This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Friday, January 17th, 2020.

I'm Caleb Brown.

The last few weeks in Iran may demonstrate more than just some ugly brinksmanship directed by the

United States or a bone-headed or malicious downing of a Ukrainian airliner.

Kators Mustafa Akio says the end of the Iranian regime should come, but the destruction

of that regime should come from the people and not the U.S. military.

Well people who are following Iran really had very interesting things to see in the past couple of months

for first there were important anti-government into regime protests in Iran then came the the killing of Khosm so they money.

Who's not a person we should any tears to shed.

He had the blood of many innocent people in Syrians and elsewhere. He organized many

violent groups that did many terrible things and the Iranian regime itself is

brutal. However having said, I always say that there's a very important

distinction between a regime being very bad and the right strategy against that regime.

The Soviet Union was probably the worst regime ever,

I mean we've seen in recent history,

but it didn't collapse because of the US military action against it.

It collapsed because its system was bad and it was doomed to collapse.

And the US stood strong, that was right,

and also showed what an alternative is you know what the free society

it looks like so I think I'm someone who hopes to see the Iranian regime will collapse

but it's not going to happen with military intervention.

It shouldn't, and if that is the case, that would be a big disaster for everybody I think

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