The key variables here aren’t economic or strategic, they’re Islamic.
The problem is simple.
Iran wants nuclear weapons because of its religious belief in Jihad. It’s not going to give up that belief for money. And money is the only thing we have to offer it in the form of dropping sanctions. That puts us right back to the same place where Obama’s Iran Deal negotiations were.
Sure the Trump administration bombed an Iranian nuclear plant, but we’re not going to go in with a full regime change operation. And, frankly even if the Iranians believed we would, it still wouldn’t change anything. Their government is a theocracy founded on an Islamic revolution that was going to be as uncompromising as possible. Asking it to give up its nuclear weapons is asking it to give up its religious mission of Jihad.
So what comes next?
The negotiators trying to work out a new Iran Deal are already on the same course trying to find some ‘middle ground’ between having Iran give up its nuclear weapons ambitions by redefining what ‘nuclear’ is. Turkey has proposed moving Iran’s enriched uranium to its own Islamic terrorist state. And we can trust Erdogan and Turkey as much as we can trust Iran.
Qatar and the Koch assets in the Pentagon and the NSC will be working hard to craft a ‘compromise’ that Witkoff or some other useful idiot can present for Iran Deal 2.0.
And we can keep going down that dead end or recognize that any deal Iran will agree to will be a deal that it believes will allow it to develop nukes.
There’s no sense in us signing on to such a deal.
The less time we spend playing silly games with terrorists, the better off we are. If we’re not going to overthrow Iran’s Jihadist regime, then we at the very least shouldn’t demean ourselves through the folly of negotiating with it.
Tehran stuck to its refusal to end enrichment of nuclear fuel in talks Friday between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, but both sides signaled a willingness to keep working toward a diplomatic solution that could head off an American strike.
According to Iranian state media, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his U.S. counterparts that Tehran wouldn’t agree to end enrichment or move it offshore, rejecting a core U.S. requirement.
The U.S. wants Tehran to stop enriching uranium, curb its ballistic-missile program and end its support for regional proxies. Iran has said it is willing to discuss only its nuclear work.
It’s not discussing anything, it’s stalling as it did under Obama. If a deal comes along that allows it to continue developing its nuclear program, it’ll take it. If not, it’ll go on doing it anyway.
The key variables here aren’t economic or strategic, they’re Islamic.
Until we recognize that, it’s all going nowhere.
SKA says
Trump has no serious interest in saving the people of Iran. He is either too invested in Qatar or (more likely) Qatar is too invested in him.
Nor will he help Israel.
Psalm 146:3 – Put not your trust in princes, sons of men, in whom there us no salvation.
Rarely says
Trump will bend if Iran would offer to name a bridge and a street after him. Iran could really seal a great deal if they’d give him a medal too.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Rarely
Iran is too stupid to do that. Others like Turkey or Qatar might have, now that they know that Trump can be bought
Wellington says
I hope Trump realizes that Witkoff is an idiot. I fear he does not and why, even though I admire Trump and voted for him three times, I still think that he is simply not enough.
A truly great human being is needed to save America and, by extension, the West. That person almost certainly has to be an American, electable to high office and as astounding as a Lincoln, a Churchill or a Washington. None in sight I fear. Very good people in sight like Vance, Gabbard and Rubio, but are they enough? Right now I think not and thus America and the West remain in deep, deep trouble.
rick says
Good comments, Wellington. I call his old real estate buddy who allowed Putin to write up the “plan” for a Ukrainian/Russia Peace solution whom I call Wit-Less is a failure. I believe he is actually scared of even going to Israel due to his fear of Hamas. I understand he may speak and understand Russian and that would explain how Putin rode all over him. He was so “thrilled” in using his Russian with the President of Russia. How do you say in Russian “Sure, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, you can write up a draft of the Peace Agreement and I’ll present it to Trump for his consideration”. But Wit-Less doesn’t speak Arabic so why did he say “Yes, Don, Hamas agrees with your Peace Proposal 100%” ?
By the way the Italian Olympics has been overtaken by a Minnesota type antifa group and apparently the US did not do any prior scouting out the lay of the land before Vance was sent which demonstrates poor US surveying of the land and what is really going on in ground zero. Maybe America should be happy that there was no assassination attempt on Vance. When Trump drops the ball he really does drop it hard.
John Smith says
Wellington according to Nostradamus a great military leader is going to emerge from Europe in 2026, referred to as the “man of light.” Well we will have to wait and see if he gets that one right.
OLD GUY says
I have to agree, Trump is a good president, but he thinks as a business man and money and business will NOT resolve the problem with the Islamic countries. Islam hates the west more than they love money.
gravenimage says
+1
࿗Infidel࿘ says
It’s laughable that when the real conversation is about the genocide of Iranians, that this is what’s discussed at the table
In reality, the negotiations are a charade, but if they have to happen, it should be only about the killings, and ideally, about a smooth power transfer to a transition government
Walter Sieruk says
Yes, the heading of is article is absolutely right. No way is “Iran going to give up its nuclear weapons program.”
