"no matter what happens with Iran and the United States, that there will be some sort of long-term consequences that we may not see in the next few weeks, or months, or years, but may come some decades later, just as we saw in 1979 with the Iran hostage crisis, which happened because of 1953 when we overthrew their democratically elected government."
"The idea that the United States had it coming is insane. It's hard to make the case that Iran will kill Americans in the future because of this conflict when they've been killing Americans for DECADES."
"We wonder why people are coming after us attacking us, maybe because we're attacking them. I'm not blaming the United States, insisted Boykin as Jennings observed that it sounded like it."
During a CNN NewsNight discussion about U.S. operations in Iran, Keith Boykin argued that American foreign policy decisions have long-term consequences, citing historical examples like the 1953 Iranian coup leading to the 1979 hostage crisis and suggesting U.S. involvement in the Gulf War contributed to 9/11. Scott Jennings strongly objected to this framing, characterizing it as blaming America for the 9/11 attacks. Boykin clarified he was explaining motivations rather than justifying attacks, noting that adversaries may retaliate because the U.S. attacks them. Jennings rejected this reasoning, calling the idea that America deserved 9/11 insane. The exchange highlighted fundamental disagreement over how to interpret the relationship between U.S. foreign interventions and subsequent terrorist attacks.
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