Geopolitics
Trump Saw Regime Change Wins as Blueprint for Iran Takedown
Mario Nawfal Interviews
BREAKING: IRAN REPORTEDLY USES CLUSTER MISSILES IN BAHRAIN, MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS - w/ Joshua Landis
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"President Trump saw Venezuela as a big success, that he could go in and change these regimes fairly easily. He saw Israel destroy Hezbollah. He saw the Syrian regime fall. And President Trump was just at this big NATO meeting where he embraced the Syrian president, promised he would lift sanctions. So Trump has been just sweeping away one American enemy. And Israelis were arguing to him, we have won all these tactical victories— Hezbollah, Syria. We only have Iran. That's the low-hanging fruit. And if we don't decapitate Iran we will have missed this big strategic moment."
Academic reveals Trump launched Iran campaign after Netanyahu and advisors convinced him regime change would be easy, pointing to recent successes in Venezuela, Syria, and against Hezbollah. The expert suggests hubris over these smaller victories led to miscalculation about conquering a nation of 100 million people. This provides new insight into decision-making that triggered the current conflict.
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- Mario Nawfal Interviews
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- BREAKING: IRAN REPORTEDLY USES CLUSTER MISSILES IN BAHRAIN, MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS - w/ Joshua Landis
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- 31:09
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