Carter Banks
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This is something that that it might take a while.
That was probably the best messaging that they had at the time by by talking about boots on the ground or talking about, you know,
you know, an end to it or whatever.
Then they put a time limit in people's heads.
They just recently started launching B-52s, which means they've taken out the vast majority of the threats because you put first B-2s when there's, you put in B-2s, the stealth bomber, when there's serious threats.
B-1s go in when the threats have kind of knocked down a little bit.
Then B-52s can fly at 55,000 feet, but those are easily taken out by air defense.
So essentially the air defenses in Iran are gone now.
Right now, the strikes are about $1.5 billion total.
$1.5 billion?
Since the start, yeah.
That's a lot less than I thought.
A lot less than the Somalis have taken.
Well, I mean, that's essentially what they did in Venezuela was they took Maduro out and they said, okay, you're going to play ball with us now.
And I know that they're not the same thing.
I'm going to go to work.
I think when we say boots on the ground, the American people are thinking about big army stuff.
They're thinking about tanks.
They're thinking about large U.S.