"What does Iran want?" "It looks at the minimum that Iran is seeking regional preeminence. That it is helping groups that are working against stability and success of states in the area. If you look at ...Afghanistan...Iraq...Lebanon...Israel/Palestine...although Iranian statements are often reasonable, Iranian practices are at odds with those statements."
Khalilzad was good. The moderator was a liberal who made a crack at the beginning about Khalilzad (fortunately) not being John Bolton.
YouTube put a lock on the video
Where the heck does this President get the bizzare idea that he has anything to do with foreign policy? Doesn’t he know that the State Department is in charge? sarc/off
>>Khalilzad never looked at the Iranian Foreign Minister. He directed his comments to the moderator and the audience.<<
It doesn’t matter. There are many subtle yet meaningful aspects of diplomatic protocol down to who sits where at the table which must be observed by members of the Foreign Service. After all these years the Bush administration still has not gained control of the State Department. His tossing of Bolton under the bus was his admission of that fact.