00:00Adolfo, we have heard from Iran, but we are still waiting to get a response from Israel.
00:06Could we see significant pushback from Tel Aviv after Trump's move towards de-escalation?
00:13Because we know that there's two theatres of war happening at the moment.
00:17Israel when it comes to Lebanon, Israel when it comes to Iran.
00:21Is this going to be music to Benjamin Netanyahu's ears, or is this going to put a real spanner in
00:28the works for Israel?
00:29Well, it's an excellent question.
00:31There's always these allegations, particularly by Iran and other detractors, that somehow the U.S. is taking direction from Israel.
00:39It's not.
00:40They're bifurcated interests.
00:41They align often.
00:43We do want the proxies eliminated, and we want Iran neutralized.
00:47But Israel has a different agenda.
00:49Israel from the beginning has called for a regime change.
00:53The president has said that's desirable, but has never committed the United States to compel that.
00:59So there are different interests.
01:01There's no question.
01:03I think Israel is going to be disappointed, frankly, Leanne, if there is a negotiated deal of any kind in
01:11the current regime, although very much weakened, remains in power.
01:16Israel's agenda is to actually end the dictatorship and install a new government.
01:22But keep in mind that as we speak and the so-called negotiations are going on, Admiral Cooper today, our
01:29fleet commander, reported that the attacks have only stepped up by both Israel and the United States.
01:35So the war is still on, and we have yet to see what will happen in the next few days
01:42regarding the state of Hormuz or something more broad, broader than that.
01:46But you're right.
01:47Israel's agenda is different than the United States.
01:50But ultimately, the United States is key to any type of military operation in Iran that would lead to Israel's
01:59desired goal.
02:00So a long way of saying the war could end before Israel wanted to.
