{"id":946261,"date":"2021-10-31T16:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946261"},"modified":"2021-10-31T16:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:59:33","slug":"blinken-grilled-on-if-biden-putting-sanctions-on-iran-will-stop-them-from-trying-to-kill-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-grilled-on-if-biden-putting-sanctions-on-iran-will-stop-them-from-trying-to-kill-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Grilled On If Biden Putting Sanctions On Iran Will Stop Them From Trying To Kill Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-grilled-on-if-biden-putting-sanctions-on-iran-will-stop-them-from-trying-to-kill-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken was pressed on Sunday over whether the Biden administration\u2019s move to put sanctions on Iran in response to an Iranian drone attack on U.S. soldiers would be enough to deter the nation from wanting to kill Americans in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken made the remarks during an appearance on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan while discussing the Biden administration\u2019s attempts to reign in Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the U.S. would consider military action against Iran to stop their nuclear program, Blinken responded, \u201cWell, as we always say, every option is on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut here\u2019s what\u2019s important: Iran, unfortunately, is moving forward aggressively with its program. The time it would take for it to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon is getting shorter and shorter,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cThe other thing that\u2019s getting shorter is the runway we have where, if we do get back into compliance with the agreement and Iran gets back into compliance, we actually recapture all of the benefits of the agreement. Iran is learning enough, doing enough, so that\u2019s starting to be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran carried out a drone attack on U.S. forces in Syria just last week. Friday, the U.S. announced sanctions related to this program,\u201d Brennan responded. \u201cDo you think sanctions are going to stop Iran from trying to kill Americans?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blinken responded, \u201cThe president is very much prepared to take whatever action is appropriate at a time and place of our choosing by whatever means are appropriate to prevent and stop Iran from engaging in these activities or its proxies engaging in these activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN, CBS NEWS HOST: President Biden said negotiations with Iran are scheduled to resume. When? And how long will you give them before their nuclear program is beyond the point of being able to stop?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE: Well, the Iranians have now said that they\u2019re coming back to talks toward the end of November. We\u2019ll see if they actually do. That\u2019s going to be important\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We still believe diplomacy is the best path forward for putting the nuclear program back in the box it had been in under the agreement, the so-called JCPOA. But we were also looking at, as necessary, other options if Iran is not prepared to engage quickly in good faith to pick up where we left off in June when these talks were interrupted by the change<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken was pressed on Sunday over whether the Biden administration\u2019s move to put sanctions on Iran in response to an Iranian drone attack on U.S. soldiers would be enough to deter the nation from wanting to kill Americans in the future.Blinken made the remarks during an appearance on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan while discussing the Biden administration\u2019s attempts to reign in Iran\u2019s nuclear program.When asked whether the U.S. would consider military action against Iran to stop their nuclear program, Blinken responded, \u201cWell, as we always say, every option is on the table.\u201d\u201cBut here\u2019s what\u2019s important: Iran, unfortunately, is moving forward aggressively with its program. The time it would take for it to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon is getting shorter and shorter,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cThe other thing that\u2019s getting shorter is the runway we have where, if we do get back into compliance with the agreement and Iran gets back into compliance, we actually recapture all of the benefits of the agreement. Iran is learning enough, doing enough, so that\u2019s starting to be a problem.\u201d\u201cIran carried out a drone attack on U.S. forces in Syria just last week. Friday, the U.S. announced sanctions related to this program,\u201d Brennan responded. \u201cDo you think sanctions are going to stop Iran from trying to kill Americans?\u201dBlinken responded, \u201cThe president is very much prepared to take whatever action is appropriate at a time and place of our choosing by whatever means are appropriate to prevent and stop Iran from engaging in these activities or its proxies engaging in these activities.\u201dMARGARET BRENNAN, CBS NEWS HOST: President Biden said negotiations with Iran are scheduled to resume. When? And how long will you give them before their nuclear program is beyond the point of being able to stop?ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE: Well, the Iranians have now said that they\u2019re coming back to talks toward the end of November. We\u2019ll see if they actually do. That\u2019s going to be important\u2026We still believe diplomacy is the best path forward for putting the nuclear program back in the box it had been in under the agreement, the so-called JCPOA. But we were also looking at, as necessary, other options if Iran is not prepared to engage quickly in good faith to pick up where we left off in June when these talks were interrupted by the change in government in Iran\u2026BRENNAN: Other options \u2013 does that include military?BLINKEN: Well, as we always say, every option is on the table. But here\u2019s what\u2019s important: Iran, unfortunately, is moving forward aggressively with its program. The time it would take for it to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon is getting shorter and shorter.The other thing that\u2019s getting shorter is the runway we have where, if we do get back into compliance with the agreement, and Iran gets back into compliance, we actually recapture all of the benefits of the agreement. Iran is learning enough, doing enough, so that that\u2019s starting to be a problem\u2026BRENNAN: Iran carried out a drone attack on U.S. forces in Syria just last week. Friday, the U.S. announced sanctions related to this program. Do you think sanctions are going to stop Iran from trying to kill Americans?BLINKEN: \u2026[the] president is very much prepared to take whatever action is appropriate at a time and place of our choosing by whatever means are appropriate to prevent and stop Iran from engaging in these activities or its proxies engaging in these activities.BRENNAN: Let\u2019s talk about climate and the international efforts underway. The UN says that not a single major economy in the world, U.S. among them, is living up to the targets set back in 2015 in that Paris Accord. America is one of the biggest polluters; the president\u2019s own domestic agenda faces some uncertain prospects here. How do you lead when America doesn\u2019t have its own house in order?BLINKEN: Well, we are leading on this. The president significantly increased our own ambitions and announced a new so-called nationally determined commitment in terms of what we will do to make sure that we get to net zero. \u2026 And John Kerry has been leading our efforts around the world to bring other countries along to raise their ambitions so when we get to Glasgow in just about a day\u2019s time, the world comes out together with much stronger commitments that actually get us on the path to keeping to warming that does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius. We\u2019re not there yet. We have a lot of work to do.BRENNAN: But these \u2013 right. And these international commitments don\u2019t have teeth.BLINKEN: Well, these are voluntary commitments, but there is increasingly, I think, an understanding that we\u2019re seeing every single day \u2013 storms, droughts, all sorts of natural occurrences that have been exacerbated by climate change, conflict driven by climate change, refugees driven by climate change, fights over resources driven by climate change. This is not tomorrow\u2019s problem. This is today\u2019s problem, and I think there\u2019s a much greater consciousness of that\u2026[\u2026]BRENNAN: When you look around the world, the use of fossil fuels is only going up. Europe is facing a potential winter fuel crisis. China has an electricity shortage right now. Here in the United States, the president has called for OPEC to produce more oil. The projection is global energy consumption will jump 50 percent by 2050.These facts seem very much at odds with the things you\u2019re describing as ambition. The rhetoric sounds out of step.BLINKEN: We\u2019re pushing very importantly in the other direction. For example, here at the G20 \u2013 again, with American leadership \u2013 we are pressing to get an agreement to make sure that countries don\u2019t finance coal projects internationally. This is one of the biggest drivers of emissions around the world\u2026But you\u2019re right; we have to actually do what we say and make sure that others that have not made the necessary commitments \u2013 including China, now the world\u2019s largest emitter \u2013 actually step up and do the right thing\u2026BRENNAN: What incentive does China have to act right now? They seem to be increasingly an adversary of the United States.BLINKEN: Well, I think the number one interest is in not being a world outlier. Their own people would benefit dramatically from China taking the necessary steps on climate change. So would the international community, to the extent that China cares about its \u2013 how it\u2019s seen in the world. It also needs to think about stepping up.BRENNAN: I want to ask you about Afghanistan. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who resigned this month as your envoy, was on this program last Sunday and told us that more could have been done to prevent the collapse of the government in Kabul, including pressing President Ghani harder. Should you personally have done that? Should you have been tougher?BLINKEN: I was on the phone with President Ghani on a Saturday night pressing him to make sure he was ready to agree with the plan we were trying to put into effect to do a transfer of power to a new government that would\u2019ve been led by the Taliban but been inclusive and included all aspects of Afghan society. And he told me on the phone he was prepared to do that, but if the Taliban wouldn\u2019t go along, he was ready to fight to the death. And the very next day, he fled Afghanistan. So I was engaged with President Ghani over many weeks, many months\u2026BRENNAN: Do you think you did everything you could? Is that what I hear you saying?BLINKEN: Listen, one of the things we\u2019re doing at the State Department is reviewing everything that we did, going back to 2020 when the agreement was initially reached with the Taliban under the previous administration, including the actions we took during our administration, because we have to learn every possible lesson from the last couple of years, but also, by the way, from the last 20 years. \u2026 This was America\u2019s longest war. President Biden ended the longest war; he made sure that another generation of Americans would not have to go to fight and die in Afghanistan. And I think when all of this settles, that\u2019s profoundly what the American people want and is in our interest.Meanwhile, we are doing everything we can to make good on our ongoing commitments, including to Afghans at risk that we want to help, and we\u2019ll also learn every lesson we can from the decisions we made\u2026BRENNAN: Mr. Secretary, thank you for your time today.BLINKEN: Great to be with you, Margaret. Thank you. The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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