In a new video message released today, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif declared that while some differences remain, a final nuclear settlement is “at hand” and could be reached in fairly short order so long as all sides show flexibility.
Other officials familiar with the talks had similar assessments, with the State Department describing the talks as having reached “the endgame,” while Secretary of State John Kerry praised negotiators for the progress they had made toward final terms.
How close a deal might ultimately be is still unclear, as minor disagreements have a nasty tendency to drag on in these talks, but French Foreign Minister Lareunt Fabius expressed hope that a final nuclear deal could be reached by Sunday.
Everyone is remaining cautious about setting dates at this point, though the US in particular is said to be keen to have a deal in place before June 9 because the deadline for Congressional votes on the matter will expand from 30 days to 60 days after that point. It seems that date might be within reach.
Yes and Obama will go down in history as the worlds greatest peace maker . from here he may go on to even a greater position as a clever gentle man of peace .
Libertarian — Socialist
Be one a libertarian or socialist, surely their goal is prosperity for all in a world free of wars and crime. Still, they have no common cause to rally around as libertarians say that people are inherently good and want the individual conscience to regulate and control things toward the good.
On the other hand, socialists say that people are self-centered and need a socialist government to compel them to do only good. A grand contradiction to say the least, for if the voting majority is inherently selfish, then any government they create would be ruled by the highest achievers who have the greatest ability to compete for wealth and to do what would be the most selfish.
So, assuming that the voting majority are compelled by conscience to do good, libertarians have but to convince the voting majority to create a government that does not force the majority to do anything against their will. For then everyone would pay their workers what they consider a fair wage, give to the poor and help finance infrastructure, all according to the dictates of conscience.
Which begs the question, what is a fair wage? For some say that we are all born with a different ability to achieve so that compassion, pity and charity may instill in everyone a grateful heart. Therefore, everyone deserves an equal wage.
On the other hand, some say that an inner goodness called ambition is what gives us the ability to achieve. Therefore, those who achieve the most do so because of high ambition, high inner goodness, which is why they deserve to own most of the wealth. Which is why according to such logic, the poor are poor, as they lack the inner goodness needed to be ambitious and need a poor wage to teach them a lesson.