Mark Dubowitz
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There we go.
Agreement.
There we go.
That's fun.
That makes my heart feel so good.
Well, so I'm not sure if he would have, but let's just a little bit of history.
I think it's just useful for the viewers to know, again, the context, especially when Scott and I agree.
So a process was begun.
I'm loving this so much.
By the Trump administration.
Trump appointed Brian Hook, or Secretary Pompeo actually appointed Brian Hook, who was the lead Iran envoy.
And he began a process of talking to the Europeans.
And the Europeans actually rejected this idea.
And so at some point, Trump said, look, if the Europeans aren't prepared to get on side, then I'm out of the deal.
I'm out of the deal.
And if you're interested, I can talk about why I thought we should have stayed in the deal, because I thought it gave us some important restrictions in the short term, certain leverage.
But Trump decides to withdraw from that agreement because he recognizes that the fatal flaw of the agreement or the fatal flaws of the agreement are one, giving them any enrichment capability, especially at an industrial size within 15 years.
Right.
And two, are these sunsets, as Scott said, under which these restrictions are going to go away, and Iran's going to end up with a massive nuclear program.
So I think that's just important.