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Ryan Bridge: This war in Iran has been a total balls-up from Trump · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the elephant in the room. This morning show.
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  Speaker 1: We this war in Iran has been a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a balls up from Donald Trump at this point. He's
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  Speaker 1: cried wolf now three times on his ultimatums. He's said
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  Speaker 1: one thing and then in the next breath said the
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  Speaker 1: exact polar opposite of it, and now he's talking about
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  Speaker 1: ending an entire civilization, which again is probably bluster, but
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  Speaker 1: who really knows. White House officials have described him as
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  Speaker 1: being in a defiant mood. Wolves aren't generally one on moods.
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  Speaker 1: They're one on strategy and execution, and the game plan
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  Speaker 1: for Iran has clearly been sorely lacking for some time.
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  Speaker 1: Even Nigel Farage, of all people, has come out overnight
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  Speaker 1: said Trump's gone too far with his rhetoric. Tucker Carlson,
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  Speaker 1: he wants the military to directly disobey Trump's orders refuse
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  Speaker 1: to carry out his bombing. The reason this is all
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  Speaker 1: for nothing is because Trump could blast Iran's military infrastructure
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  Speaker 1: till the cows come home and still not get every drone,
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  Speaker 1: every speedboat, every regime loving terrorist out there and all.
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  Speaker 1: It takes a few of them to hold the world
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  Speaker 1: to ransom. Via the Straight as we're all learning. So
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  Speaker 1: Trump ups the ante. He talks tough, he threatens to
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  Speaker 1: end civilization. And what have the Iranians done. They've cut
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  Speaker 1: off direct diplomatic talks with the US, which means we're
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  Speaker 1: now in some quite dangerous territory. Remember, for them to win,
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  Speaker 1: or claim they have won, all they have to do
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  Speaker 1: is survive to live another day, which leaves Trump either
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  Speaker 1: ending an entire civilization, which surely he won't do because
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  Speaker 1: that could end the world, or backing down again. Either way,
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  Speaker 1: not a great outcome for a strong man like him.
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