Does Israel need Trump's help completing the job in Iran?

And if so, will Trump give it? We'll discuss all this and more on this edition of the editors. I'm Rich Laueri. I'm joined as always by the Wright-honable Charles C.W. Cook, the good neighbor, Noah Rothman and the Sage of Authenticity Woods. Jim Garrity, you are, of course, listening to a National View podcast. Our sponsors this episode are made in

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So Jim Garrity, we are now a couple days into this campaign.

Israel has established pretty much total dominance over the skies of Iran.

Some pockets where the Iranians can still muster air defenses.

It's a big country.

Israel so far has kept a relative lid on the Iranian ballistic missile threat, which is a major one.

The last figures I saw, probably outdated as we speak,

but something like 387 missiles launched and 30 have gotten through. There have been casualties

and damage in Israel, but the bombing campaign continues apace. The intelligence operation

continues apace. I thought, Jim, you know, the first couple hours would be that when they would assassinate and take out the key regime figures and the nuclear scientists, but that has been continuing as well, including if reports are to believe through simultaneous explosions of cars carrying such people, and it seems as though the targets are widening out,

you know, just just hitting elements of the regime and its foundations. What do you make of it?

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