Mike Baker

We're talking about, you know, your regime, your nuclear program, your missile program.

Yeah, that's it.

You know, Lebanon's a separate issue.

Sorry, it's off the table.

But they kind of fell into this.

You could argue they fell into this trap.

Yeah, I mean, I think both things can be true.

You know, the Iranian regime has proven themselves to be, again, sophisticated in terms of how they understand the U.S.

They've spent an inordinate amount of time over the almost past 50 years studying the U.S.

and understanding not just one particular administration, but understanding how we think, understanding sort of our...

Our problem with ADHD.

Right.

And the way that we look at things in bite sized chunks rather than with a longer strategic view.

So I think this, you know, I hate to say it.

And again, I realize it's armchair quarterbacking, but we have been talking here on the PDB for quite some time.

That Lebanon was going to be the weak link here in this in this negotiation once it got thrown into the mix.

Now, let's let's shift just slightly, if we could.

And let's talk about.

Well, I tell you what, we'll take a break and then I'm going to give you this question to think about for when we come back.

As soon as the Iranian delegation said we're not traveling to Switzerland, we're not going to have these first round discussions because of the outbreak of violence in Lebanon.