Paul Adams
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first heard Jan 2026
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I mean, look at Donald Trump's situation.
He has spoken about his willingness to rescue the protesters.
He runs a real risk now of doing nothing and being seen by a large part of the Iranian population as being full of hot air, but not willing to to follow through with action and consequently experiencing a large loss of face, something that Donald Trump does not like doing or not.
of going in and doing too much and triggering huge levels of internal instability and regional instability, too, and perhaps to create the kind of situation which might suck back
Western and in particular American militaries to a part of the world that, frankly, none of them want to go back to.
That must be a specter that is in his mind.
You know, this is not an easy one.
This is not Venezuela.
This is a much, much more complicated situation.
And so there will be people saying, you know, think hard before before doing too much.
But also, frankly, given the rhetoric so far, you can't be seen to do nothing.
Yes.
And look, this is an administration very much buoyed up by its recent successes.
Donald Trump has spoken of America's unrivaled military prowess, the ability of the American military to carry out operations whenever and wherever it wants.
But he also referred the other day to Operation Eagle Claw.
In 1980, the operation that Jimmy Carter launched to try and rescue American diplomats held in Tehran after the Iranian revolution, that operation ended in disaster as helicopters collided in the Iranian desert.
That is a specter which still hangs over America when it comes to dealing with Iran.
And it is something the president, this president, is aware of and will be just one of many reasons why he will be thinking hard.
I think it's fair to say, Matthew, that there is no consensus.
This is a case of international law versus domestic law.
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