00:00OK, I mean, the leadership, as you alluded to in your first answer, has looked pretty fragile at several moments
00:07during the last 18 months or so.
00:09And I'm wondering whether you think there's a risk that by striking a deal with the current leadership in Iran,
00:16effectively, the United States will be giving them a new lease of life, won't they?
00:21I don't see President Trump ever agreeing to that, but he is going to pursue this diplomatic track to see
00:26if an acceptable agreement along the lines I just outlined are possible.
00:30But there's another reason the U.S. is doing that.
00:33That's because our allies in the Middle East asked us to, especially Saudi Arabia.
00:37They want diplomacy tried.
00:39They want a good effort made to try to avoid a wider conflict.
00:43I think there's a concern by states in the region what this week in Iran might do if it is
00:49attacked again.
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