Lester Munson

It may be someone from outside the country who can make the tough decisions necessary to do business with the United States and the rest of the legitimate international community.

He's not looking to change the society.

He's not looking to impose U.S.

style democracy.

This is the way I read that.

This is very different than what the U.S.

did in Iraq 23 years ago and in Afghanistan 25 years ago.

Well, I think it's terrifically interesting that neither Russia nor China, which have backed the Iranian regime, have done anything to help them in this very difficult situation.

You would normally think that an ally would come to your aid when you're being attacked.

If nothing else, in the last 36 hours or so, the nature of –

friendship with Beijing and Moscow has been exposed.

So I think that's a very big reveal.

Iran provides a lot of oil and energy resources to China.

It provides drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

And if the government there changes, as it sure seems likely now, that's a significant blow to the bad guys.

It could in the long run.

Right now, Russia is relying on weapons from Iran and troops from North Korea for its war in Ukraine.

The Iranian inputs are now in question.

Now, historically, Russia has done quite well in wars of attrition, but right now on the battlefield, it doesn't look very good for Russia, and this certainly won't help.

Well, it's been very interesting.