Usually if you take out a leader that doesn't necessarily take make the changes that in Iran's case, it's probably the Islamic Revolutionary Guard that's the center of gravity. They're the ones that control the country and they're very diverse to do that. The Americans center of gravity is probably our economy and our ability to maintain public opinion support. We already know the public isn't there. We know the impact to our economy and central to that is the leverage and I'm running out of time here, but the central of leverage is the Strait of Hormuz. (04:42–04:48)
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Asserts that the U.S. center of gravity is its economy and public opinion.
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