While Iranian officials have seemingly been very consistent in saying
they don’t believe they’re going to have talks with the United States,
and that their precondition is a deal that allows them to sell their oil
internationally, Defense Secretary Mark Esper suggests he thinks talks
may still happen at some point.
Speaking Friday at a think tank in London, Esper said he is seeing recent Iranian comments and moves as part of a long plan to slowly inch toward a position in which talks with the United States could become possible, saying he believe this is a “good thing.”
Iranian officials aren’t saying anything different, however, and are
maintaining their position that they expect very specific things to come
out of US talks, either returning the US to the existing P5+1, or
concessions that would recreate the incentives therein.
Trump said anything is possible, and that he believes he could solve the
problems with Iran in 24 hours if there were talks. While Trump says he
continues to seek talks, it is likely that top US officials like Mike
Pompeo and John Bolton would seriously oppose any talks likely to
produce a deal.
“Trump said anything is possible, and that he believes he could solve the problems with Iran in 24 hours if there were talks.”
He’s out of his mind. But he could solve the “problem” with Iran in 15 minutes. Honor the JCPOA, remove all sanctions, order back all of our military assets and fire Bolton and Pompeo. That would leave him 23 hours and 45 minutes to gloat on twitter, watch Fox and Friends and eat some cheeseburgers. I would have said play a round of golf but that might take some time. Setting up security on one of his golf course is time consuming.
Sunkist could be the greatest miracle worker since Jesus and/or Moses. What a pathetic clown.
That’s a step back from saying we could solve the Iran “problem” in a week by nuking them… I guess. Trump is totally unhinged. He’s also unaware that the neocons and Zionists he has surrounded himself with control US foreign policy. In his lucid moments he is fed BS by Fox News and has his ego massaged on a regular basis by Christian Zionists like Pompeo and Pence into thinking that he is the “chosen one” and the “king of Israel.” Expect the unexpected, wars.
I do not know. Taliban managed our expectations rather smartly. As the withdrawal was in our interest — but spun as non-withdrawal — it allowed Taliban to play the game. Signed off on a non-serious proposal, allowed for Camp David plans to proceed, fir Pompeo to dream for-ever staying dreams, then a wake up strike.
Now, rage. We will stay forever threat! Really, as the purse is getting empty and supersonic dreams still only dreams!
He does flip-flop almost on a daily basis, no one knows what he’s actually going to do (although TBH, he rarely actually *does* anything, it’s usually hot air designed to troll his detractors.)
Let me get this straight. The President “wants to” talk to Iran, but Pompeo and Bolton are opposed to him doing so. Can someone tell me what function these men serve that is not so obviously directed by international corporate zionism? That includes Trump himself also. So sick of his good cop/bad cop routines.
Opposite’s more likely … The US is inching towards a position (allowing oil sales) that’ll allow talks. Just like Afghanistan, call it a win and move on.
Anyone who is a blathering head for this administration must say that maximum pressure is working, it just takes awhile because it’s the only thing the enemies we make will understand. And indeed it works perfectly as intended, to make a major war inevitable.
Except when you do it too many times. North Korea comes to mind, as a good example. But now, Trump cannot un-call the win, and North Korea moves into more testing.
Taliban called Trump’s win, most inconveniently. Camp David signing, with good optics for Kabul government. But how can Washington resist bragging and sticking it to Taliban? It was a head scratcher — Taliban to accept inly 5,000 troops withdrawal? I guess they knew thus was going nowhere, and US needed more “incentive” to negotiate. Thus — accepting the deal, letting Washington think they were weaker then thought — and bragging of victory came out. Along with the “ debate” on how to keep permanent presence, special ops, CIA. All musings came to an end when Taliban delivered a hit. Now, offended — we will “stay forever”, what for, nobody knows.
But thus was the shortest lived victory, and there is no way to spin this one.
It’s all ruminant evacuation from everyone – except Iran. More irrelevancy as the ramp up to a war continues.
Iran will talk if/when Bolton and Pompeo are indefinitely removed from the equation whether they’re fired or significantly reduced in their status (I don’t think they’ll be in power for the rest of Trump’s Presidency though it’s anyone’s guess for when they’re gone).
Trump doesn’t really care unless it gets him mentioned positively on “Fox and Friends.” He’s not a rational adult, he lives in a bubble and demands constant adulation or he throws a public hissy fit like a child.
Yes, Trump is right- it could all be solved in 24 hours. How to do that? US rejoins the JCPOA, all sanctions on Iran are dropped. Iran benefits, the US benefits, the world benefits. Well, except for Israel which would no doubt scream bloody murder. But at least Netanyahu wouldn’t get re-elected, so there’s that.
He’s already on record stating the JPCOA was the “worst deal ever,” and the GOP perversely framed it as a deal which allowed Iran to pursue nuclear weapons (because Obama signed it, so naturally it was pure evil,) while in reality it allowed for a wide latitude of international inspections to keep that from happening, in addition to the fact that Iran doesn’t have the infrastructure to enrich plutonium or uranium to weapons-grade levels.
This won’t go anywhere. There’s a metaphysical basis for mid-east policy in Wash. which is to manufacture the second coming of J.C. and Pence, Pompeo, Zionist Christendom, and a host of others won’t change anything as long as they are in power and this agenda is in place. Anyone that believes policy should be based on a few obscure Bible verses should be removed from office. Armageddon may happen, but it will be another J.C. no show, like all the others predicted.
Inching toward talks with anything possible sounds as much like US movement as Iran’s movement. That is especially so where Iran insists it won’t, and piles pressure on the others in the deal to force them to stand up to the US.
The US has isolated itself in this. It is far out there, all alone. That is unsustainable in a large and complex world. What is unsustainable won’t be sustained.
Who cares what Trump says anymore? He’s all talk, no action, except for unconstitutionally diverting funds at a whim for a limp campaign promise, declaring fake emergencies re:Iran to sell his buddy MBS arms to bomb Yemenis, and his ignorant trade war with China.
Iran will talk with the president in January of 2021…hint: it won’t be trump!