{"id":46255,"date":"2019-12-08T02:01:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/08\/trump-needs-to-jump-start-negotiations-with-iran-defense-secretaries-warn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:43:59","slug":"trump-needs-to-jump-start-negotiations-with-iran-defense-secretaries-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/12\/08\/trump-needs-to-jump-start-negotiations-with-iran-defense-secretaries-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump needs to jump start negotiations with Iran, defense secretaries warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 A pair of former defense secretaries said U.S. leaders need to get back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/05\/how-force-buildups-on-both-sides-could-increase-chances-of-us-iran-armed-conflict\/\" target=_blank>negotiating table with Iran<\/a>, because of the potential threat they represent to the Middle East and the world at large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bottom line is, they are dangerous,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/opinion\/2019\/07\/30\/how-leon-panettas-cyber-pearl-harbor-warning-shaped-cyber-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leon Panetta<\/a>, who served as the head of the Defense Department under President Barack Obama. \u201cWe need to try to get them to the negotiating table. And I don\u2019t think what we\u2019re doing now is working very effectively to get that done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panetta and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/17\/trump-blasts-mattis-as-the-worlds-most-overrated-general\/\" target=_blank>former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis<\/a>, who was dismissed ahead of his planned retirement by President Donald Trump almost a year ago, made the comments at the annual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/reagan-defense-forum\/\" target=_blank> Reagan National Defense Forum<\/a> here on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/12\/07\/defense-advocates-fear-isolationist-views-endanger-militarys-future\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/distinguished.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Defense advocates fear isolationist views endanger military\u2019s future<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">At the annual Reagan Defense Forum, lawmakers and defense leaders worried that U.S. leadership abroad is being eroded.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis has repeatedly warned of the threat a nuclear-capable Iran poses to international security, and said at the event that \u201cit&#8217;s going to take allies and partners\u201d to make progress on containing the country\u2019s belligerence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;ve also got the internal dynamics there where you can be dealing with people who really are trying to deal with you in good faith, but meanwhile behind the scenes something completely different is going on,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both men offered veiled criticism of the administration&#8217;s handling of the Iranian military shooting down a U.S. military drone in June, saying that they would have pushed for a stronger response. The White House announced new economic sanctions on the country after the attack and launched a cyber operation against Iranian missile systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf they don&#8217;t understand that we are willing to exercise that (military) strength, we have a hell of a time trying to get them to try to abide by the kind of international standards that we would like them to,\u201d Mattis said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/05\/how-force-buildups-on-both-sides-could-increase-chances-of-us-iran-armed-conflict\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19324231802100.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How force buildups on both sides could increase chances of US-Iran armed conflict<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The tit-for-tat militarization between Iran and the U.S. is pushing the two combative foes closer to the brink of war highlighting a potential failure of the Trump administration\u2019s stick approach to deterring Tehran\u2019s malign behavior in the region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither man specifically endorsed a military response to future similar incidents. Mattis said he would not publicly second-guess defense officials involved in the incident but \u201cin this world you don&#8217;t make false threats.\u201d Panetta said he wanted to see \u201cadditional steps taken to make clear that we&#8217;re not going to allow that,\u201d to include a stronger cyber response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But both said the incident should underscore the importance of trying to make progress with the rogue nation, to prevent the situation from escalating further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense forum, in its seventh year, brings together lawmakers and defense leaders for a day of discussions on national security strategy, priorities and challenges. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of former Pentagon leaders say the country represents too big a threat to 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