Trita Parsi
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5 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 11 Sep
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They're already in the Ukraine war, but not so much in the Iran war.
And thirdly, and perhaps this is the most important thing.
it would enable them to completely reframe the war.
Defeating Iran would no longer be about defending Israel.
It would be about defending Ukraine.
And mindful of the fact that Israel has completely tanked in almost every demographic in the United States.
If you can reframe this and essentially erase the centrality of Israel in this equation, and instead say that this is about Ukraine, a country that is polling much better, has very strong support, particularly on the democratic side in the US, even more so in Europe, then you give this war with Iran a complete
New lease on life, while at the same time minimizing the role and centrality of Israel in this equation altogether, at least to the naked eye.
So I can see it being very attractive from to the Israeli side.
But again, it appears that the last week's visit here did not succeed in getting Trump to bite.
I do suspect that they will continue to push for quite some time.
I don't think they're going to give up on this quite yet.
Yeah, on Lebanon I can see the Iranians not being willing to accept anything unless the Israelis are out of Lebanon.
Lebanon is very important to the Iranians.
They suits they see that as their first line of defense against Israel.
Look what happened in two thousand six.
Two thousand six the Israelis and Hezbollah farted out.
And um at the time I had a conversation with the Deputy Defense Minister of Israel, Ephraim Sne, who said that Lebanon is just a prelude.
This war will inevitably lead to Iran.
But Lebanon has to first be defeated, or Hezbollah has to be first be defeated.
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