Ted Cruz

They are unlikely to lay down their guns or give up the 40% of the Iranian economy they control.

They are led by Ahmed Vahidi, an internationally sanctioned terrorist.

Quote, terrorists are a**holes.

was a wise saying of one of my counterterrorist colleagues at the CIA.

She didn't just mean that terror plots ruined our weekends and sleep schedules.

She meant that terrorists are psychopathic, disloyal, and venal creatures who couldn't did mistreat each other and turn against each other.

The top ranks of the IRGC are full of them.

And this is the final point.

What might lead the IRGC to sideline or overthrow Khamenei and his weak president, Massoud Pesachkin?

Two kinds of strike.

An anti-regime blow from the United States or the labor variety that would shut down Iran's energy sector.

If both occur, my money is on a coup.

And goodbye, mullahs.

And this is from Peter Thoreau, spent 20 years in the U.S.

government and the CIA.

I got to say, look, I appreciated that article because it provides a level of context and detail.

drawing a real difference between what happens when you have a weak pro-Islamist president like Barack Obama, or for that matter, Joe Biden in the White House, versus a strong pro-America president like Donald Trump.

And I think the terrain is totally different, which is why, by the way, Trump is saying to the protesters, keep a list of the names of any soldiers who are committing atrocities because there is going to be accountability.

That carrot and stick is really powerful for deterring that kind of horrific action.

I think that's right.