So if we do want a real regime change and we want the people to rise up, we want it to happen fairly organically. Going aggressively after the Ayatollah was the last thing that we ever should have done. Again, like, I'm no fan of the former supreme leader, you know, Ali Khamenei, however, he was moderating their nuclear program. He was preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon. (50:40–50:44)
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