John Bolton
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 20 Mar
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Glad to be with you.
Thanks for having me.
Well, I think to start with the second half of the question first, if I might, you know, from a military point of view, it's generally going quite well.
But I think there's real trouble built in on the political side of this operation.
And it is if regime change is Trump's objective.
And that's not entirely clear.
He has said it is, but he's also said other things.
I think that there was inadequate preparation of the American people for launching the attack.
I think there's a compelling case that you could make for regime change due to the threat of Iran's nuclear weapons program and its support for its conduct of terrorism over many, many years.
But Trump didn't make that case.
He didn't speak to the people beforehand.
And I'm not just
talking about one speech he didn't lay out the case over a period of time and in doing this you don't have to say anything about specifics of the military operation or timing or anything else you just make the argument why it's necessary he didn't do that and i think that's a problem he didn't as a corollary he didn't make the case to congress either and that's going to be a problem
He certainly didn't consult with allies, friends, others that might be affected around the world.
We can see that problem playing out right now.
And perhaps worst of all, he didn't consult with the opposition, as far as I can tell anyway, inside Iran, who, if we're not going to put...
significant boots on the ground.
And I take that as a given in the Trump administration.
They're going to have to do a lot of lifting politically and otherwise inside Iran.
They need help.
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