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198. Trump's War On Europe: No Way Back?
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Brzezinski Was Right: There Is No Way Out of Iran
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Scarborough frames the Iran endgame as a belated confirmation of something Dr. Brzezinski articulated clearly in 2012 [1] — Joe Scarborough "You can't invade Iran. You can't go into Iran. They will shut off the strait. They'll never beat you in war, but you will be setting the wo…" 36:36 : you cannot invade Iran. You cannot defeat it on its own terms. It will never beat the United States in conventional warfare, but Iran's asymmetric weapon — control of the Strait of Hormuz — means any military engagement sets the global economy alight. Trump, Scarborough argues, has simply figured out what everyone else already knew: there is no good way out. So he is hoping the American public will credit him with winning militarily, overlook the strategic concessions, and blame JD Vance for the capitulation. The pattern is familiar — America won every battle in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and lost all four wars. Iran is the fifth.
Democrats are focused on whether 0.6% enrichment compares to the Obama deal. Voters will focus on gas prices coming down. The White House knows it can sell the Iran MOU as a win in the short run — and they're probably right.
