Another co-host takeover ("Freaky Friday edition"): Behnam is joined by his friend, former FDD colleague, and top expert on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ali Alfoneh, now with The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. They discuss this week's historic conflagration between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel.
systems. and another 3 billion for other advanced weapons. systems. the vote follows this week skirmish between israel and iran rattled nerves around the world with us now to talk more on this is behnam ben taleblu he is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies good to see you. so it s. been a real battle, right? in the house to get at the aid packages through to fine tune to amend. and apparently there might be some more amendments taking place now before there is final passage of any $26 for israel. so in your view, if passed how will that funding be dispense and how important will it be well, it s a pleasure being with you. i think if indeed past as you mentioned, it would send a strong deterrent message to the government of the islamic republic, which just last weekend made history with its willingness not to engage in proxy warfare, but in an overt
region. we have to make sure that the islamic republic of iran narrative does not have ascendancy. and when it does have ascendancy is when there are downtrodden and dispossessed and marginalized populations across a series of failed states in middle east. just look at the places where iran has proxy so he s today, iraq, syria, lebanon, gaza, yemen these places are not success stories like the arab states of the persian gulf or even israel they are failed states. so in general, the us does need almost like a marshall plan approach to all the populations in all these jurisdictions this humanitarian dividend could have a security one in the medium to long term then i m ben taleblu. thanks for your time. thank you. i still to come russia gains on the front lines are highlighting ukraine s desperate need for military aid. we go live to capitol hill and q four the details. after a quick break, you re watching the cnn newsroom sanity needs a