Retired general and U.S. diplomat Mark Kimmitt says the White House isn’t obligated to help overthrow the Islamic Republic, even though some have called for regime change in Iran. He tells “NewsNation Prime” the U.S. may have to settle for the type of arrangement it has with Venezuela and Syria: “We’ve left the government in place, and we now have two governments that we can work with. Let’s hope the same thing can happen in Iran, whether it’s done through a moderate takeover by the people, or a more moderate regime 2.0.” #RegimeChange #Iran #Trump "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source…
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WEICHERT: Another issue is the attempted ballistic missile strikes on the carrier. I’m still confirming, but satellite photos of Bandar Abbas show one Fateh class diesel electric sub missing. In 25 years of war games, the U.S. Navy has not always detected diesel electric boats within torpedo range of a carrier.
BANNON: Iran is hitting Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, even Saudi Arabia. What’s the strategy? Can they choke off oil through the Strait of Hormuz? FENNELL: Just declaring the Strait closed cut traffic. AIS tracking dropped immediately. Now 150 to 200 tankers are waiting south of the Strait. That will spike oil. We’re also seeing leadership decapitation, command and control degraded. Their response looks sporadic, not coordinated, while U.S. strikes continue and flight ops go on.
GAFFNEY: This won’t be over tmr. I mourn the loss of 3 American servicemen. Will we take more casualties? Of course there will. This is likely to be a hard slog. BANNON: I’m going to be brutally frank. If it’s a hard slog, that was not pitched in the 2024 campaign. We’re going to bleed support.
POSOBIEC: We’re seeing the Iranian response as U.S. and Israeli strikes continue. Iran is waging asymmetric warfare, hitting tankers, oil platforms, Dubai, Jebel Ali, and Gulf partners to pressure the U.S. to sue for peace.
BANNON: How concerned are you that a diesel boat could slip out of the Straits of Hormuz and threaten the strike group? CAPT FANELL: Iran has 28 to 30 subs. Not a surprise they’d try. But Lincoln has had air and sea supremacy for weeks, with escorts watching the undersea domain. They can try. That’s war. So far, nothing close to our carriers.
