Kurt Mills

That's what the original negotiations were last spring before the negotiations were interrupted by the Israelis.

And then frankly, this is why our politics are becoming corroded by this discussion, frankly.

The MCBMs, the medium range ballistic missiles, don't affect the United States.

They're not a threat to the United States.

They're a threat to Israel.

They're not a threat to anybody else in the region.

They're not a threat to Qatar.

Well, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

Only in the context of a war.

Yeah, only in the context of a war.

But if we don't go to war, there's no threat.

Yeah, I know.

I mean, the pretty hawkish nuclear expert who I think is, who is a professional, I don't agree with his politics, but David Albright has signaled that the Iranians are beginning to hide nuclear weapons.

Sorry, not nuclear weapons, nuclear material, again, underground further to try to shield them from bombing.

So there is evidence that, you know, look, that the Iranians could be stalling, but I think the overriding

uh story here is that this is a basically a bureaucratic uh autocratic uh you know almost sovietized part of the world and that that they are pretty slow in negotiating in fact they still maintain that they want to do indirect negotiations which these are sort of bizarre situations in which you know wickhoff's in one room the foreign minister arachi's in another room they're not doing themselves any favor uh but i mean going to full-scale war

because the Iranians' tactical decisions diplomatically are goofy, I'm not really sure is in the American interest.

I'm not sure.

I mean, number one, I think to answer your question directly, that would potentially impair all the negotiations between the United States and Iran.

And the president seems to like these talks going on just to have the talks.