Iran is a dangerous, repressive theocracy with nuclear ambitions, and there is no rational excuse for the West to be soft on them.

“Okay. What but what what in the world is the rationale for being soft on Iran? Like I I I don't see a rationale for that at all. I mean Iran is a terrible repressive theocracy with nuclear ambitions. It's a dangerous regime. So how can you be soft on Iran?”

US policy makers likely avoid a confrontation with Iran because they fear it would lead to a catastrophic war, leading them to prefer Iranian nuclear acquisition over military conflict.

“But actually if you're given a binary choice between a war with Iran with the US fighting Iran to keep it from being not nuclear and then ju or just hoping that if they get a nuclear weapon we can deter them and Israel can deter them like everybody else's with nuclear weapons has been deterred. they”