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Iran's action seems more symbolic than war-ready, says Council of Foreign Relations' Charles Kupchan
CNBC Televisionยท 2025-06-23 18:22
Charles, is even though this was a missile attack, was it considered or should we consider it a deescalation. I know it sounds weird and a little ridiculous to say the missile attack is a deescalation, but that that appears to be how some of our guests and the markets are reacting to this. You know, I think it's too soon to tell because these strikes that the Iranians are taking against US bases are are still ongoing.But at least as far as we know, they called in advance. They said, you know, here it comes. ...