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Hussein Ibish

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147 total appearances

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Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

And we can't do that if every time we write a check, we have to worry about the Treasury Department slamming us. So if you want us to handle our business, you've got to take these sanctions off. The deal with the Houthis in Yemen is undoubtedly directly connected to another conflict ending or conflict containing policy of Trump, which is the negotiations with Iran.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

And we can't do that if every time we write a check, we have to worry about the Treasury Department slamming us. So if you want us to handle our business, you've got to take these sanctions off. The deal with the Houthis in Yemen is undoubtedly directly connected to another conflict ending or conflict containing policy of Trump, which is the negotiations with Iran.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Trump definitely wants a deal with the Iranians, another version. of the Obama peace deal, which he railed against, but is trying to resurrect, but he wants it to be longer and stronger and tougher on Iran. And he can get all of that because of what happened to the Iranians under Biden. I mean, he'll never give Biden the credit,

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Trump definitely wants a deal with the Iranians, another version. of the Obama peace deal, which he railed against, but is trying to resurrect, but he wants it to be longer and stronger and tougher on Iran. And he can get all of that because of what happened to the Iranians under Biden. I mean, he'll never give Biden the credit,

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Trump definitely wants a deal with the Iranians, another version. of the Obama peace deal, which he railed against, but is trying to resurrect, but he wants it to be longer and stronger and tougher on Iran. And he can get all of that because of what happened to the Iranians under Biden. I mean, he'll never give Biden the credit,

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

for having put Iran in this situation, but it was under his presidency that Iran was crippled in its regional status. And the biggest blow by miles was the Turkish-engineered downfall of Assad in Syria. That's why letting the Saudis and the Emiratis and others do what they can in Syria without sanctions is part of that.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

for having put Iran in this situation, but it was under his presidency that Iran was crippled in its regional status. And the biggest blow by miles was the Turkish-engineered downfall of Assad in Syria. That's why letting the Saudis and the Emiratis and others do what they can in Syria without sanctions is part of that.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

for having put Iran in this situation, but it was under his presidency that Iran was crippled in its regional status. And the biggest blow by miles was the Turkish-engineered downfall of Assad in Syria. That's why letting the Saudis and the Emiratis and others do what they can in Syria without sanctions is part of that.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

He needs to take advantage of this moment of Iranian weakness and the fact that they need 20, 25 years to rebuild their power and to rethink their national security strategy, because it was all based on the idea that Arab militia groups led by Hezbollah in Lebanon would provide a powerful forward defense. against Israel and ultimately the United States. And that was tested and proved untrue.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

He needs to take advantage of this moment of Iranian weakness and the fact that they need 20, 25 years to rebuild their power and to rethink their national security strategy, because it was all based on the idea that Arab militia groups led by Hezbollah in Lebanon would provide a powerful forward defense. against Israel and ultimately the United States. And that was tested and proved untrue.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

He needs to take advantage of this moment of Iranian weakness and the fact that they need 20, 25 years to rebuild their power and to rethink their national security strategy, because it was all based on the idea that Arab militia groups led by Hezbollah in Lebanon would provide a powerful forward defense. against Israel and ultimately the United States. And that was tested and proved untrue.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Hezbollah was decimated by Israel. So Iran is in very bad shape. It needs to rethink everything and it needs time. And Trump understands this and Trump wants a deal because he doesn't want to be put in a situation of having to confront the Iranians militarily. And Iran wants a deal. And the only country left that doesn't want such a deal is Israel. With Obama, the Arabs were totally against it.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Hezbollah was decimated by Israel. So Iran is in very bad shape. It needs to rethink everything and it needs time. And Trump understands this and Trump wants a deal because he doesn't want to be put in a situation of having to confront the Iranians militarily. And Iran wants a deal. And the only country left that doesn't want such a deal is Israel. With Obama, the Arabs were totally against it.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

Hezbollah was decimated by Israel. So Iran is in very bad shape. It needs to rethink everything and it needs time. And Trump understands this and Trump wants a deal because he doesn't want to be put in a situation of having to confront the Iranians militarily. And Iran wants a deal. And the only country left that doesn't want such a deal is Israel. With Obama, the Arabs were totally against it.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

But now they're all for it because they want calm and regional stability.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

But now they're all for it because they want calm and regional stability.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

But now they're all for it because they want calm and regional stability.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

I mean, it certainly incentivizes Trump to think very carefully about doing what he can to restrain Israel's worst impulses in Gaza. The situation in Gaza is so dire after more than 70 days of complete blockade, no food, no medicine, no water, no electricity, no shelter, nothing, no supplies into Gaza.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

I mean, it certainly incentivizes Trump to think very carefully about doing what he can to restrain Israel's worst impulses in Gaza. The situation in Gaza is so dire after more than 70 days of complete blockade, no food, no medicine, no water, no electricity, no shelter, nothing, no supplies into Gaza.

Radio Atlantic
Trump and the Crown Prince

I mean, it certainly incentivizes Trump to think very carefully about doing what he can to restrain Israel's worst impulses in Gaza. The situation in Gaza is so dire after more than 70 days of complete blockade, no food, no medicine, no water, no electricity, no shelter, nothing, no supplies into Gaza.