David Sacks

And you think that this is independent then of the action with Maduro and independent of the big delegation headed to China for a big negotiation next month?

Do you think there's more damage that can be done by being more successful?

You know, if we think back to Iraq, Iran is twice as many people, 100 million versus 50 million, four times the land area, a much better equipped military, and arguably the military system, the regime,

is embedded in every aspect of industry.

So the more successful the United States is in dismantling the Iranian regime, and as was advised by Condoleezza Rice, who apparently was just in the White House today and advising the president and publicly stated, it's time to finish them off, it's time to go all the way, etc.,

does that not then leave a country with no infrastructure, no leadership, 100 million people in tatters.

And that's the classic breeding ground for some of these extremist groups to seize control and seize power.

And we don't have the resources to go in and have another multi decade Afghanistan, Iraq problem.

Is it too late to have a Venezuelan outcome where we've taken out the head of the snake and we've simply replaced it?

The snake can continue operating and living without too much destructive damage and effect.

But it seems like we may be a little too far gone now in Iran and that to take this all the way might be very difficult to manage.

Can we move to China?

Because I think that, again, this is going to be the big story over the next month.

You've said publicly that ousting Maduro from Venezuela could embolden China to accelerate a Taiwan takeover.

The CIA, it has been reported in media, warned Tim Cook of Apple and other tech companies about a possible invasion as soon as next year.

You've separately met publicly with Chinese officials.

What's your view on the likelihood and the timeline of a China attempted takeover of Taiwan?

And what are these kind of motivating factors that might make that happen sooner?

Are we taking the right course of action, do you think?

I guess the big question for you is, what's the strategic imperative to keep Taiwan from falling under direct Chinese control for the United States?