Sam Faddis

I understand the president has now said that the killings have stopped.

I can't confirm that.

I assume he has good information to rely upon.

I would just say if the killings have stopped, it's because they don't need to kill any more people.

They have crushed the protest would be my opinion.

Well, the best understanding I have is that there was some delay in the military options because Iran had made it crystal clear that if they were hit, they were going to retaliate against our forces in the Middle East.

And the military was saying,

We need more time to get prepared to withstand that and counter that.

I don't know where we stand on whether we're going to proceed with these attacks.

I mean, what I can tell you from long experience working against the Ayatollahs is they don't really understand.

They don't care.

They understand, but they don't care about discussion or they're not seeking accommodation.

They're not seeking coexistence.

So you can isolate them, wall them off and sort of accept that they're going to continue to exist.

Or you can hit them hard enough to change things.

But discussion with them is pointless in my estimation.

Their worldview is such that they do not seek accommodation.

They're not interested in getting along with us.

Again, you can wall them off.

and say we'll accept that they've sort of been walled off from the rest of the world, or we can do what is required to take them down.