Once again, the world has watched in horror as President Trump attempted to sabotage his own peace initiative threatening to murder the Iranians and takeover their country. While everyone accepts the reality to Trump can’t control his mouth when it matters most, the Iranians have simply priced the US leader’s absent-minded outbursts into their equation, and will continue to execute their strategy and transform the region’s security architecture. The other problem the US faces is the profound lack of understanding by the Trump Administration and JD Vance—about Lebanon, Iran, and the region as a whole, which leaves them grasping at talking points and sound bites, as they fumble their way through media performances trying to look like they actually know what they are talking about. Meanwhile, Israel seeks to illegal occupy South Lebanon permanently, a move which they justify by insisting the indigenous Lebanese defense militia Hezbollah is a “terrorist threat” (a political and legal designation also shared by US and its allies), effectively giving Israel carte blanche to operate with impunity and commit unspeakable war crimes and a new round of genocide. This places the US team in an incredibly weak position which Israel is firmly poised to exploit, as Tel Aviv plans to not only derail this peace process, but completely dismantle the framework for any negotiated settlement for the Middle East. In this discussion, we lay out some fundamental and uncomfortable truths that many are afraid to tackle. All this and more.
Dialogue Works host Nima Alkhorshid talks to editor of 21st Century Wire Patrick Henningsen. Watch:
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