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Listen: The assassination of Iranian General Qassim Suleimani and retaliatory missile strike on a U.S. military base in Iraq led to fears that a regional conflict—or even global war—were fast approaching. Ian Bremmer breaks down the complicated history of Iran and its neighbor Iraq, and U.S. involvement with both nations. Guest and 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.