James Fishback
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No.
No, and to your point, say what you want about the Afghan war.
Those people – Afghanistan didn't have oil.
Afghanistan didn't have the kind of weaponry.
It didn't have drones, and these drones have really been –
the linchpin of the Iranian offense and defensive strategy, that they can fly a drone right up to that place and detonate it.
That's incredible because it gives you an asymmetric war advantage.
You don't need all of this fancy high-end equipment when you can get a $500 drone and fly it in and sadly kill people.
But Iran has proven that they are in fact punching above their weight.
Afghanistan didn't have that kind of technology.
It's the desert.
It's the middle of nowhere.
And guess what?
We were there for 20 years.
Iran is smarter.
They got more money.
They got oil.
They have the sophisticated asymmetric drone strategy that is inexpensive.
They have the Strait of Hormuz.
They have the...