Bob Kagan
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Bob Kagan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The United States can open this trade, but not at any risk we are willing to pay for it.
Well, go in how is the problem because if –
This is why the Bush administration sent troops into Iraq in 2003, because they knew they could not accomplish their objective through the air, and they knew they could not do anything for Iraq afterwards if they were not on the ground.
If it really is an existential thing to open the Strait of Hormuz, we would have to do a full-scale invasion of Iran, because
As every military person, I don't know whether General Hertling has gotten in, I'm sure he has, the difficulty of just seizing the territory on the coast of Iran is going to be enormous in a drone world, that it's going to be very hard to protect the troops.
that we might land in Karg Island and on the coast of Iran because they'll just be in an enclave.
We won't have stopped Iran from ability to fight.
So we are willing to do certain things to try to have our way, but not really to take any great risk to have our way in the region.
And that's how we wind up where we are right now.
I guess the polls show that the opponent Magyar has a double digit lead in the polls.
Well, that's what I'm saying.
The Trump administration is manfully trying to turn around that election and sending Marco Rubio to make sure that the dictator of Hungary remains in power.
So J.D.
Vance and Marco Rubio are now actively lobbying.
By the way, this is the America First group that says we shouldn't be
pursuing ideological crusades around the world and we shouldn't be meddling in the affairs of other governments.
Remember all that stuff?
We shouldn't be promoting democracy.
That's terrible.
Promoting dictatorship, on the other hand, that apparently we can engage in that.
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