8/27/22 Trita Parsi on Biden’s Last Chance to Save the JCPOA

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Scott was joined by Trita Parsi to discuss JCPOA negotiations on yesterday’s Antiwar Radio show. Parsi recently published a piece in Foreign Affairs arguing that the U.S. should return to the deal and that the current negotiations are the final chance to reach an agreement. He observes that even if we don’t care at all about the well-being of the Iranian people, staying out of the deal is costing American taxpayers and businesses. Scott and Parsi examine the common arguments against the deal and show how they all fall apart upon closer examination. They conclude that the real reason hawks oppose the JCPOA is that it takes away their favorite excuse for war in the middle east. Parsi argues that everyone who actually wants peace should support reentrance into the deal and institutionalized communication between Washington and Tehran. Discussed on the show: “Last Chance For America and Iran” (Foreign Affairs) Treacherous Alliance by Trita Parsi Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy. Parsi is the recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Follow him on Twitter @tparsi. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For Pacifica Radio, August the 28th, 2022.
0:05.0	I'm Scott Horton.
0:07.0	This is Anti War Radio. All right, y'all welcome the show. It is anti-war radio. I'm your host Scott Horton.
0:26.0	I'm editorial director of anti-war.com, an editor of the new book Hotter Than the Sun.
0:31.0	Time to abolish nuclear weapons.
0:33.6	You can find my full interview archive,
0:35.1	more than 5,700 of them now,
0:37.1	going back to 2003 at Scott Horton.org
0:40.3	at YouTube.com slash Scott Horton show and all your favorite podcatchers out there.
0:45.0	And introducing today's guest, it's the great treat of Parsi and I really mean that
0:50.0	he is the founder and former director of the National Iranian American Council.
0:54.4	He's the founder and vice president or something like that of the Quincy Institute for
0:59.2	Responsible State Craft, which is one of the most important foreign policy institutions in Washington, D.C.
1:05.4	you know, overnight and still and is just doing absolutely great.
1:08.9	And if I said it once, I said it a hundred times, he's the author of the most important book you can read about at least
1:15.9	semi-recent history of America's policy in the Middle East. It's called
1:20.3	Treacherous Alliance. And it's a bird's-eye view, a strategist's view from the highest levels of America, Israel, and Iran,
1:28.6	with the poor Iraqi stuck in the middle of course, and the history from 79 through I don't know W Bush and it's so good
1:35.3	treacherous alliance it's absolutely indispensable and I'm not selling it I'm just telling you that's a fact
1:40.7	welcome back to the show Trita, how are you doing? Thank you so
1:43.4	much Scott and thank you for your kind words. Very happy to have you here and
1:46.6	what an important piece you have here and maybe 50% of the reason why is because it's
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