The United States must exercise strength to durably keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

“The only way to get the Strait of Hormuz durably open is through strength. Because otherwise, the Iranians will jerk us around as they have been doing for 50 years.”

The current ceasefire with Iran is failing, and the United States should escalate its military engagement.

“I don't think we're winning this ceasefire at this point. I think that President Trump needs to stop dithering and escalate. Um, and so I think that at this point you have to you have to look and say that the ceasefire hasn't been working.”

The United States must maintain a Department of Defense and support the troops due to existing national security threats.

“I believe that we do need to have a Department of Defense. We need to support our troops. We have national security threats that we have to be prepared to deal with.”

The United States must ensure regime change in Tehran to achieve long-term security in the Middle East and neutralize the nuclear program.

“there is no route to peace and security in the Middle East in any lasting basis until the regime in Tehran is removed and that includes dealing with uh the nuclear program.”

The Trump administration's foreign policy in the Middle East is part of a larger global grand strategy focused on weakening China.

“I suspect strongly based on lots of inferences that at some point early in the in this administration, Rubio and Trump got together and looked at a map of the world and said, "Our main adversary is China."”

The United States should withdraw all military presence from the Middle East rather than attempting to maintain an unsustainable and failing war.

“And I'm here to go back to endorse what Joe Kent said at the very beginning, which is just cut and run. Just turn around and leave. We've got nothing to lose.”

The United States should end its military presence in the Middle East as it serves Israel rather than protecting the American homeland.

“our government works for Israel. So, they were there for Israel. And having those bases there made you a target. I mean, the proof is in the pudding, number one, and Iran is forcing them to realize that.”

The speaker argues that the United States government should unilaterally withdraw from the war and the region.

“We don't even need to make a deal about the strait. They'll figure it out amongst themselves. All the incentives are to open it up and as long as we get out of there.”

The United States should withdraw from the Middle East region because the ongoing war is devastating and does not serve American interests.

“The Iranians would like the United States to leave the region or in the very least weaken the US's military capabilities in the region. And in order to do that, they are specifically doing targeted strikes against US US military bases and military assets in Gulf countries and now in Jordan. Now, at ”

US foreign policy is driven by the interests of donors and lobbyists rather than the needs of the American public.

“we don't ever go to war for the American people. We go to war for different donor classes. oil, military-industrial complex, Israel, different sets of lobbies force Americans to go and die in wars and certainly to pay for all those wars.”