Domenico Montanaro

capitulating anytime soon or certainly, you know, giving in to what Trump wants, which is unconditional surrender, as he said.

And I think that the biggest thing that can be a negative for this kind of thing overseas, as we've seen over the last 20 plus years of Americans involved in foreign policy conflicts and wars, is American deaths and American boots on the ground in particular.

So, you know, we have seen seven Americans who were killed in retaliatory attacks by Iran.

And if Trump were to commit Americans on the ground in Iran, that's something I think could change the numbers in many cases here.

Excursion is quite a word to use.

I mean, going to war is not parasailing.

I also think, you know, what is the outcome and the goal that the United States wants that's better for the world overall?

I mean, there are potential things that could happen with this kind of attack.

It's something that obviously Israel has been interested in for a long time.

We've been hearing about, you know, for 20 years or so about Israel potentially wanting to strike Israel.

inside of Iran.

And if Iran were to get some kind of form of democracy, you know, then sure, there could be a potential positive outcome.

But, you know, they also said that about Iraq.

Right.

And you put in a democracy, then the dominoes will fall across the Middle East.

That didn't exactly happen because it's very difficult to do.

And it's very difficult to do from the air.

It's much harder to do than if you were to have boots on the ground.

And even with boots on the ground, like the United States had in Iraq,

Eventually, you know, you leave.