McGurk: Seems To Be a Rope a Dope, I’ve Negotiated with the Iranians, I See Exactly What They‘re Doing

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McGURK: "Well. Look. This is. One of the most complicated files in Washington. So I give. Steve a lot of credit for taking this on. It‘s complicated. Issue wise. It‘s about. Nuclear physics. It‘s about sanctions. It‘s complicated. Politically in both capitals. But look, president. Trump put a deadline. On these talks in March over. We have. To get a deal in two months. And we‘re. At two months. And this now. Seems to just be be a rope a dope. I negotiated. With the Iranians. I kind. Of. See exactly. What they‘re doing. Look, this. Issue this year. Is. A. Critical year. Let me tell you why. Two things. What‘s left of the Obama era jcpoa. One provision in. It. That. Even the critics. Of that. Deal really like. Is called snapback. That means any member of. That agreement. Including the U.K.. And France. Can go to the UN security. Council and say all UN, UN sanctions come. Back on Iran. Without having to have a vote in. The Security Council. Unilateral that expires. In October. And that is a key piece of leverage against the Iranians. The Iranians know that. And the brits and the French have been pretty hard line on this. They said, we‘re ready to do that if we don‘t have a new deal, but that‘s going to expire later this year. Another point about this, you know, Phil, I was in the Situation Room on October 1st last year, 200 ballistic missiles coming from Iran to. Israel. It takes 13 minutes for that flight. And I kept thinking at that moment, if one of those missiles ever had an Iranian nuclear warhead, I don‘t care if it‘s five years, 20 years from now. Just think about what could happen. I mean, this country, Iran, cannot be on the threshold of having nuclear weapons. So this issue has to be dealt with. It can be dealt with militarily as President Trump has threatened. It can be dealt with diplomatically. We want a diplomatic resolution. But as I see this going on, I just don‘t see this moving to a resolution. I mean, you‘re talking about more talks. I‘ve seen this pattern before. I think the Iranians just want to kind of string this out."