VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-20
“Every time we try and intervene, change the person or the regime, it seems to have been a mistake,”
Tom Barrack · said 2026-10-20 · reported 2026-10-20
Barrack questioned the effectiveness of prior US interventions, noting the US had been involved in 23 regime changes across the wider Middle East.
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