Ana Kasparian: Netanyahu Has Been Saying that Iran Is on the Precipice of Having a Nuclear Weapon 33 Years Ago

PHILLIP: “Let me give you a couple seconds, because we gotta go, but a couple seconds on what is the argument, in your view, to actually do this and put perhaps American interests on the line here?”
CHEMALI: “So let me sum it down to two, is the first is that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, not only does it threaten the existential state of Israel, but also, by extension, by that the United States, because the U.S. would be then roped in. If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would also, secondly, cause a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which is definitely not — it would change the entire region and not something we need. But the fact is, and this is why I said that before October 7th, or really, frankly, before last fall, I wouldn‘t have been saying that I was in favor of this, is because last fall, when Iran pursued these drones and missiles against Israel and they were all intercepted, and Israel responded by taking out Iran‘s defense missile systems, which is why Trump says, ‘We own the air,’ why Israel has been able to pursue the strikes it‘s been able to pursue. It showed Iran as the emperor with no clothes — not only with no clothes, with no underwear. And so now it‘s — and then you have Hezbollah that can‘t respond, you have Hamas that‘s been decimated, the Houthis are the JV team in Yemen — “
PHILLIP: “They’re historically weakened.”
CHEMALI: “That‘s why suddenly you‘re seeing them take advantage of something that when I was at the White House back — this is 2010 and ‘11, Israel had been planning attacks back then. They‘ve planned this for years and years.”
KASPARIAN: “A 33-year war in the making. I mean, Netanyahu has been saying that Iran is on the precipice of having a nuclear weapon like 33 years ago. That‘s who he is.”
CHEMALI: “It‘s the IAEA — “
CROSS: “[inaudible] has warned that they had no business bombing them.”
CHEMALI: “We have to be careful. The International Atomic Energy Agency in May put out a report saying that while the negotiations with Trump are happening, Iran increased and surged its enrichment of nuclear weapons grade material by 50%, and that it had enough to create 10 nuclear weapons. That‘s the IAEA.”
[Cross-talk]
CROSS: “Israel cannot sustain this war on its own. Netanyahu had no business jumping out there. If he did that, then go finish the war on your own. To bring us into this war, it‘s irresponsible.”
CHEMALI: “He hasn’t brought us into the war.”
KASPARIAN: “When Americans fight the wars on behalf of Israel always has us paying for it. American taxpayers are sick of it. We‘re sick of it.”
PHILLIP: “We got to hit pause there.”
CHEMALI: “They’re fighting for us.”
KASPARIAN: “Please.”