Jason Rezaian
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And then to be shrouded in an internet blackout, you know, it is mind-boggling.
total blackout this feels like they're more sophisticated with their methodology yes and i think you know one of the things that we can incredibly do as the united states and you know the entire uh global community of nations is support iranians staying online and it's the thing that we've been promising them since 2009 in 2009 they did shut down the internet internet wasn't as big a part of iranians lives as it as it is right now
And every time, each one of these rounds of protests, when they slaughter innocent people, America says, doesn't matter if it's a Democrat or Republican, we're not going to let this happen again.
We're going to keep you online.
We're going to help you organize.
And we haven't done it yet.
And that helps keep them.
Look, I mean, I say airdrop them in.
You know, they don't have air defenses at this point.
Those were taken out back in June.
Right, right.
Drop a million terminals.
I mean, it's an incredible question.
And last summer when, you know, when we decided to enter into the war that Israel had started, right, you know, up until the very last minute, he was saying, hey, look, we want to make a deal with these guys.
And just today, he said, you know, my armada is at your front door, but I want to make a deal.
I think making a deal with them at this point would be the worst-case scenario for the people of Iran.
Ever.
Right.
And it buys these guys who seem to be at their last gaps of life many more years in power.
And I think that'd be the worst possible outcome.