Richard Haass on Iran: How Much Worse Off Are We Now Than We Were Before This War Began?

HAASS: “I think also, Joe, a lot of this returns the question. I mean, you know, you and Jake think about this, is, you know, we had a moment. The president keeps saying we can’t allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. Okay. Everybody agrees on that. But we had an enormous opportunity both to lock that in and to bring about regime change after June. That was when Iran was at its weakest, after the Israeli and American strikes. And rather than taking advantage of that and trying to impress diplomatically and turn up the economic heat, we ultimately moved towards this war. So you keep coming back to the 'We are going to end up.' The only question I have is, how much worse off are we now than we were before this war began? Donald Trump is going to have to spin it. He’s going to say we’re better off. But quite honestly, no one who has an ounce of objectivity is going to agree with him."

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Richard Haass on Iran: How Much Worse Off Are We Now Than We Were Before This War Began?‘Donald Trump is going to have to spin it’News & PoliticsEXCERPT:HAASS: “I think also, Joe, a lot of this returns the question. I mean, you know, you and Jake think about this, is, you know, we had a moment. The president keeps saying we can’t allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. Okay. Everybody agrees on that. But we had an enormous opportunity both to lock that in and to bring about regime change after June. That was when Iran was at its weakest, after the Israeli and American strikes. And rather than taking advantage of that and trying to impress diplomatically and turn up the economic heat, we ultimately moved towards this war. So you keep coming back to the 'We are going to end up.' The only question I have is, how much worse off are we now than we were before this war began? Donald Trump is going to have to spin it. He’s going to say we’re better off. But quite honestly, no one who has an ounce of objectivity is going to agree with him."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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