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Hey guys, on the line, I got Trita Parsi, and he is the co-founder of the Quincy Institute

for International Statecraft, and you can find their great website at responsible

statecraft.com, and he writes there a lot, and he's got a new one for the American

conservative, but let me first mention also his books. It's one of favorite books on middle east ever it's so important and good and i cite it

all the time because i learn like 10 things out of it that i still remember and i probably should go back

and reread it because i bet i'd have like 25 things out of that book that i'd like to remember and

tell everybody about but anyway it's called treacherous alliance and of course it's

about israel's relationship with iran ah ha ha ha it's so good anyway and then he also wrote a single

roll of the dice and losing an enemy and uh man is he good on iran issues and he wrote this thing

for tack where is it on iran Trump should resist the zero enrichment fantasy.

TIP the words right out of my mouth only are a much better writer than me.

Welcome back to the show. How are you doing, Trita?

Thank you so much for having me, Scott. And thank you for your kind words that I know that you have reiterated, not just on this show, but on other shows because it comes back to me.

And I really appreciate it. Yeah, no doubt.

Well, look, I just want the world to know what's in there. So don't flatter yourself too much.

It's just that the book is good. No, you did a great job. It's an absolute masterpiece,

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