Mike Baker
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And the regime, again, not unsophisticated, looks at those comments from the vice president of the United States.
in the middle of this supposed negotiation and says, well, this is fantastic.
This is exactly what we want.
We want a wedge between the U.S.
and Israel.
Or I guess you could argue, and look, I realize we're armchair quarterbacking this, of course, but you could also argue that during the course of the discussions through the mediators, the U.S.
side, the position could have been, no,
Lebanon, that's a separate issue.
We're not including that in this arrangement.
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...
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