Ian Bremmer
speaker
4,435 appearances
19 recordings
12 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 1 Aug
Ian Bremmer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You're not winning when you're comparing the damage that you've done to Iraq and Vietnam, I assure you.
In Iran?
Yeah, no, that's stupid.
OK, not by the Americans, not by the Israelis who also have lots of nuclear weapons.
This is the issue is not about military dominance in the region.
The issue is that a very weak Iran has the ability, despite its weakness, to cause an immense amount of damage.
can bring the global economy not to its knees, but certainly make it limp and hobble.
And that was not expected.
That was wildly unexpected by President Trump on the back of his success in Venezuela when he decided to launch this decapitation strike against the Islamic Republic.
And let us remember, before we close this conversation on Iran, let us remember that the people that are suffering by far the most are the 92 million people in Iran, the ones that were killed by the thousands by this Islamic Republic back in January, that the Americans have done nothing to improve their lives.
If anything, their lives have gotten worse.
The new Supreme Leader, the military that's in charge, they are different leaders.
They are just as brutal.
They are just as capable of repressing their population, and they will going forward.
Yeah, the Israelis would like to see the Americans step this up.
They would be willing certainly to join if the Americans wanted to go after the leaders of the Islamic Republic that are in place today.
And if they wanted to hit Pickaxe Mountain, this nuclear enrichment storage site, the Israelis would support that.
Certainly, Bibi is going to try to push for that.
But I note that J.D.
Vance was added to the meeting.
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