As tension between the U.S. and Iran reaches a boiling point, Ian Bremmer breaks down the complicated history of Iran and its neighbor Iraq. Former Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend offers analysis of the present situation and U.S. foreign policy mistakes over the past two decades that contributed to it.

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