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Victor Davis Hanson, historian, made a contrarian case on Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime": critics panning the Trump administration's preliminary agreement with Iran have the strategic picture inverted.
The memorandum of understanding, released this week, establishes a 60-day ceasefire and a framework for broader negotiations — and for Hanson, the argument that Iran came out of this stronger is, in his word, "unhinged." What the Critics Miss About Tehran's Position The deal drew fire from both sides of the political aisle, primarily for what it omits: there is no immediate requirement to dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure and no provision forcing removal of enriched uranium stockpiles.
Hanson's answer to those objections is blunt.
He argued that military conflict has already done enormous damage — Iran has suffered roughly a half a trillion dollars in losses to the nuclear and military industrial complex it spent fifty years building.
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