Mark Hertling

Reports are saying Kerry Lake has turned off Radio Free Europe that would basically blast information into the people of Tehran.

So there's not an information campaign going on.

What are the economic situations?

Well, parts of the economic sanctions that we've held against Iran for decades now are

has gone against the entire society.

Is there a better way to use the economy to target key leaders of the regime, like we've recently done in some cases with Russia?

Or is it just a massive, we're going to block everything?

The president's announcement that if they don't stop, they're going to get another 25% tariff.

Well, what is that going to do to the people who are already struggling in the economy of this nation?

Right.

So all of those things and a consistent approach to the use of military power with a smart approach, in my view, is the right way to do it.

You combine all elements of national power, the four elements of diplomacy, information, economics, and military in a major campaign.

And I don't think that's being done.

I don't see indicators of that.

And in fact, I see in some cases just the opposite, that we're ignoring some elements of national power.

That's what's known as a circular argument.

You know, you can't make sense.

And it's a guy that has very little experience in terms of what military force does and what happens as an after effect of taking out leaders of a country.

So that should be part of the planning.

It's the same thing that's occurring in Venezuela.