As was reported yesterday, officials have confirmed the Iran nuclear talks were extended another four days from that deadline, giving them until Monday, the latest in a series of short extensions that followed up the initial June 30 deadline.
There was a breakthrough in the talks last Saturday, but since then the official line is that things are going poorly, with claims of the US changing its demands at the last minute and reports of shouting matches in the middle of the talks by top officials on all sides.
At the same time, Israeli media are reporting a “done deal” in the talks, saying that there are plans to sign the pact early next week, and that the deal was reached after the US made some “capitulations over the past two to three weeks.”
Israeli reports are typically negative about the prospect of a deal, of course, but the report of a deal being close does make sense, as the Associated Press is reporting President Obama has been clearing out his schedule for the next few days “awaiting news from Vienna.”
On the other hand, reports from last weekend also suggested a deal was imminent, only to be followed up with the reports of changed demands from the US and other Western nations involved in the talks. Throughout all of this, the only official US statements have been repeated threats to “walk away” from the talks at any moment.
The US negotiators as well as Pres. Obama have gotten their orders from Tel Aviv – "no deal except unconditional surrender from Iran". It is all fake drama. In case a deal is made (which will effect Obama's retirement adversely), the US Senate will step-up to cancel it by non-ratification. Sens. McCain, Graham, Boehner, etc., will do their "patriotic duty" to Israel and Netanyahu, and throw the US under the bus.
Israel is controlling the U.S. as always, and Israel doesn't want their own 200+ nukes discussed as part of the fundamental hypocrisy of such "talks"; and Iran probably can't stand the hypocrisy of it all.
Yeah, walk away and stop bugging the Iranians…
Good news at last! And contrary to some (above) the Israelis do not control the fate of every event on the planet. How quickly some forget the close relationship Iran and Israel had prior to the 1980s revolt against the Shah.
Israelis probably realize that the rise of the insane ISIS rebellion makes all of their prior enemies look like Boy Scouts. So getting the Israeli influenced Kurds, Iranians, Shias and Bashar Assad of Syria on the same page against ISIS (not to mention Hezzbullah, with whom the Israelis now have an unspoken truce) is a great strategic idea for them to promote. Quietly, behind the scenes.
Demonic conspiracy thinking only dooms one to narrow views and foolish conclusions. In the Middle East, things are rarely what they appear to be. And given the 9/11 links to influential Saudis, their meddling (again) in Yemen, the new Saudi ruler (not so "pro American"), the return of a normalized Iran is good for the US and probably everyone in the neighborhood. And most are smart enough to realize that.
Monday is the absolute final last ending