Daniel Haqiqatjou

It's creating an economic crisis, literally.

The war on terror since 2001 has cost, a very conservative estimate, $8 trillion for the United States, not to mention other kinds of problems.

So why should Donald Trump

support Israel in opening up another war with another Middle Eastern country when there are so many problems at home that need to be addressed.

This becomes an existential problem for America if the U.S.

supports Israel in trying to do regime change in Iran.

I think that's going to be the strongest argument.

That's going to put the pressure on Dinesh D'Souza to defend that special relationship that the U.S.

has with Israel, with the Israeli lobby.

And he's going to be very uncomfortable with that because that compromises him and his position and his relationship with Zionist organizations and neocons.

So that's what I was hoping to see in that debate.

Instead, the debate became about, well, are these mullahs in Iran crazy or not?

Or are they rational?

Do they have, in their pursuit of nuclear weapons, is that a rational pursuit?

That's an important topic.

Does Iran have the right to defend itself?

Does Iran have the right to pursue nuclear weapons?

Should America try to prevent Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons?

What does that mean in geopolitical terms and the history and context of the region, et cetera?

That's a very interesting, important discussion to have.