CFR 10/8 Global Affairs Expert Webinar: U.S. Gulf Relations and the Strait of Hormuz

The strikes and war on Iran have delayed Iran’s nuclear program for up to two years. The Iranian nuclear deal that Trump abandoned in his first term delayed Iran’s nuclear program by ten to fifteen years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40H0YDq0Mvk

Satellite images make it look like Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program.

Satellite images make it look like Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-2p0Y8l4M

Is Iran Secretly Building a Bomb at Pickaxe Mountain? A Nuclear Physicist Answers (w/ Ali Vaez)

Iran’s nuclear program was one of the most transparent in the world thanks to the nuclear deal with Obama, which Trump left. With the war, it’s difficult to know what Iran is doing as far as nuclear research and building.

The war may have strengthened the Iranian regime by giving Iran an outside enemy that is attacking them. When Trump talks about erasing civilization and shares maps of Iran breaking up, that facilitates Iranians believing that the US and Israel are after Iran, not just the current regime.

Golden Dome: The US Is Building a Missile Shield in Space

The Golden Dome is a ridiculous project that would require the US converging the entire world in low-orbit satellites filled with missiles, meaning the US would be holding a loaded gun over every country on Earth that would potentially counter a country’s second strike capability, giving them the incentive to strike first with numbers that would overwhelm the golden dome. It’s not a realistic solution in the first place, if built it likely wouldn’t work as it’d have to hit every launched missile or missile site before a successful nuke hit the US where even a few nukes hitting the US is devastating, and if everything worked super well, global tensions would rise as the US would be pointing low-orbit missiles at every country on Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2e7_hnxhX0

Where the Iran Conflict Goes From Here

Iran expert who used to advise the White House thinks Iran was willing to do a deal that was better than Obama’s deal before the 12 day war, but not anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qq9nYWH24w

I wish the Daily Show was taking Trump’s total failure, corruption, and incompetence out of context…but they are not.

I wish the Daily Show was taking Trump’s total failure, corruption, and incompetence out of context…but they are not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZrA_EvmzhI

Wendy Sherman: “We Lost the Iran War” | Trump’s New Deal Explained

The Obama Iran deal required 100s of workers and experts working meticulously to get done. Trump sent a couple real estate guys and then gave up and started a war which he lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jftVC9oICyA

‘A record of America’s failure’: What Iran celebrates in agreement with US

Trump argues that the frozen assets are Iran’s money, so they should be given back at some time anyways. Although, he completely rejected when Obama gave back money that the US rightfully owed Iran in a deal that delayed Iran’s nuclear program without war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqmC3vyRJg

Region On Edge As Iran Peace Talks Stall Yet Again

The Iran conflict, in its low-grade double blockade form, feels like an endless cycle.

Iran has been attacked by a superpower and is technically more able to develop nuclear material than they were a decade ago…they likely want a nuke for defensive purposes more than ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSDd3Z8eLjo

Trump Is Running Out of Options on Iran

In Iran, Trump is unlikely to achieve anything better than Obama got in his Iran-deal.

Cuban officials may be open to a Venezuela-like deal, but US domestic politics would not support it. Too many in the US want the Cuban regime completely gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYWquzpekk