Michael Steele

You were working on that in the early 80s?

Were you an intern?

I had just gotten back from the seminary.

And after I left Augustinians, moved back to Washington, landed at Surrey & Morse.

And you know who I worked with at the firm?

Mark Ginsburg was a young associate at the firm.

Jane Frank Harmon was a young partner at the firm.

And the former senator of the great state of Ohio...

Republic was a young associate at the firm.

And I got tasked with pulling the the this had never been done, pulling the initial research on how we frame this tribunal to deal with resolution of the issues outstanding regarding the Iranians and the impact that they had on Americans and the claims that Americans had against the Iranians.

And I learned a lot about the Iranian people, learned a lot about the government and a lot about the history.

And that history is fraught with US intervention.

That history is fraught with the U.S.

playing king and the people having a different idea, which is why we wound up with the Shah.

And so when you understand all of that and you look at the buffoons that are now in the Middle East who don't appreciate that history, who don't are not coming to the table with the storylines that have held.

somewhat imbalance how we play ourselves, our role in that region, we are now in a very precarious spot.

And when you have bad actors like China and Russia benefiting

It is not it's not going to be good for us in the long term if we continue down this road.

So I think there's a lot to be concerned about here.

I think you're right when you say, you know, we're going to get to April 6th and then what?