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Should Obama Go to Tehran? How a U.S.-Iran "Grand Bargain" Could Help the Crisis in Iraq
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6:26Now PlayingAs the United Nations reveals more than 1,075 Iraqis have been killed so far this month, the Obama administration has promised Iraq "intense and sustained" support against the Sunni uprising overtaking large parts of the country. Secretary of State John Kerry made the pledge in a surprise visit to Baghdad while imploring Iraqi leaders to adopt inclusiveness in a forming a new government by a July 1 deadline. Kerry's visit to Baghdad followed stops in Egypt and Jordan, followed by Brussels and Paris in the coming days. But our guest Phyllis Bennis argues Kerry's travel calendar ignores the most important stop he could makeTehran. The United States and Iran are fighting a common enemy in Iraq's Sunni militants. But despite much speculation and ongoing nuclear talks, there is little sign the two sides are approaching meaningful engagement on Iraq and the threat of regional conflict it is inflaming. A senior fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Bennis is the author the article, "Don't Go Back to Iraq! Five steps the U.S. can take in Iraq without going back to war," and of several books, including "Ending the Iraq WarA Primer."
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