Buck Sexton
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Thanks so much.
So we want to ask you about whether we're going to war with Iran.
It's a big question.
And the reason we're asking is because, as we know, there's sort of a dual track situation playing out.
On the one hand, there's negotiations, I think, in Geneva.
Sounds right.
over Iran's nuclear program that the administration is involved in.
And then there's also a buildup, a substantial buildup of military assets, aerial assets, specifically F-35s, F-22s in the Mideast, prepared for what could be a sustained aerial campaign against Iran.
What do you see happening here?
How do you think this plays out?
Steve, yes, the ghosts of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars loom large in all these conversations.
And I think that's a good thing in terms of making sure that we don't get pulled into something.
And I think Trump is very wary of getting pulled into something deeper and at much greater risk to us and to our people than we want to be.
So as part of that, one of the conversations that I think keeps coming up, and people have been asking me, so I want to pose this to you and get your take on it.
In Venezuela, okay, we took Maduro out and, well, took him to a prison cell in New York, but there was a clear pathway of other people, and really much of the rest of the regime is in charge there now.
So there's kind of an ongoing negotiation process about what will happen and how that country moves forward, but the U.S.
clearly has a lot of leverage.
What is the opposition in Iran?
Do we have any real sense as to if the mullahs fall, if they fall, who takes over?
Steve, I'm in South Florida, and so I got to ask, how shaky do you think the regime in Cuba is?