Ian Bremmer

Who knows what their capabilities will be now, A, and B, who knows what the morale is of the personnel in these institutions that do the repression in the country will be after so many of their colleagues and supervisors have been killed.

My fear is that this Iranian government, as much as it is being eroded and hit militarily, they are showing a lot of capacity because of what they're doing in the straight and because of the money they're making.

So again, I think that there is a give and take there.

And if Trump had a uniform strategy that was, we're going to do everything possible to ensure that this regime will be degraded, then I'd feel more comfortable with what you're saying.

I don't think that's true at all.

My gosh, we are, what, 25, 26 days into this war?

It is, you guys are talking like it's over.

You guys are talking like it's over and the U.S.

is walking away with its tail between its legs.

It's just, I think every... Imagine if we were commenting on other very important wars.

Think about if World War II was being covered like this war, where every day there were a thousand tweets and posts and podcasts analyzing, you know, hour by hour, every, you know, this person just met with FDR and FDR's mood is this.

And I mean...

I actually think since World War Two, you'll be hard pressed to find wars fought by the U.S.

that weren't deeply wound up being deeply divisive in an American society, in American politics.

So but but but it almost that doesn't matter.

The point is, I take your and Scott's point that the president needs to do.

be out there explaining and persuading every day, every week, what we're doing and what we're trying to achieve in a consistent way.

Whether or not that could unite the country, I'm dubious because I think many on the left are rooting for failure in the war against Iran because they want Trump to have a political setback.

And many on the right.

It's far less.