The latest from "Make It Make Sense" on the war in Iran.
The latest from "Make It Make Sense" on the war in Iran.
This episode of “Make It Make Sense,” moderated by James Hohmann, asks a critical geopolitical question on where the United States stands with Iran. Damir Marusic and Carine Hajjar debate whether the U.S. has achieved its strategic objectives and if pursuing a new diplomatic deal with Tehran is actually worthwhile. Also, can the Strait of Hormuz be opened without total war? And why is Gen Z against war in Iran?
Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.
Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failure
To almost everyone else it is clear that America entered this war with a "flawed strategy," the article said
• Military gains highlight the US president’s strengths, but his unpredictable style risks backlash at home The US is largely…
Even if Iran is militarily defeated, the U.S. political objectives are unlikely to be achieved — and Washington will stumble out…
Ambassador to Egypt Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour says that after the attacks, Iran has the right "not to engage in negotiations"
