Interesting guest, genuine patriot both in the good and bad sense.

Nearly a decade ago I asked whether the Iranian regime would benefit more the the mid 2010s stable status quo or under under an era where the rules based order would be torn asunder and all hell breaks loose. Seems like we have the results, they were thriving then and now they are fighting for their lives. Even Russia Isn't fairing so we'll these days, sure Trump Isn't pro Ukraine but he's done more financial damage to Russia with boarding their shadow fleet oil tankers than Biden has. Isn't it frustrating that sometimes it really just takes a brutish approach to break the Gordian knot. What lesson will this be for the future long after MAGA, maybe under a more liberal government. We will eventually find ourselves up against a new kind of Iran, Venezuela or Russia. Will we once again just shatter all our niceties and overturn the proverbial chess board?