President Trump raised the possibility of talks with Iran at the G7
summit, and Iranian FM Javad Zarif has talked of a “window of
opportunity” more recently. Despite that, analysts see US-Iran talks as generally unlikely.
The big obstacle, as ever, is John Bolton. The hawkish Bolton, and the
also hawkish Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are both vehemently opposed
to talks with Iran, and the sense is that there is a lot of resistance,
with those hawks arguing it is “too early” for the US to meet Iran when
there is more sanctioning and threatening to do.
On Iran’s side, there’s more openness to talks, though Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been very wary of the idea, and President
Rouhani has conditioned talks of letting Iran sell oil internationally.
While that’s a fairly straightforward need for Iran, it’s also something
many of Trump’s aides will fight tooth and nail against. Trump has
assured the public he won’t “give up anything” to Iran, and that’s
probably going tomean even the most reasonable concessions, and
subsequently talks, are off the table.
Why would any nation waste time talking to mendacious, duplicitous USA?
Was Bolton and Pompeo part of Trump’s team when he was a candidate? It was then that he was promising belligerence towards Iran and his loyalty to a foreign country. The only difference between Trump and Bolton/Pompeo is that Trump would prefer to destroy countries without dropping bombs. And the “vehement” opposition to talks is hardly limited to those two morons and is one of the few things our two parties agree on.
“vehement” opposition”=nitenyaaahooo and the thugs at FDD.
Bolton and pompeo are just messanger mouth pieces.
Lets not forget Shelden and his millions. True about Bolton and Pompeo being messengers but it must be added that they are more than willing to fill that role. Like frothing at the mouth willing.
Agree, more than willing.
shelden has in the past poured huge into FDD but now they are denying as no longer the case-not sure about the denial, makes no difference, would not believe anyway.
FDD has other warmongering oligarchs providing funds as fdd has expanded staff significantly and they prob are on speed dial w/bolton/pomp.
This is the break point. Is it to be regime change, or not?
By regime change, I don’t imply success. It has never meant that. It has meant chaos and war.
I’m sure DJT doesn’t want war, Mark .. So far, he hasn’t started any wars (the ongoing wars were started by G. W. Bush and Barack Obama). He campaigned as a peace candidate in 2016 and won that election .. He stated in his Inaugural address that peace was his goal, and he started making some progress in Syria by announcing a total withdrawal of US troops (who were deployed by Obama). However, Pompous Pompeo and Bonkers Bolton sabotaged that agenda, and very few – if any – troops were withdrawn.
DJT knows that if he starts a war he won’t be re-elected in next year’s election. He just announced a withdrawal of 5,000+ US troops from Afghanistan .. I just hope Pompous and Bonkers don’t sabotage that agenda.
Please wake up and realize Trump isn’t and never was a “peace candidate.” You can keep repeating that if you want, but it doesn’t make it true. The only overtures to peace Trump has made have simply been self-serving, with his “beautiful” letters from NK, otherwise he’s threatened Iran, Venezuela, launched missiles at the Syrian government, and has US troops patrolling inside the USA. No “peace president” would ever, ever hire notorious warmonger John Bolton as his national security advisor, or neocon Pompeo as the nation’s chief diplomat, or Central/South American regime change and right-wing death squad expert Elliot Abrams as the “ambassador” to Venezuela.
Pompeo and Bolton were hired by Trump and work for Trump because they and Trump agree.
If Pompeo or Bolton does something, it is by definition part of Trump’s agenda, not “sabotage of” that agenda.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-cruelty-and-injustice-of-sanctions/
He also promised to carpet bomb ISIS cities, he did. Escalation of torture, biggest military , ” winning”. Let’s correct….when trump came to office there were 400 spec ops in Syria, trump deployed 3000 marines early 2017. There were 8000 US troops in Afghanistan at inauguration, trump sent in an additional 7000, and quadrupled air strikes. All troops trump claims ( yet to be seen) he is withdrawing, were put in by himself. Not a single troop under Obama levels have been brought home, or even promised. Your “peace president” claim is just plain absurd.
“Window of opportunity” means…whenever the POTUS decides to stop warring on other nations….
For “generally unlikely”, read “no frickin’ way”…
It’s not just Bolton and Pompeo, it’s Israel and all the neocons and the military-industrial complex and the oil companies. *No one* with clout in Washington wants Iran in anyone’s good graces.
People keep thinking Trump has some authority as President. Yeah, he can tweet…that’s about it. He’s probably the most easily manipulated President in US history.
Trump’s simply checking off Netanyahu’s far-right wing nationalist wishlist – recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol? Violate the Iran nuclear deal? Threaten and sanction Iran? Refuse to speak with Iran? Browbeat and shame American Jews into supporting a far-right nationalist government in Israel?