Robert Baer on “Fresh Air” (hey, that rhymes!)

Former CIA super-spook Robert Baer was on Fresh Air the other day, I just listened to the podcast today.  I found his account of Iranian politics and the trajectory of our foreign policy highly plausible.  He also mentions something that I hadn’t thought of before: Iran can retaliate against the United States by destroying the global economy.  Iran has the capacity to essentially wipe out Middle East oil production in almost every stage of it’s production at the same time.  Ultimately, Baer argues that Iran has learned to be a rational actor, agressively advancing its interests when it can, but understanding the costs of its actions carefully.