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Benham a very good evening to you thank you the despotic duo Raso

Iranian cooperation threats to US interests. We begin with the attack on

Bethlehem Jerusalem Tel Aviv, all the Holy Land, launched from Iran

Territory and we're told also launched from its allies in Yemen and in Iraq.

Perhaps in Syria, I don't have that, but certainly in Lebanon.

Some projectiles were fired by Hezbollah.

But the big news was firing out of Iranian territory.

You have quoted to the congressional committee you addressed with your colleagues remarks by Vladimir Putin

after the attack and you repeat them for everyone to understand the Russia's opinion of the Iranian attack on the Russian

of the Iranian attack on Israel and what this means going forward. Good evening to you,

Benham.

Very good evening to John. Thank you again for having me and for mentioning the testimony.

This is really one of the few areas, sometimes you can say, in foreign policy where our ideals

and our strategies get to converge on countering this rising Iranian-Russian axis.

To that end, and folks may not know this, and in fact folks in Israel who for a little over

a decade have been able to kind of negotiate and kind of

tactfully coordinate with the Russians in Syria to erode the Iranian threat

thinking that the Russians would sell the Iranians out to the highest price, need to see, need to hear how the Iranian press

quoted Russian pleasure of Vladimir Putin after Iran's massive and historic and game-changing ballistic missile, cruise missile, and

drone strike on Israel.

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