Ralph Peters on U.S.-Iran Relations: ‘I Hate to Say This, But We’ve Lost This One’

Ralph Peters on U.S.-Iran Relations: ‘I Hate To Say This, But We’ve Lost This One’ (The Washington Free Beacon)

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters responded Wednesday to the Iranian launch of a ballistic missile that had ‘Israel must be wiped out’ written on it, saying that the Obama administration has positioned America as the perpetual loser in U.S.-Iran relations.

“Our president and the secretary of state have painted themselves into a very dangerous corner in which whatever we do or fail to do, we’re the losers,” Peters said.

Iranian hardliners who launched the missile are out to prove that they hold power both inside Iran post-parliamentary elections and on the global stage post-nuclear agreement, he said.