Trump’s Post-Midterm Iran Plan Is a Loser | Episode 14

DESCRIPTION The Trump administration is desperately searching for a way to end the Iran war on favorable terms. President Trump has indicated that he would take steps after the mid-term elections to bring the war to a victorious conclusion. That is not going to happen, however. The United States has no way of winning its war against Iran. ———————————————————— CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:27 Trump's Post-Midterm Iran Plan 1:59 What's Happened Since February 28th 2:37 The Four U.S. and Israeli War Goals 4:47 What the War Has Cost So Far 6:09 Iran's Demands 9:53 Iran's Slow Walk on the Nuclear Issue 12:56 The Strategies the U.S. Has Tried 19:09 Trump's Four Options 20:58 Option 1: A Three-Day Bombing Campaign 25:25 Option 2: The Blockade and Bessent Strategy 27:51 Option 3: Diplomacy 29:56 Desperation in Washington and Israel 31:27 Option 4: A Nuke on Pickaxe Mountain 34:09 How a Nuclear Strike Would Work 36:55 Would It End the War? 38:20 The Wider Costs of Going Nuclear 40:43 Where That Leaves Us ———————————————————— MUSIC "The Ice Giants" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music modified (edited/remixed) from the original.