Michael Knowles

Say, look, I'm very skeptical.

This is why I think the facts on the ground suggest that we shouldn't wage a major operation against Iran that's aimed at regime change because you're not going to get regime change.

You could wage an operation aimed at stopping the nuclear weapons like we did last summer.

You could wage an operation even to get rid of the ballistic missiles, to take out one leader or another leader, to try to get a better leader in place.

But you're not going to get regime change, most likely.

So for all these reasons, I oppose this.

Iran's a real country.

Venezuela is less of a real country.

But for all these reasons, I oppose it.

But if you do it, I'll support you because you're the president.

That's the right attitude.

There's one president.

There's one president.

There's one guy in charge.

It's his administration.

And it is the job of the people within the administration to give their advice, to tell the truth.

And then to support the guy who was elected with the popular vote, I should add, to make the calls.

Absolutely mature, responsible.

Spot on sort of thing.

The other thing I take away from this reporting is there has been an op, and I've been calling this out for weeks.