If the president has called upon the Iranian people to rise up, and let's say in a few days 100,000 Iranian protesters go to the street and the Iranian military kills 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, does the United States have any obligation to do anything? But in terms of the long-term goal here we have heard articulated in various forms by the administration, if it is to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, a regime that is hostile to the U.S. and hostile to its allies, hostile to its own people, as you mentioned, the tens of thousands protesters is killed, is that a goal that is worth it in the long run to try to take out this regime? Now the very real question is, if the Iranian people go to the street because the president has called them to the street, I am very reluctant and I don't think the American people want to put American troops on the ground.
Author: Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson
Published at: 2026-03-03 23:40:54
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