Trita Parsi

I don't think there's going to be an agreement.

Instead, I think there's going to be a non-agreement agreement, which means the two sides don't come to an agreement on any of these points or the majority of these points.

But it does not mean that the United States goes back into war with Iran.

Because Trump did the right thing of pulling out of this.

He should never have gone into this war.

At this point, it should be clear to everyone it was a mistake.

This does not serve U.S.

interests.

And even if the Israelis want to continue the war, that should be an Israeli war.

This should have been an Israeli war from the outset without the involvement of the United States.

And that is then going to leave a scenario in which there will not be an agreement, but there will be a new reality.

I think one of those realities is that the Iranians are going to charge tolls in the Persian Gulf, but the U.S.

is not going to lift sanctions on Iran.

It's not going to do any of those other things that the Iranians are asking for, but it's also not going to go back into a war that really does not have a path to victory.

At this point, I would be very surprised after Trump's experience in the last 39 days that he decides that this is worth another go.

Now, if the Israelis push again, which I think they will, it will really come to Trump making a decision as to whether he wants the Israelis to decide when the United States goes to war or whether the president of the United States decides when the United States goes to war.

It does correspond with what I heard throughout this entire period, that Trump himself was the person in the White House most eager to go down this path because the Israelis had managed to convince him.

And this also comes through very clearly in this piece.

And it's also what I've been saying on your show in previous interviews.

Trump was convinced to think that this was going to be very, very easy.