00:00And, Eric, according to Reuters, U.S. military planning on Iran has now reached an advanced stage with options, including
00:08targeting individuals as part of an attack and even government change in Iran.
00:15What do you make of this after just what you said to me that with that huge military buildup we're
00:21seeing?
00:21Yeah, I mean, the U.S. military has many, many different options when it comes to strikes.
00:26And it'll be, you know, when you go back to Operation Absolute Resolve, right, or rather, excuse me, Operation Midnight
00:34Hammer back in June, I'm getting all of my military operations confused.
00:38There have been a number of them, regrettably.
00:40But, you know, when you go back to Midnight Hammer, you had the U.S. military striking key nuclear sites
00:46in Iran.
00:47That's just one thing that the U.S. can do.
00:49It can also target conventional forces targets.
00:54It can also target different headquarters within the regime that deal with suppression of human rights in the country.
01:05It can – I mean, there's so many different options, it's really hard to say.
01:08But, you know, a lot of it kind of boils down to what sort of message does Trump want to
01:11send, right?
01:12Is this – and this is actually the fundamental question – is this buildup that we're seeing, is it really
01:17about the Iranian regime mistreating the protesters, or is it about their nuclear weapons program or a combination of both?
01:25The answer to that question will then, I think, dictate which targets the United States decides to hit.
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