Sohrab Ahmari

And I would get to go back, presumably.

But it's as an American, as an American by choice, that I oppose this war for some of the reasons that you laid out with Marjorie.

In the previous segment, the bottom line is I thought that after two decades of failed regime change wars, the United States was going to focus, especially under Trump and under this kind of populist conservatism on domestic reconsolidation, building up at home, restoring our hollowed out industrial capacity.

rethinking how we do immigration and admitting far fewer people.

And that takes real work, not just some of these ICE raids, but that takes legislation that the president hasn't done.

And of course, being prepared for the real challenges of the 21st century.

For the most part, they lie in East Asia.

That's where America's future challenges and opportunities are.

It's China.

It has to do with the fact that in a few years, more than half of global GDP will be in the Asia-Pacific region.

And forget the region that I left behind.

It's the mess of a region that I left behind.

Why go back in, especially on these premises of we're going to give Iranians freedom?

How are they, as you said...

As Marjorie, as others have said, how are we going to achieve that?

What's the metric?

How is that going to be possible without boots on the ground?

And then today I hear both the president and Secretary Hegseth, whom I admire on other fronts, I got to say.

I mean, you know, I've interviewed Pete and and respect him.

I actually think people underestimate him.