00:00I mean, Iran's got a totally different narrative, as I'm sure you're aware.
00:03And they say the, quote, status quo is intolerable for America.
00:08They go on to say we're just getting started.
00:11You're saying it's not intolerable for the rest of the world.
00:13But in terms of this other line of theirs, that they're just getting started,
00:17I mean, what other cards do you see the Iranians playing?
00:20Well, one of the things I look at is, remember back to the unfortunate conflict
00:25the U.S. was engaged in in Iraq, where you had Baghdad Bob standing out there saying,
00:30all is well.
00:31There are no Americans down here in Baghdad at all.
00:34I think the Iranians are trotting out and trying to say things on social media to the news
00:39to project a game face with the reality of it is they are right now being slowly backed
00:46into a corner where they're not going to be able to survive this event and that they are,
00:51in fact, going to have to come to the negotiating table in good faith
00:54to ensure that they're going to be able to exercise some restraint
01:00and allow that nuclear program to be dismantled in accordance with international law
01:05and the agreements they've signed up to.
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