Michael Knowles

I think that's a bad thing.

I hate the Iranian regime.

But nevertheless, they have held on to power.

The claims that Iran was on the brink of a popular revolution and the people were going to take back their country and bring in Reza Pahlavi or a secular government transitioning to democracy.

It just hasn't happened.

So it looks like the CIA director was right.

Rubio translated what the CIA director meant when he said it was farcical.

At that point, Mr. Rubio cut in, quote, in other words, it's BS.

He used the real word, but this is a family show.

Several others jumped in.

including Mr. Vance.

Now, J.D.

Vance was apparently not in the first meetings because Vance happened to be in Azerbaijan.

He was in Armenia and then Azerbaijan working to resolve that conflict.

The Armenia-Christian war against the Muslims.

Really, it's the Muslim war against the Christians there.

has been an issue that we've talked about on the show a number of times.

Vance was over there, and this meeting was really last minute, so he wasn't even in the room the first time.

But when he did get back, Mr. Vance, just back from Azerbaijan, also expressed strong skepticism about the prospect of regime change.

How about the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Raisin Cain?