When a war lacks public support (with two-thirds of the public opposing it), faces devastating consequences including economic destruction and civilian casualties, and fails to achieve its strategic objectives (with the adversary becoming more hardline), the war becomes stoppable through sustained political pressure on decision-makers to align with public will.
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Is The Iran War Stoppable? | The Joy Reid ShowAdded:
Is this war stoppable at this point? I think it is. I think the pressure is building. Look, the I I've been amazed.
The public didn't support this war from the day it started. We're talking two-thirds of the public. And the the the futility of it, the disaster of it, the global economy being destroyed, and Iran is actually more hardline and less movable now than they were when the war started.
>> And we've devastated the global economy and devastated the Middle East. We've lost 14 service members, hundreds wounded, thousands of civilians killed.
So, I mean, the people are against it.
The question is, will the Republicans go with the people or will they keep going with Trump? And we're going to keep the pressure on them.
>> [music] >> Hey.
Okay.
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