All right, Alexander, we are here with Professor Jeffrey Sachs. I have Professor Sacks's

information in the description box down below, as well as a pinned comment. So let's jump right

into it and get to the news on Iran, Alexander, Professor Sacks.

And indeed, and we're in an extraordinary situation because it seems to me that the United

States began a war on the 28th of February

without understanding its adversary on appalling pretexts and with grandiose and I would say also appalling objectives.

The objectives have not been achieved. The pretexts have

fallen away. And now they are not sure what to do and where to go, because the resistance

from Iran turned out to be far more effective than they could possibly have imagined. And what we're seeing is

the administration changing for one policy to the next policy to the next policy as they

try to find a way out. We are looking at possible negotiations. No one better to talk about

these things of war and peace with than Professor Sachs.

He's with us for a limited amount of time.

Let's make the best of this.

Let's go straight in.

Professor Sachs, first of all, do you agree with my characterisation and do negotiations objectively?

The objective reality of negotiations, if conducted in good faith, can they take us to an outcome where we might achieve peace?

I agree completely with your characterization. That's not surprising. Of course, you've had it right from

the very start. This was a regime change operation that was supposed to be a one-day operation.

I think the model for this was Venezuela.

And Venezuela is a very interesting case, but it was a case where the United States

exfiltrated or kidnapped the Venezuelan president, made some kind of deal with the rest of the government, basically with the vice president who

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