I disagree with the Republicans on pretty much everything. But they’ve been right on Iran and I’ve been wrong. Particularly Mike Pompeo. When he became Secretary of State and advocated a much harder line, I thought he was bloodthirsty. But, the truth is he was trying to avoid October 7th. His strategy of maximum pressure, excluding our withdrawal from the nuclear deal, was the correct one. We’ve tried a few appeasing them, and they’ve just gotten more and more blatant with directly funding the proxy terrorism that is destabilizing the entire Middle East. It’s not really clear how to handle the IRGC, but one thing that is apparent is these are the kind of people that only back down when you hit them back.
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