Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, the United States was willing to talk to Iran about their nuclear program with no preconditions, if Iran began to behave like a “normal nation.”
On Saturday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Iran was willing to hold talks with Washington if they showed respect, Pompeo responded to those comments, “We are prepared to engage in a conversation with no preconditions. We are ready to sit down.” But Pompeo went on to say, “We are certainly prepared to have that conversation when the Iranians can prove that they want to behave like a normal nation.”
Rouhani responded to Pompeo’s latest comments on Sunday, “The other side that left the negotiating table and breached a treaty should return to normal state.”
The IAEA, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, recently reported that Iran continues to comply with the nuclear deal, the US pulled out of that deal over a year ago.
Now that is rich! If we are the prime example of a normal nation, then Iran should be allowed to bomb in other countries wherever it wants!
No, no, no! Everyone else is/must be normal. We are extraordinary and indispensable.
More than that we are a light onto nations, blessed by God.
ps: also the shining city on the hill, etc. etc. blah, blah….
Maybe Iran should offer to mirror our allies, the Saudis. Iran looks like a Jeffersonian democracy in comparison so Pompeo should be happy that they would be willing to normalize to our standards.
Yes, this is something that drives me nuts. I’m not at all a fan of Iran’s system of governance in an absolute sense, but it’s much better than KSA’s “we’re not actually an absolute monarchy because we’re based on Islam” absolute monarchy.
It’s plausible that Iran could slowly evolve into a more liberal country. KSA? Doubtful.
In the recent elections in India there were some 1700 political parties. So Indians are not a fan of the US two-party system where neither is distinguishable from the other.
ps: Yes, we are so superior that we judge everyone.
We have two parties because of Duverger’s law.
Iran should meet with Pompeo and remove all military support to Assad, Houthis, Hezbollah. It’s in Iran’s best interest to do this. Let Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon bear the burden of limiting US/Israeli aggression for now. Later, if there is total war, Iran can go all-in. Not at this juncture. Let Putin handle it.
Huh? Iran has a much stronger interest in staying close to Assad and Hezbollah than Russia does.
Mmmm, Iran was invited in by the recognized government. The US needs to leave 4 years ago.
You’re absolutely right, Dave Sullivan. Iran – along with Russia – was invited by the recognized govt .. It’s the US that needs to leave 4 years ago.
Obama illegally sent US troops into Syria in 2015, a year before the 2016 elections, and most of those troops are still there, in spite of DJT’s promise to pull them out .. Pompous Pompass and Bonkers Bolton undermined that agenda.
To be more accurate, Obama sent in 300 spec ops in 2015. Within months of his election trump deployed 3000 marines, including 2 batteries of 155mm artillery units which rubbled many Syrian cities and massacred civilians. As far as we know, they are still there.
Putin is a wuss.
I don’t think we’d be satisfied even if Iran was supporting these groups as has been exaggerated by the MSM. Until they are willing to totally capitulate to our every demand this game will continue.
PS – Normal nations do what they’re ordered to by the US.