AN EXPERT ON BOTH PRESIDENTIAL INTRIGUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> HIS MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN
IS REALLY SQUEEZING IRAN.
IT’S A MISTAKE.
IT’S GOING TO FORCE IRAN TO THE
TABLE.
TABLE. I’M TOLD THAT HE.
>> LET ME IS ASK YOU THIS.
HE IS NOT THAT PERSON.
I’M SURE HE HAS BEEN -- WHAT’S
THE DOWN SIDE?
>> THE WHOLE WORLD HAS TOLD THEM
AMERICA IS OUR ENEMY.
AMERICAN IS UNTRUST WORTHY.
DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE
JCOPA.
JCOPA. >> AT LEAST BY JOHN BOLTEDON AND
MIKE POMPEO.
MIKE POMPEO. WE CAN DEBATE WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT IS TRULY INTO THIS OR
NOT, TO FEEL THE NEED THAT IT
WAS TIME TO AT LEAST -- WELL,
NOT TO GET IN A WAR-LIKE SETTING
TO BE ON A HIGHER ALERT.
>> FROM ALL OF MY REPORTING, I
THINK THE INTELLIGENCE IS REAL.
>> THE IRAQIS DON’T BUY IT, DO
THEY?
THEY? THEY’RE UPSET ABOUT THE DECISION
THAT SUDDENLY WE’RE --
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL.
SKEPTICAL. OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE
SKEPTICAL.
SKEPTICAL. THEY BEGAN DOING THINGS TO HAVE,
IN EFFECT, COUNTY PUNCH.
>> OUR ALLIES, ALTHOUGH THEY BUY
THE BASIC FACTS OF INTELLIGENCE,
THINK THAT OUR OVERREACTION IS
CREATING A CYCLE THAT IS GOING
TO GET US --
>> MAYBE IN AN ACCIDENT.
>> AND EVERYBODY IN THE REGION
INTO TROUBLE.
INTO TROUBLE. >> WHAT DO THE GULF STATES IN
ISRAEL WANT.
ISRAEL WANT. IN SOME WAYS THEY BASICALLY
BONDED.
BONDED. SFLO WHAT DO THEY -- THE SUFRT
TRUE ANSWER IS WHAT THEY WANT IS
REGIME CHANGE.
REGIME CHANGE. THEY FUNDAMENTALLY DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT THIS YOU CAN KEEP
TURNING THE SCREWS ON SANCTIONS
AND CREATE ECONOMIC DISLOCATION,
AND END UP WITH A BETTER
SITUATION.
SITUATION. IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK THAT WAY.
YOU’RE GOING TO END UP WITH THE
HARDER LINERS MORE POWERFUL THAN
BEFORE.
BEFORE. >> IT’S REALLY WORKED WITH NORTH
KOREA.
KOREA. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
UP AHEAD, ARE DEMOCRATS ANY
CLOSER TO THE DECISION ON