Dr. Thayer
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 9 Apr
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Well, Steve, thanks for having me today.
What Napoleon did is recognize the logic of escalation, that with the great coterie of marshals as he had, marshals and generals, these were individuals who could be trusted, and they could be trusted to execute his vision of the plan.
He had the objective
and he was confident in assigning them their missions knowing that they would be completed.
He also emphasized the importance of focusing on the objective very importantly.
There's one thing on which to focus and that's going to have to be achieved.
Final point with respect to Napoleon is that he recognized that he was the master of improvisation.
And here he reminds me so much of Trump.
Napoleon said the battle begins and the issue develops.
And what he meant by that is he's going to start the battle.
He's going to start
the campaign, but because Napoleon was a master in art of the deal, right, he was a master essentially with a mind for war, genius for war, he was always going to be able to outfight his opponent.
who didn't have Napoleon's skills, didn't have Napoleon's abilities.
So if we reply that to Iran today, what do we see?
We see that President Trump is recognizing that however valuable the Iranians are as interlocutors,
Beijing is going to really decide this issue, that China has a dominant voice, an important if not dominant voice in Tehran.
So the question of who rules in Tehran is going to be decided in large measure by Xi Jinping because of the dependence of Iran on communist China.
So President Trump is recognizing that if he takes this to be resolved with Xi Jinping, as you've suggested, that has advantages for the United States.
There is a modest coincidence of interest here that Beijing wants oil out of the Strait as the US wants the Strait open.
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