.

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.