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ANN KENEVAN on June 16, 2026

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Obama on Iran: We Can’t ‘Bully Our Way or Bomb Our Way to Solutions’Obama said, “It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to

be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal

that we had in the first place. And had worked for, for a long stretch

of time, before we, the United States, pulled out of it. So, I, I’m

hopeful that, bombing stops and ordinary people are no longer, suffering

as a consequence of the war. I’ve been. In retrospect, it’s a reminder

that, a lot of difficult foreign policy problems. The notion that we can

just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions, may sometimes seem

appealing, but the fact of the matter is, is that, taking the time to

explore diplomacy and exhaust the possibilities of of coming up with

deals that don’t solve 100% of the problem, but solve 8,090% of the

problem, while avoiding, the necessity of going to war. You’d think we

would have learned that lesson by now, but, it seems like every so often