Mike Froman
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Apr
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I think we do do that.
And I think it's important that as the administration laid out what their military objectives were vis-a-vis Iran, that we stay focused on those, even if they're different than what Israel wanted.
And, you know, we had we had Bridge Colby at that.
top Pentagon official at the Council of War Relations at the beginning of the war.
And he laid out what the military objectives were and indicated that Israel may have different objectives, including regime change, which may go beyond what the US wanted.
Like, I've been in the Situation Room, not always for decisions like that, and you wish you had clairvoyance about the future.
I hope that the decision makers or the advisors around the president did lay out, including the risk that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed and the impact it had on the global economy, because that seems to have maybe not caught them by surprise, but sort of changed the dynamic.
You know, look, Anthony,
Iran has terrorized the region and worked against U.S.
interests for 47 years.
We've tried engagement.
We've tried sanctions.
We crossed the threshold last year, working with Israel to bomb their nuclear plants.
And I actually think the most likely course going forward is that we will be, to Cady's point, we probably will be bombing
Iran regularly every time we see them rebuilding their missile capability or trying to rebuild a nuclear capability or trying to close the Strait of Hormuz again.
And I think we just have to realize that we are fundamentally different interests there.
And as long as this revolutionary regime exists in Iran, we're likely to be in a conflict with them that requires this.
So that's a
A long way of not answering your question, Anthony, other than to say I think there were important military objectives that the U.S.
laid out.
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