John J. Mearsheimer

Again, getting back to your question before, I can't explain it.

Oh, drastically.

There's just no question about that.

If you think about the discourse, right, we live in a world where

I'm sure that he's going to respond, and I would bet a lot of money that the Iranians will respond.

The Iranians have made it clear that every time either Israel or the United States or a country like the UAE attacks Iran, Iran will not just simply retaliate in kind, but it will retaliate more forcefully than the attacker did when it hit Iran to start with.

Well, the United States military is an incredibly formidable fighting force, but that doesn't mean that it can win a war against Iran.

We certainly can't decisively defeat Iran.

And in terms of going up the escalation ladder, which is what we're talking about here, I

the United States cannot trump Iran as we go up the escalation ladder.

Iran has a huge inventory of missiles and drones.

It operates in a target-rich environment.

And if we go after targets inside of Iran, you can rest assured that the Iranians will find targets to go after.

inside of American-controlled areas.

And we don't end up coming out on top.

I mean, let's watch what happens with President Trump.

Is this going to improve our situation?

No, not at all.

I think you want to remember that the Ukraine War started in 2022.

And really, for the first two years, it was not clear that drones mattered too much.