Trita Parsi
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17 recordings
5 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 11 Sep
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I think they are now under the impression that Trump simply is incapable of making a deal, he's uninterested in making a deal, and he is waiting to do a major escalation after the midterms.
And in that major escalation, the Israelis likely will participate.
The reason why Trump pushed back against the Israelis being part of round two, you know, these 13 days in between in which there was some fighting, was because he doesn't trust the Israelis.
He knows that these
Israelis will escalate beyond what the Trump administration wanted at the time.
They didn't want to see desalination plans, etc., be attacked.
But if Trump now is under the impression that the only thing he hasn't tried, he's tried diplomacy, he's tried sanctions, he's tried limited war, but in his mind he hasn't tried all-out war.
Well, if that's what he's going for, he's gonna want the Israelis to be part of it, because then they're actually aligned.
The Israelis want all-out war as well.
This is part of the reason why the Iranians are hitting Jordan.
Those bases in Jordan are crucial for defending Israel in case the Iranians shoot missiles at Israel, which they likely will do in round three if the Israelis enter the war.
And that raises the question, okay, when will they do this?
If they believe that Trump is destined to do this after the midterms, if they come to the conclusion that it's no other way, he there's no way to avoid it, he will do so after the midterm elections, then I find it to be more likely that the Iranians themselves will trigger the third round of this war and they will do so a week or two weeks before the midterm elections, in order to maximize not just the military impact but also its political impact.
Thank you so much.
Talk to you soon.
Sure, look, uh I had conversations to try to get a clarification on exactly what is intended here, and one of the clear messages that came through is that this is not
A demand for the reopening of the strait.
This is a demand for restarting direct US talks with Iran.
Uh it has been presented in a manner that is a little bit vague and exaggerated.
Um, and that is apparently deliberate.
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