David Frum

And that seems to be Trump's plan to the extent he's got a plan, is what would be said.

It's only about 60% ethnically Persian, as we're all about to learn.

We're in it, so that's... And some...

tactical military successes have been, that underwrites it, some very important tactical military successes have been achieved, as much by the Israelis as by the United States.

And part of the problem, and I say this as a great friend of Israel and on their side, but it does seem like they have a clear idea of where they're driving the car to, and the United States is a little bit along for the ride.

I just finished reading a book.

It was a book based on the Japanese war archives.

And the question is, okay, what did they think they were doing when they struck Pearl Harbor?

And the answer is, it was exactly headcathism.

They didn't know that their plan was, civilian leadership was intimidated and weak.

And they said, well, what we're going to do is we're going to seize Southeast Asia, hit the American fleet, and then sea.

Well,

As we saw in Iraq, I think the military does think a lot about questions like, what if they decide to go in a blaze of glory and fire every missile at once?

I'm sure there's a good plan for that.

What is never planned for is, what if everything collapses?

And what if you kill everybody, the IRGC take their money and flee, and the electricity stops, the water stops?

It's not a very forgiving human environment.

And there are chronic water problems.

What happens if the water works stop working?

What happens if there isn't a government and then whatever organized crime networks exist in Tehran, they become the most powerful force or the IRGC turns into a mafia?