Mark Dubowitz
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I think that's best case.
I think worst case is that the Iranians do what they've unfortunately been doing over and over again and rejecting these deals and holding firm that they want to retain this enrichment capability.
And the only reason they want to retain enrichment capability is the option to develop nuclear weapons.
Otherwise, they can have civilian energy.
Tomorrow makes much more commercial sense to do that.
And the entire international community would help them and pay for that.
I worry that they're going to just remain intransigent at the negotiating table.
And I think if they do that, then what I worry that they're going to do is whatever remaining capabilities they have left, they'll bide their time.
They'll wait for the opportunity.
Maybe it's not now.
Maybe it's when Trump's gone.
And they will rebuild this nuclear weapons program.
And they'll be then inviting...
further strikes, further war, and further suffering.
And I worry that that is the worst case.
And by the way, as part of that worst case in retaining the capabilities,
The extra worst case is they take those capabilities and they go for a nuclear bomb.
Now, if Scott's right and the regime has never had any desire for a nuclear bomb, we don't have to worry about that because, according to Scott, all of this has been fabricated, all of this has been a result of U.S.
and Israeli intelligence mendacity, and we don't have to worry about a nuclear weapon.
I personally worry about it, knowing this regime, looking at