Saagar Enjeti

Because they can see this report.

They can see this reporting that's out there in the public of how much U.S.

stockpiles have been diminished and how much that has made not the U.S.

so much, but our allies in the region and ultimately Israel, which, of course, has their stockpiles of these interceptors even more diminished, have been really dependent on us.

But it means that all of those Gulf Arab countries are really sitting ducks.

And, you know, they were complaining during the hot war portion about how they were not getting protected the way that Israel was being protected.

That dynamic would only shift more towards Iran being able to do damage.

And just to go back to that CBS News report about the Iranian capabilities that remain, I mean, it's just completely different.

than what Trump has been selling from, you know, the first day of this war, he claimed that we had basically defeated them and victory was ours, et cetera.

But they say that about half, and again, this is CBS News, right?

This is like Trump regime propaganda outlet, CBS News that is writing this stuff.

They say about half,

of Iran's stockpiled ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems are still intact.

60% of the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps still in existence.

That is totally, I mean, how many times has Trump said that the Navy is basically completely destroyed, barely exists anymore, et cetera?

They say Iranian air power has been significantly degraded but not erased.

About two-thirds of Iran's air force still believed to be operational, the official said, after an intensive U.S.

and Israeli campaign that struck thousands of targets, including storage and production facilities.

Trump, on the other hand, says, quote, we've taken out their navy, we've taken out their air force, we've taken out their leaders.

So square that with the fact that, in reality, two-thirds of Iran's air force still believed to be operational and 60%.