Robert Malley
speaker
322 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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Sanctions work when they have a very specific objective and when the target of sanctions understands that if they compromise on that objective, they could maintain the core of their interests.
That's why the Obama-JCPOA nuclear deal worked.
They had to concede some of their nuclear advances in exchange for tangible benefit, which didn't call into question the existence of the regime.
But the kind of, you know, we're going to put sanctions and then the regime will disappear, it's really a recipe for more suffering.
So, I mean, one of the, I don't know if it's an irony, but it is true that the U.S.
economy probably suffered less than most others, even though the U.S.
was the instigator of this unlawful war.
But that's, you know, it's a, you know, it's maybe it's a sad reality for the rest of the world.
But yes, there was a price that was paid.
The price of oil and gas went up.
People saw it at the pump.
I think that's one of the main motivations that President Trump had to conclude this deal is that
He has midterm elections coming up in November.
So, you know, I think it did send a lesson to this president and future presidents that war with Iran is certainly not what he thought it would be, which is a quick stroll in the park.
Get rid of the regime.
Exactly.
So I think they've learned that lesson.
And hopefully the longer-term lesson is that we've now tried several things with Iran.
We've tried maximum pressure sanctions.
We've tried war.
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