Norm Finkelstein
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first heard Apr 2026
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Thank you for having me.
I don't claim any special knowledge in this area.
I can only speak as a generally knowledgeable lay person.
I think that President Trump has three burdens at this point.
The war began with the overwhelming majority of American people believing it was an unnecessary war.
That then, a second factor came into play.
It proved to be an economically onerous war, an expensive war for the American people.
And then number three, which became clear last week, it was an unwinnable war.
Even threatening the annihilation of Iranian civilization didn't get the Iranians to budge on their basic issues.
So with those three factors, unnecessary, unwinnable, and progressively, incrementally more expensive, it doesn't seem that Trump, in my opinion, and I've heard other opinions from people whom I respect, but I don't believe he can start up the war again at the magnitude that it was before.
that there may be local, so to speak, and probably it's the wrong word, but local skirmishes, yes, and that they may go on for a protracted period of time, yes, but even there with the caveat that unless the Straits of Hormuz are opened, the economic burdens will just progressively increase.
So I don't believe...
Contrary, as I said to listening to other commentators, I don't think war is an option for President Trump at this point.
As to where it will go, I can't say, but war is not an option.
I would also want to add to that what you might call idiosyncratic or eccentric aspect, which is
President Trump has no mental discipline.
He doesn't have physical stamina to focus on one issue, mental or physical stamina, to focus on any one global issue at a time.
He moves on.
He moves from one crisis to another.
He's basically what you might describe as a human wrecking ball.
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