Jeffrey Sachs
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Good to see you, sir.
Great to be with you.
Thank you.
I don't know if there can be a deal, but there can be a solution.
And the solution is quite straightforward.
The United States should leave.
That's all.
The United States and Israel had an idea.
It was crazy.
It failed.
But the idea was that in one day, they would take over Iran.
That was literally the idea, that they would kill the leadership,
put in a new leader of their choice, and then we'd all live happily ever after in their fantasy land.
This failed within hours.
Iran consolidated its government, especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps consolidated its control,
And most importantly, Iran demonstrated the capacity to retaliate and to retaliate very effectively.
And the United States and Israel can do nothing about this.
In other words, there is no military solution.
Period.
Trump continues to act as if he can make