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Scott Horton

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Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

And I hate to say, I told you so, but I, and, and I hate to say also that I tried for 20, 25 years to stop this thing.

Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

I couldn't, it ended up happening anyway.

Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

You know, despite I,

Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

mine and a lot of other people's efforts to uh get the truth out there i mean when it comes to donald trump he just doesn't give a damn he goes they're not allowed to have nuclear weapons and then he bombs their civilian nuclear program or he doesn't care he cares less for the real world that he's living in even than w bush i think and so that's just the world that we're living in but uh let me end with a short pitch which is for people who want to know the facts about iran

Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

we're going to go ahead and post the Iran section of my course from the Scott Horton Academy at the factsaboutiran.com.

Part Of The Problem
Scott Horton on Iran

So check that out there.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Sure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Well, he started with January, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Trump's second term here and the maximum pressure campaign.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Essentially, as should be clear to everyone now, all these negotiations were just a pretext for war.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Trump and his entire cabinet must have known.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

that the Ayatollah is not going to give up all enrichment.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

That is their latent nuclear deterrent.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Their posture has been heavily implied.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Don't attack us and we won't make a nuke.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

While America's position was, if you make a nuke, if you start to, we'll attack you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

So it's the perfect standoff.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

But what happened was, and you might remember a few weeks ago, there was some talk about, well, maybe we could find a way to compromise on some enrichment.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Maybe they could do a consortium with the Saudis.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#473 โ€“ Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East

Maybe there's some way that we... And then, nope, the pressure came down.