It’s hardly believable that President Trump would be, so very foolish, as to be willing to take part in that fool’s quest of trying to have genuine negotiations of any value or worth with. That most evil tyrant Khamenei and those other despots in power in that Islamic tyrannical regime played that deception tactic of having “talks.”
\In any such so called “talks” the officials of that tyranny would only speak half- truths and outright lies.
We need to pray and hope that President Trump will wake up to reality and then immediately reject such “talks.” For Khamenei and those other despots in power in that Islamic tyrannical regime playing that deception tactic of having so called “talks.”
Furthermore, it very important to understand that it’s just far too late for any type of “diplomatic settlement’.” The reason why this is so is because the massive human carnage is so horrendous that those murderous despots of Iran must be brought to justice. Likewise, their tyrannical Islamic regime need to be destroyed.
Last, but no least important, there’s a very old Bible based saying which is “Have no dialogue with the Devil” It’s based on Genesis chapter three in with Eve talks with Satan through the serpent. The result of that dialogue was disaster for Adam and Eve and all of humankind. Likewise, Donald Trump even having any intention of having talks, negotiations, with the Khamenei of any other despot of that Islamic tyranny is the wrong move.
For dictators are sons of Satan and that if President Trump has any wisdom at all. He will call off “talks,” For if Trump goes through with such “negotiations” he might fall for the beguiling lying words with would in a bogus “peace agreement” that would be a disaster for America, a disaster for Israel, a disaster for the Iranian people and a disaster for the world.
Walter Sieruk says
President Trump should not have “talks “ with those despicable murderous lying despots of Iran ,Trump should instead aid the Iranian patriots in their righteous quest to overthrow that horrendous Islamic tyranny and then have a legitimate , genuine , government that respects and ensures the basic human rights of the people of Iran.
To put this in a more detailed way, this idea of having “negotiations” with those tyrants is very wrong, for in a sense, such “talks’ will give a type of an image of “legitimacy” to that murderously brutal bloodthirsty cruel horrific Islamic tyranny of Iran.
Furthermore, it’s outright folly end naïve stupidity to feel and thing the those despots can be reason in honest dialogue. .Those tyrants with disingenuous words, half-truths and outright lies of Islamic deception, Taqiyya, will only be stalling for time restore their deadly weapons construction and manufacturing center to engage further jihad /murder attacks against America and Israel, some of those weapons they will to Hamas and Hezbollah.
For that hostile:” mullah regime” hates America and the American people and wants to destroy us no matter what. So let’s get it over with a strike that Islamic tyranny.
President Trump should enough information to realize this.
Nevertheless Donald Trump, sadly, is proving by his own inaction that he must be all talk and no action of undertaking the fitting US military operation to keep is promises to the Iranian people.
By Trump making himself to be buff, empty words and false promises he terribly let down the Iranians who trusted him to keep his word of aiding the Iranian patriots with American military force.
Donald Trump by not backing up his words US Air Force strikes at that regimes weapon and tyranny control centers, Trump has very much tarnished is reputation as strong determined man who keeps his word . Likewise, he has put dishonor upon the office of the Presidency of the United States.
As for the latter part of the above, top quote “Trump did nothing except to enter into negotiations with the Islamic Republic.” The fact of reality is that it’s just far too late for any type of “diplomatic settlement’.” The reason why this is so is because the massive murderous human carnage with so much innocent human bloodshed that is so horrendous evil that those brutal cruel death- inflecting despots of Iran must be brought to justice, in the they must be severely punished Likewise, their tyrannical Islamic regime need to be destroyed.
Westman says
Nuclear ambitions and Dictatorships run on energy – mechanical, human, and potential. In Iran those are puchased with money from oil sales. Even terrorist groups (actually mercenaries) won’t fight for the “goodwill” of the Regime.
The key to the removal of the Mullahs is bankruptcy of the Regime and that depends on the stoppage of oil production and sales. The Regime will surely fall when the IRGC knows it will never be paid under Khamenei’s government.
Nera says
Iran is going to get nuclear weapons the choice is only will it be IRGC regime with a nuclear arsenal or a democratically chosen government of Iranian people who want dignified lives and prosperity and share common language with the civilised world.
jerry glenn says
President Trump, please fire Witkoff and hire some advisers who understand the nature of Islam.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I just wonder what role Seb Gorka plays in the government? He’s there – can’t he tell Trump and Witkoff how worthless this all is?
gravenimage says
Iran Is Not Going to Give Up its Nuclear Weapons Program
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Not voluntarily, certainly…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Not this regime. But Reza Pahlavi has already said that he’d end Iran’s nuke program and have friendly relations w/ all countries. While co-operating w/ them against jihadist groups – that would presumably include Israel, India and the US