David Friedman

Now, you know, will a complete annihilation of the Iranian military result in a loss of the regime?

Now, you know, will a complete annihilation of the Iranian military result in a loss of the regime?

But this will be the best opportunity, you know, in the history of the, since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in the 1970s, this will be the best opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up, take back their country and reform their government and become allies of the West.

But this will be the best opportunity, you know, in the history of the, since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in the 1970s, this will be the best opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up, take back their country and reform their government and become allies of the West.

I don't know if it's going to happen, but the upside of that happening, if that does happen, even if there's some turbulence along the way, which I would expect, that opportunity for the future of that region and the world itself is so great it really is worth taking the chance.

I don't know if it's going to happen, but the upside of that happening, if that does happen, even if there's some turbulence along the way, which I would expect, that opportunity for the future of that region and the world itself is so great it really is worth taking the chance.

I mean, the consequence of not doing this, of doing nothing, is a brutal, theocratic, dangerous Iranian regime that will threaten our children and our grandchildren.

I mean, the consequence of not doing this, of doing nothing, is a brutal, theocratic, dangerous Iranian regime that will threaten our children and our grandchildren.

Well, this is, you know, these are great philosophical questions that we can sit around and debate.

Well, this is, you know, these are great philosophical questions that we can sit around and debate.

The answer is, of course, I don't know.

The answer is, of course, I don't know.

But I think October 7th changed everything.

But I think October 7th changed everything.

I mean, we're too close to October 7th to really understand its role in history.

I mean, we're too close to October 7th to really understand its role in history.

Because, you know, from a historical perspective, it just happened yesterday.

Because, you know, from a historical perspective, it just happened yesterday.

But what it means, I think, is going to prove to be just as important, I think, as the Holocaust.

But what it means, I think, is going to prove to be just as important, I think, as the Holocaust.