What Dan Pfeiffer has said about United States war with Iran

Pfeiffer argued that anyone who would start the Iran war is incapable of ending it.

“anyone dumb enough to start this war is too dumb to get out of it”

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Pfeiffer argues the $88 billion war supplemental is politically toxic given polling that most think the war was not worth the cost.

“in that CVS poll, 69% of people think the war hasn't been worth the cost. We haven't even paid the $88 billion yet”

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Pfeiffer argues the Iran MOU is a very minor development, not a major peace agreement.

“Is it better that maybe a couple ships will get through there? Yes. Is this the Treaty of fucking Versailles? No”

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Pfeiffer argued Hegseth sees himself as accountable only to Trump rather than to Congress or the public.

“in his mind, he is not accountable to Congress. He's not accountable to the Senate that approved his nomination”

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Pfeiffer argued that reporting shows Trump lacks the attention span for the war he started and is behaving like a passive observer.

“the takeaway is that Trump just simply doesn't have the attention span for the war he started. And when you read the story, he's like a passive observer of the war”

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Pfeiffer said Trump is likely fabricating or overstating negotiations, possibly to manipulate markets.

“It appears he's making up negotiations of some kind, or at least he's dramatically overstating what's happening in order to manipulate the market”

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Pfeiffer said aides shield Trump from bad war news the way parents placate a toddler to avoid a meltdown.

“we're making decisions around war and military, quote unquote, excursions the same way parents treat a hangry toddler”

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Pfeiffer argued the Iran campaign has no strategy, objective or endgame a month in.

“We're a month into it. There is no strategy. There is no objective. There is no end game”

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Pfeiffer said Marco Rubio is defining success as whatever has already occurred so that later developments can be blamed on Hegseth.

“he basically has tried to define success as what's already happened”

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