Mike Froman
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Apr
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Well, look, I think it's a tragic situation.
I imagine your polls are correct, at least directionally.
And Israel's reputation has, over the last few years, over the course of the Gaza war, because of the way it was prosecuted, but also because of the reporting on it and the protests and all that, I think has really led to, as you say, an isolation of Israel internationally and a decline of
the coalition of support that has traditionally been there for it domestically.
And I think it's a tragic situation because, you know, Israel has been a very important partner of the United States in the region, very effective in going after Iran's proxies, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others.
Very important in terms of stabilizing the situation in Israel.
uh syria and of course very important with regard to iran itself in terms of of attacking its nuclear capabilities and setting that back in a substantial way and and while a lot of the neighbors in the region uh will will say critical things i think they are secretly quite supportive or behind the scenes quite supportive of the u.s and israel working together gulf states
Because Israel has fundamentally changed the security situation in the region with the U.S.
support and sometimes the U.S.
involvement.
Well, look, I think it's instructive that no country that signed the Abraham Accords pulled out of the Abraham Accords during the entire post-October 7th Gaza war, nor in the current situation.
And just like some of the countries, including Saudi Arabia,
maybe critical or urging uh the united states and israel to step back privately they they have been urging the united states to quote finish the job whatever whatever that means i think it's important actually the gulf states and israel are sort of on the same page well i think that's right and the fact that iran decided to retaliate for the israeli and u.s strikes
by striking a number of other states in the region including kuwait saudi arabia qatar even oman i believe has i think driven other countries to say all right iran really is a threat to our security and in some ways driven them closer to the united states and israel even if they can't really admit that publicly to their to their publics
after the war they went with clement atley as an example what are your thoughts on that look i i i hardly play i hardly comment on politics in the united states let alone the politics of of another country i think it's important though that we separate uh the individual from the country and from national interests we need to be doing in the region what is in the u.s national interests and to a certain degree those may be aligned with israel in other cases they may not be identical
And we need to, I think, just keep a clear eye on where our interests lie and make sure that we're following them.
I think it's unfortunate that when this most recent conflict with Iran broke out, that there was a portrayal that the US had been dragged into it by Israel.
The U.S.
should be deciding whether to deploy military force and putting our soldiers at risk for U.S.
interests.
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