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Yep, you got me, Charlie. Andrew? Andrew.

Yep, you got me, Charlie. Andrew? Andrew.

Yeah, Andrew. So this came out, this came out yesterday, late yesterday. And what the story is, is it says that basically since last fall, there's been the development of plans for a series of airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. As described in the reporting, I think the New York Times had it first, or at least with the most detail.

Yeah, Andrew. So this came out, this came out yesterday, late yesterday. And what the story is, is it says that basically since last fall, there's been the development of plans for a series of airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. As described in the reporting, I think the New York Times had it first, or at least with the most detail.

They said that the idea was to do strikes on Iran's facilities that could, it said, set them back by about a year in terms of pursuing a nuclear weapon. And the idea was the strikes would be conducted by Israeli jets. But inevitably, they would probably need U.S. support, buy-in. There was even discussion that we would give more direct support by, for example, moving U.S.

They said that the idea was to do strikes on Iran's facilities that could, it said, set them back by about a year in terms of pursuing a nuclear weapon. And the idea was the strikes would be conducted by Israeli jets. But inevitably, they would probably need U.S. support, buy-in. There was even discussion that we would give more direct support by, for example, moving U.S.

jets into Israel, which I'm not sure, but I don't know if America's ever actually based our own fighter aircraft in Israel before, so it might be a new step. But anyway, there was this buildup. It was there was building more and more momentum. And then other figures in the administration pushed back, said we should not race towards war. We should focus on diplomacy.

jets into Israel, which I'm not sure, but I don't know if America's ever actually based our own fighter aircraft in Israel before, so it might be a new step. But anyway, there was this buildup. It was there was building more and more momentum. And then other figures in the administration pushed back, said we should not race towards war. We should focus on diplomacy.

And they said that first, I'll read directly from The New York Times. Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, presented a new intelligence assessment that said the buildup of American weaponry in the Middle East could potentially spark a wider conflict with Iran that the United States did not want.

And they said that first, I'll read directly from The New York Times. Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, presented a new intelligence assessment that said the buildup of American weaponry in the Middle East could potentially spark a wider conflict with Iran that the United States did not want.

And then it goes on to say that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Vice President J.D. Vance all voiced doubts about the attack. And so... Certainly for us, this feels like a great vindication. We were big supporters of J.D. Vance as vice president and, of course, Trump's picks for Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth.

And then it goes on to say that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Vice President J.D. Vance all voiced doubts about the attack. And so... Certainly for us, this feels like a great vindication. We were big supporters of J.D. Vance as vice president and, of course, Trump's picks for Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth.

And I think, you know, we just said a moment ago on Twitter that could you imagine the people in those exact jobs before where we had John Kelly as chief of staff? We had James Mattis as secretary of defense. We had Mike Pence as vice president. Could you imagine any of those guys there? stopping a march toward war with Iran? The exact opposite.

And I think, you know, we just said a moment ago on Twitter that could you imagine the people in those exact jobs before where we had John Kelly as chief of staff? We had James Mattis as secretary of defense. We had Mike Pence as vice president. Could you imagine any of those guys there? stopping a march toward war with Iran? The exact opposite.

We had, I believe, President Trump's first director of national intelligence stepped away because he thought we weren't hawkish enough on Iran. So we're really seeing the difference in the personalities, the difference in perspectives that we've brought to the second administration on this extremely important topic.

We had, I believe, President Trump's first director of national intelligence stepped away because he thought we weren't hawkish enough on Iran. So we're really seeing the difference in the personalities, the difference in perspectives that we've brought to the second administration on this extremely important topic.

Yeah, exactly. We're seeing, there's so many times where when you look at it in the past, uh, I was just, uh, reviewing the other day, the process that led us towards the Iraq war and what popped up so often was that, uh, They – it was this lack of willingness to question things too much.

Yeah, exactly. We're seeing, there's so many times where when you look at it in the past, uh, I was just, uh, reviewing the other day, the process that led us towards the Iraq war and what popped up so often was that, uh, They – it was this lack of willingness to question things too much.

In fact, the funny thing was is I was reading that like the British government, which was helping us with that, they were tricked by an intelligence estimate of Iraq's WMDs that was based on a guy watching the Michael Bay action movie The Rock, which had a fake WMD in it. And it was just – you had to ask basic questions. You had to pause and say – Wait, is this in fact a good idea?

In fact, the funny thing was is I was reading that like the British government, which was helping us with that, they were tricked by an intelligence estimate of Iraq's WMDs that was based on a guy watching the Michael Bay action movie The Rock, which had a fake WMD in it. And it was just – you had to ask basic questions. You had to pause and say – Wait, is this in fact a good idea?