Chris Wright: “The US Military, both in the actions to destroy the Iranian…”

“I think this first candid dialogue will set out what the Iranian goals are and what they think the tradeoffs they might have to make are. We've just never been in this situation before. The US Military, both in the actions to destroy the Iranian military capabilities and to force a way through this Strait of Hormuz without any dialogue, have just put the Iranians in a massively different situation. They don't have the leverage they've always had in talks before. Well, let me ask you about the strait because the vice President said the strait is open, the Iranians said it's closed.” (00:26–00:41)

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