CNN Panelist Duels Conservative Guest In Heated Debate On Iran War

MS NOW political analyst Charles Blow demanded clear answers Friday from conservative talk-radio host Jason Rantz.

CNN’s “NewsNight” spawned a heated discussion Friday about President Donald Trump and his purported objectives in the war on Iran, which started last week with joint U.S. and Israel strikes and has since cost six U.S. military servicemembers and more than 1,000 Iranians their lives.

MS NOW political analyst Charles Blow noted that the Trump administration has given many contradictory reasons for the war, including that Iran posed “imminent threats” — which isn’t backed up by any evidence — and that its nuclear weapons program was being rebuilt. He also argued that the aim of destroying this program for good would require troops or weapons inspectors “on the ground” to confirm success, an action many Republicans actually oppose.

“How do you even get there?” he asked. “It’s an impossible thing.”

Conservative talk radio host Jason Rantz countered that the objectives are clear: ensuring that Iran is not capable of developing nuclear weapons, eliminating production of ballistic missiles and stopping the country from funding various terrorist proxies.

This led Blow to demand clear answers from Rantz about exactly how the Trump administration plans to satisfy its ever-shifting rationales for the war.