

They were thinking a particular large military power would just, stay in Iran for 20+ years, hopefully whenever the pullout happens is in like 20 years, ideally with a democratic president so they can blame him when the US sponsored government gets overthrown 5 minutes after they leave.

My thoughts as well, if he’s willing to risk his political career anyway (it is and will be torching his own party, he won’t win as an independent, but he will take down his no name republican rival).