Mary Kissel joins The John Batchelor Show to examine the escalating conflict with Iran, noting a total lack of overlap between United States demands and Iranian strategic interests regarding nuclear weapons and the Strait of Hormuz. She argues that Russian and Chinese support bolster the regime, which makes a diplomatic breakthrough unlikely without significant leverage
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Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Getty Images)