Jon Meacham on Iran: This Is an Improvisational Exercise!

MEACHAM: “Here we have a third chapter and an open question, which is, can America project force at will in order to — and I’m just trying to follow the administration’s lines here — first, to try to disrupt a nuclear program, to stop nuclear proliferation, to protect that neighborhood and our allies there. Can we do this in a way that seems improvised? Perhaps it has not been militarily, and I’m not making any comment whatever on the effectiveness of the military operations, but politically, this is an improvisational exercise. And so the question, I think, is going to be, what is the extent of our power in the first quarter of the 21st century? How will we use it and will, after this, will we be able to bend people to our will more easily with simply the threat of force? And so, these are open and important questions that will define, I think, certainly a key period of time here."

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Jon Meacham on Iran: This Is an Improvisational Exercise!‘Will we be able to bend people to our will more easily with simply the threat of force?’News & PoliticsEXCERPT:MEACHAM: “Here we have a third chapter and an open question, which is, can America project force at will in order to — and I’m just trying to follow the administration’s lines here — first, to try to disrupt a nuclear program, to stop nuclear proliferation, to protect that neighborhood and our allies there. Can we do this in a way that seems improvised? Perhaps it has not been militarily, and I’m not making any comment whatever on the effectiveness of the military operations, but politically, this is an improvisational exercise. And so the question, I think, is going to be, what is the extent of our power in the first quarter of the 21st century? How will we use it and will, after this, will we be able to bend people to our will more easily with simply the threat of force? And so, these are open and important questions that will define, I think, certainly a key period of time here."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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