MSNBC Guest: Trump Selling $300 Billion in Arms to Saudi Arabia Is ‘Only Further Destabilizing the Region’

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PARSI: "Well I think there was an opening earlier on and that the nuclear way paved the way for having a more inclusive security dialog, that would have included the Iranians, get everyone at the table. Instead, now, the Trump administration is walking in the opposite direction, the direction of not engaging in diplomacy with the Iranians, seeking their isolation, and we have been here before. It’s actually the policy that existed for more than three decades prior to the nuclear negotiations. And we also know the result of that. It only led to further destabilization of the region and certainly not any particular positives for other states in the region either. So it -- I think it's quite regrettable that we’re walking backwards instead of utilizing the opening that the diplomacy over the nuclear deal provided in order to build on it, in order to be able to have more diplomatic successes. Because, ultimately, rest assured, while the Iraqis are doing things that are very negative in the region, selling $300 billion weapons to Saudi Arabia, while they're starving the people of Yemen, is certainly not stabilizing the region, it’s only further destabilizing the region.”