Steve Yates
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1,090 appearances
8 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 12 Sep
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Yeah, I think it's very shaky, and that's an area where I think
oddly, while people wouldn't attach smart power to the make America great again foreign policy, I think that we've used some very effective levers that are non-military.
We've used our military to cut off the oil.
That is an immense pressure on them.
The movement in Venezuela politically was tied very close to them.
So in terms of political warfare, economic warfare, and economic security, we've really maxed options.
And so I think we've got...
the best shot we've had for this external pressure campaign to maybe give a different path forward.
But what fascinates me is really in Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and maybe other places, we're really seeing a very sophisticated approach to easing these transitions without America going in to push it too far and have it blow up back on us.
Well, I think there is a pretty clear sense.
And, you know, in our country, I don't think enough Americans appreciate the fact that the Iranian regime has threatened to kill our president more than once over the history of this dispute.
That kind of matters.
I mean, just remember, presidents are human beings, but also you just can't allow that if you are a sovereign power and a global power.
And these other regional allies, believe me, they have suffered under assassination attempts and other kinds of violence against them.
They have have blood feud with the theocratic regime across the water from them in many cases, some across the border like Iran and Iraq.
It's, I think, very, very clear to them that they would much prefer to have a reform oriented government there and they would invest heavily.
And there is a path to peace and prosperity that way, but it's expanding the ethos of the Abraham Accords.
And under the theocratic regime in Iran, that's not an option.
They support the radical terrorists that attacked Israel and believe in river-to-sea mentality, and that is not compatible with our allies in the Gulf.
Well, it was mind blowing.
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