from corner. to. a low and welcome to to the point i m brian thomas thanks so much for dropping in today these are my guests to talk about our issue suzanne coble works for the weekly there should be eagle she just came back from saudi arabia where she reported about those attacks she s convinced trump s policy of maximum pressure generated maximum counterpressure. all the fertility shot is iran expert at the brookings institution in doha he believes iran seems to have overplayed its thus far well calculated strategy of escalation. and rick no act as a correspondent for the washington post here in berlin he says trump s so far hasn t been responses. they both reflect concerns over
think everybody has a good reason to fear that there is a mistake which leads to an escalation and they completely describe the potential of danger we see here. what we should not underestimate is that there is a war going on since for no obvious people are dying in mass is there s a bargeman every day in jenin and what we see is the repercussions the ripple effects which are coming from there and it s a combination i would say between this war and the tensions which saudi arabia and iran has right now and including certainly the interests and the leverage the americans have a about it or also see is that. the this protection umbrella that the americans provided for so long is not is not is not given any longer. president trump is like always. weighing what could benefit does what could affect
a whole discussion about economic sanctions and their impact on the civilian populations and their role of course human rights issues that are of concern. it s the imposing country house to you know be good to take care off but also when it comes to economic sanctions there are also local autocrats who do benefit from any kind of imposition of sanctions so it s not that easy ok where does the american public really stand on this if they back the president s position. on on iran not going forcefully as john bolton is no longer with the administration would have liked and counting on the sanctions regime and possibly some back tell discussions we re certainly no appetite in the united states for any military escalation of the in fact the president himself a problem is to withdraw troops from afghanistan he hasn t done so yet he s under pressure to do so so the public certainly is very wary of any escalation of that
kind of leverage that we have political and economic these of those countries that we just use them more often and we you know you we you know perhaps my just some kind of conditionalities when it comes to deepening corporation with those countries that that is a possibility they can dish out what is right now are something donald trump definitely looking at in reference to to around his question right now is he needs to contain iran and at the same time prevent a regional conflict from happening that would threaten him in the 2020 elections is is that a major concern right now washington well certainly the concern is. you know on one side of the political divide you have the hawks who think that he s essentially caused all this by being too cautious on the other side you have some of his own supporters but also a lot of democrats who say he needs to be very cautious and continues intially that
trump corner. hello and welcome to to the point i m brian thomas thanks so much for dropping in today these are my guests to talk about our issue suzanne coble works for the weekly dish beagle she just came back from saudi arabia where she reported about those attacks she s convinced trump s policy of maximum pressure generated maximum counterpressure. all the fertility job is iran expert at the brookings institution in doha he believes iran seems to have overplayed its thus far well calculated strategy of task. and rick no act as a correspondent for the washington post here in berlin he says trump s so far hasn t in response. they both reflect concerns over