I'm John Batchew with my colleague and friend, that is, Macotter, American Greatness,

and we're thrilled to welcome back our colleague, Malcolm Honeline. He's been on the road for a month. He returns at the moment. The American Warfleet and warplanes are ringed around Iran. We're told there are negotiations later on this week. That's part of Malcolm's information about what negotiations.

What are they talking about? That is, you have a question from Malcolm.

My question regarding Iran, Malcolm, is relatively straightforward. It's binary choice.

Is this really the U.S. pressure done to get a negotiation underway around a table, or is this seriously about attacking Iran

and trying to depose that regime?

I think the goal, optimal goal would be to change the regime because anything else that leaves

in place either the remnants of this regime or those who were its allies.

And remember, they have still the backing of the besiege and of the IORGC,

less so the army and the police, as was demonstrated during the response to the demonstrations

that were taking place.

I think that the U.S. is very serious.

Our capacity in the region is almost unprecedented, certainly since, what was it, 2003, during

the Iraq War.

The, I think they are being taken seriously.

Today, we saw the refueling planes landing in Israel.

I think some 45 were flown from Europe.

We see the USS Ford, the aircraft carrier, the largest that we have, and I think it's the

largest in the world.

And it was in Crete and in the Mediterranean and will be in the field very soon.

And all sorts of meetings that are taking

place. Secretary of State Rubio was supposed to go there Thursday. It's been postponed till

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