00:00Do you think we have this situation where President Trump essentially has two choices?
00:05Either it's diplomacy or he goes down the road of some form of military action.
00:11Do you think that's the, is it a binary choice there for him?
00:14I think most Americans would certainly prefer the diplomatic route, but backed up by power,
00:20but not leading to an American military involvement and a regional conflict and very unpredictable.
00:30Consequences.
00:32I think most Americans have a complex view of this.
00:38I don't think people want Iran to become a nuclear power threatening the region and the world.
00:45I think most Americans overwhelmingly, I think, side with the protesters in Iran
00:50and are against the violent repression of the protesters in Iran.
00:54I also think that, as congressional Democrats have said, the president should go to Congress for support.
01:02He's likely to get support for any kind of reasonable response to the Iranian challenge.
01:09And I think that would strengthen his hand rather than weaken his hand in negotiations with Iran.
01:15And I also think that, especially after the forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
01:23most Americans do not want some kind of regional conflict in Iran that would draw in the United States.
01:34This is a ÎµÎ½ï¿½ï¿½ê³ 's plan for the
01:35If you consider a big surprise, it's just like that.
01:35If it's an entire situation.
01:35If there is a big surprise, you can see that it would be the case.
01:36You can see that it would be the case.
01:36If it's an entire situation, it would be the case.
01:37The reason I think that it would be the case
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