‘Anti-American Sentiment’: Scott Jennings Scoffs as CNN Panelist Calls Iran War an ‘Unmitigated Disaster’

CNN NewsNight’s panel erupted Thursday after MAGA pundit commentator Scott Jennings accused a fellow panelist of expressing “anti-American sentiment” and “wishcasting” failure in Iran.

The clash came as former Clinton White House aide Keith Boykin described the U.S. mission as a “disaster,” prompting Jennings to challenge the claim.

“This whole mission has been a disaster. And I think it’s an unmitigated,” Boykin said before Jennings interjected, “For who? Iran?”

Boykin continued: “It’s an unmitigated disaster for the world, for the United States of America. Maybe it’s funny to you, but –”

Jennings shot back: “It’s funny to me that you’re hoping that we lose this war to Iran.”

“I never said that,” Boykin replied.

“Who’s it a disaster for?” Jennings asked again.

Boykin pointed to civilian casualties and American losses, arguing the operation has come at a heavy cost: “It’s a disaster for the 170 school children who were killed by our U.S. Tomahawk missile disaster. It’s a disaster for the seven U.S. soldiers-”

Jennings interrupted again: “The anti-American sentiment –”

Boykin continued: “– the seven U.S. soldiers who were killed in this mission.”

Jennings cut in again: “You wishcasting an American disaster is amazing to me. It’s incredible to me.”

Podcast host Leigh McGowan then interrupted, arguing American taxpayers are entitled to question a war costing them “$11,000 a second” as she angrily accused administration officials for repeatedly having changed their explanation for the conflict.

“In August, they told us they had completely decimated Iran’s nuclear program. Then we had to get at them because they were getting nukes. Then it wasn’t about nukes; it was about regime change. Then it wasn’t about regime change; it was about terrorism,” she said.

“So they don’t have their story straight. So that’s what they haven’t been honest about, Scott.”

KEITH BOYKIN: This whole mission has been a disaster. And I think it’s an unmitigated-

SCOTT JENNINGS: For who? Iran?

BOYKIN: It’s an unmitigated disaster for the world, for the United States of America. Maybe it’s funny to you, but –

JENNINGS: It’s funny to me that you’re hoping that we lose this war to Iran.

BOYKIN: I never said that.

ABBY PHILLIP: That’s not what he said, Scott.

JENNINGS: Who’s it a disaster for?

BOYKIN: It’s a disaster for the 170 school children who were killed by our U.S. Tomahawk missile disaster. It’s a disaster for the seven U.S. soldiers –

JENNINGS: The anti-American sentiment –

BOYKIN: – the seven U.S. soldiers who were killed in this mission.

JENNINGS: You wishcasting an American disaster is amazing to me. It’s incredible to me.

BOYKIN: No, no, no, no! Scott this mission has been a disaster. The motives have have continued to change from one day to the next.

JENNINGS: No they haven’t. They have not.

JOE BORELLI: The announcement today from the White House was almost identical to the announcement on March 2.

BOYKIN: Can I just finish? I let everyone else speak, I haven’t spoken. President Trump said he wanted unconditional surrender, he said he wanted a regime change. We’re not going to get unconditional surrender. We’re not going to get regime change. We have another Ayatollah Khamenei now in charge, the same person, a different person with the same name, essentially running the country right now.

JENNINGS: Maybe.

BOYKIN: And maybe, or maybe not. But we don’t know what’s going on because our government hasn’t been truthful in telling us what we need to know about what’s happening. And this is part of the problem.

JENNINGS: What have they not been truthful about?

BOYKIN: This is part of the problem with the administration because they’ve been dishonest about what their objectives were from the beginning. They’ve been dishonest about what they’ve accomplished from the beginning.

JENNINGS: How? What’s the evidence of dishonety?

BOYKIN: And they and they were dishonest about the Tomahawk missile

JENNINGS: What is the evidence of dishonesty?

LEIGH McGOWAN: The evidence of dishonesty came in August. They told us they had completely decimated Iran’s nuclear program. Then we had to get at them because they were getting nukes. Then it wasn’t about nukes, it was about regime change. Then it wasn’t about regime change, it was about terrorism. So they don’t have their story straight. So that’s what they haven’t been honest about, Scott. And at $1 billion a day, $11,000 a second, the American people are allowed to ask what the problem is and we’re not going to laugh about it. Okay? That’s not what we’re going to do.

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