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On Tuesday\u2019s broadcast of the Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cAmerica Reports,\u201d U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz said that Iran has \u201cradical actors\u2026who solely exist to export the revolution.\u201d \u201cBut we do think we\u2019re dealing with some rational actors. They have to deal with the clerics, and they have to deal with the ayatollahs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-host John Roberts asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:30] \u201cOne of my favorite songs by the rock band The Who includes the line, \u2018Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.\u2019 And it seems like that\u2019s where we are with Ghalibaf and Araghchi. It\u2019s still the same old regime. They\u2019re an outlier in that region, unlike all the other countries in the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, moving toward more progressive modernization, peace and stability, prosperity, Iran wants to remain a rogue regime. And if the same regime is in place, can you ever have real peace and stability across that region, or are they going to continue to try to screw with everybody there?\u201d<\/p>\n
Waltz answered, \u201cWell, they have their radical actors, no doubt, who solely exist to export the revolution. And, as I pointed out to the ambassador from Iran at the United Nations, name me a country that is better off because of Iran\u2019s export of terrorism. Certainly not Lebanon, certainly not Syria, certainly not Yemen, Gaza, or anywhere else. But we do think we\u2019re dealing with some rational actors. They have to deal with the clerics, and they have to deal with the ayatollahs. But, look, right across the Gulf, look at \u2014 this is what I point out, too, look at Dubai, look at Manama, look at Kuwait City, look at Riyadh, Oman, they are exploding in terms of growth and a better life for, not only their citizens, but for the next generation. We\u2019ll see if we don\u2019t box them in so they have no path.\u201d<\/p>\n
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