Benjamin Radd
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first heard Jul 2025
last heard 4 Mar
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And geographically, it's so far away and so far outside of the sphere of influence for the United States that in terms of intelligence and military prioritization, it just fell to the bottom of the list.
And there are so many other oil options in that region besides Iran, right?
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar.
The United States could partner with other Arab countries to get what they wanted without having to deal with Iran.
I think the question that you just asked.
is the most prescient question that we will talk about today.
Why?
Why now?
Why is it being communicated the way it's being communicated?
Why was it executed the way it was executed?
So why is now the best of all times?
I frankly don't think it is.
I think that's the narrative that's being communicated to the world and to the public.
What Donald Trump did in attacking Iran goes against what the ODNI report assessed for the most likely threats against the United States in the ODNI's 2005 threat assessment.
It goes against the Department of War's 2026 national defense strategy, and it goes against the White House's national security strategy, these massive threats.
doctrinal annual assessments for how the United States will protect national security, the attack against Iran goes contrary to all three of those in terms of priority and action.
So why now?
Why the way that we've done it?
I can't answer it in any kind of logical way.
What's the non-logical answer?
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