Richard Haass

can be hazardous to your health.

And so I bet there are people in Tehran who are saying, we can't say we're not going to do it or we lie.

That's a possibility.

So that's why we either need really intrusive inspections, because the bottom line is we can't allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon for any number of years.

reasons, the threat it would pose to Israel.

But also, if they start getting nuclear weapons, half a dozen other countries in the Middle East are going to want nuclear weapons of their own.

And if you think the Middle East is bad now, just wait.

But that's what you have to negotiate.

I don't think we can solve this problem militarily.

I do think there's going to have to be a negotiation.

Ironically enough, Anthony, it's going to be a version of what Obama did, the JCPOA, the 2016 agreement.

There's things you can and should improve on it.

It'll be a version of what Witkoff and Kushner rejected in the days leading up to the war.

There's going to be some ceiling that's going to have to be negotiated.

Yeah, I don't care what Iran says in the sense of whether they give up certain rights.

What I care is what they're allowed to have.

Intentions don't matter.

A whole lot of capabilities do.

So I would keep the focus less on what they promise and more on what they're allowed to have.

It's a really interesting question because the U.S.