"If the issues are posed in a way in which they have to, in effect, abjectly capitulate, then I think a great many of them will say, No, this is a country of 80 million people. And they know that while we can inflict enormous damage on them, they can hurt us a lot."
"We have been now in two 10-year-long wars. We have wasted an enormous amount of financial wealth, not to speak of lives. Our position in the world has deteriorated."
"Can you imagine what the consequences will be for us if the conflict in Afghanistan expanded because of the Iranians, if Iraq was massively destabilized, if Bahrain was set on fire, if the northeastern oil fields in Saudi Arabia were attacked?"
Mika Brzezinski presented a 14-year-old clip of her father, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to challenge President Trump's assertions regarding Iran. She emphasized Trump's difficulties in justifying the conflict and highlighted his lack of personal experience with gas prices and military service. Zbigniew Brzezinski had predicted Iran's potential responses to U.S. actions in a 2012 interview, warning of the broader consequences of military engagement in the Middle East. He noted the risks of destabilization in Iraq and the impact on global oil supplies.
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