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For largely ideological reasons because obama negotiated it withdrew from the iran deal. this is now having serious, serious geopolitical consequences and you can see trump sobering up. at this point trying to figure out what do i do. because if, in fact, that is the case that iran in some way directly ordered these attacks, presumably he s faced with the quandary, does the united states respond in some way? but it all goes back to a decision that he made essentially to subcontract american foreign policy in the middle east to saudi arabia, and to go all-in with saudi arabia s sectarian shia versus sunni war with iran. nicolas, why do you say that this is a predictable outcome of president trump pulling the u.s. out of the iran teal? well, don, i mean, i think that everybody back then knew that if we pulled out of the deal then iran was going to respond, both by ramping up its
Withdrew from the deal. it s having sense consequences. and you can see trump sobering up trying to figure out what do i do? if that is the case, the iran did directly order the attacks, presumably he s faced with a quandary. does the united states respond in some way. it goes back to ta decision he made essentially to subcontract american foreign policy in the middle east saudi arabia. and to go all in with saudi arabia sectarian war. with iran. why do you say this is a predictable out come of president trump pulling out of the iran deal? well, don, everybody back then knew that if we pulled out of the deal iran was going respond. both by ramping up nuclear program. as it has. and also by taking measures to create pressure on us.
well, there s no question that we have outsourced american foreign policy in the middle east to saudi arabia for quite some time now. it is not clear what american interests were served by abrogating the nuclear deal. it s not clear what american interests are served by this enormous twist of essentially trying to strangle iran. this is part of a saudi/iranian rivalry in the region that is partly geopolitical, partly sectarian. the saudis arabs and the iranians are persian. it s not clear what america s interests are. and then the president said something more demeaning, i think, in describing at some point in the oval office the fact that, well, maybe the saudis will pay us. we can be sure they ll pay us if we do something. now i would hope the president