🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. could strike Iran again, but what comes after?
We had an interesting conversation with former CIA operations officer Charles Finfrock, who thinks Washington may be preparing another major round of strikes against Iran.
And unlike some of my other guests, Charles believes a concentrated 72-hour campaign could do serious damage, especially if coordinated with Israel.
He wants the U.S. to target Iran's leadership, military command structure, missile capabilities and the security forces keeping the regime in power.
But our disagreement really began when we talked about what happens afterward.
Charles believes removing the regime could give Iranians a chance to determine their own future. Yet he also acknowledged that Iran could end up looking like Libya, with prolonged instability and no functioning democracy emerging anytime soon.
That admission stuck.
We've already seen what happened in Iraq and Libya. Removing a government is one thing. Building something better is quite another.
Charles argues that Iran's nuclear ambitions make the risk worth confronting. But Brandon worries that another war could leave us with a fractured country, dangerous weapons in uncertain hands and yet another American commitment we can't easily escape.
And perhaps the most revealing part of our conversation was that neither of us could confidently describe what a stable postwar Iran would actually look like.
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After Game Report. 49ers 32, Seahawks 29 at Lumen.
Close. Loud. Right there.
Turnovers hurt. Finishing drives hurt. And still — JSN showed up.
Proud of the fight. Frustrated with the finish. Seattle doesn’t fold in October.
Rain or shine — Go Hawks.
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The fed is reporting gas heat as down 7% from last year.
Who is right, my gas provider or the fed ?
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