The Real Reason the United States Is at War with Iran - William Spaniel [View all]

The White House has failed to clearly articulate a reason for the war in Iran, leading much of the online commentary to question whether the underlying goal is to distract from U.S. domestic politics. Today's video tries to fill the void by examining the national security situation from the Pentagon's perspective, using the logic of crisis bargaining theory to adjudicate the sense of some of the explanations. What you want to do with that information is up to you...

0:00 Why Start the Iran War?
0:51 The White House's Struggles
3:41 The Distraction Theory versus the Pentagon's Strategy
5:12 The Substantive Disagreement
6:52 Why Not Negotiate Instead?
9:06 Nuclear Weapons and Preventive War
10:57 Deterring Arms Production
13:35 Protests and Power Shifts