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Here Are The 3 Factions Slipping Poison Pills Into Trump’s Peace Process
Here Are The 3 Factions Slipping Poison Pills Into Trump's Peace Process
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring the months-long war to an end.
dailycaller.com
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring the months-long war to an end. The formal signing is planned to take place at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday.
The details surrounding the MOU are scant. But the basic gist is that, barring a total breakdown, the MOU ends hostilities on all fronts (including Lebanon) and begins a 60-day period in which both parties can negotiate thornier issues: Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment capabilities, the long-term arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz and whether Iran will keep its fee system permanently in place, and sanctions relief. An Iranian news outlet published a 14-point proposal purported to be the actual MOU, “electronically signed” by Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. However, it’s unclear whether this information is credible.
The MOU is not a final, negotiated “peace deal.” But it is the first important hurdle in a longer process that could potentially end the costly war that began Feb. 28. Trump said he might send the MOU to Congress for review and that he’d read it aloud at a press conference once it is released to the public.
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What’s more clear, however, are the factions who want to derail the peace process, continue the war, or else want the opposing side to get nothing out of any future deal and thus make peace all but impossible: the Israelis, the Iran Hawks and Israel Firsters, and hardliners in the Iranian regime.
The Israelis
The Israelis have made it known since Sunday that they have no intention of ending their occupation of Lebanon, even though it would appear that this is a crucial part of the MOU.
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The Iran Hawks and Israel Firsters
Iran Hawks and pro-Israel voices on the right have come out of the woodwork in recent days, knives unsheathed, in a desperate attempt to pressure the Trump administration out of the peace process and return to full-scale war.
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The Iranian Hardliners
Al Jazeera reported Tuesday that hardliners in the Iranian regime have “shown their anger at the prospect of signing a deal with US President Donald Trump.” This faction believes Trump is the key culprit behind the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and General Qassem Soleimani, according to the outlet.
The hardliners reportedly do not want the regime to make any major concessions to the U.S., want full and permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz, and want U.S. troops to leave the region entirely. Some of these hardliners are associated with the political group Paydari Front, led by Saeed Jalili. Jalili was a longtime representative of Khamenei on Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Al Jazeera reported. He is believed to be the main opponent to a deal.
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Trita Parsi, an Iran expert and the vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, believes there is an Iranian hardliner faction currently attempting to poison the well before future negotiations even take place. In an interview Monday, Parsi told Tucker Carlson some of the proposals and recent leaks coming from Iranian state media are, in fact, poison pills.
“There have been so many different versions that have been floating around. Some of them, frankly, do seem to be sabotage efforts,” he explained. “Some of the hardline media in Iran that has been sending out versions that I think deliberately were trying to raise people’s expectations in order to make the final deal look bad. They’re doing it to try to sabotage.”
Commentary:
One thing's for certain, Iran gets nothing up front... Its all based on how the perform.
What Trita Parisi has left out and forgotten the most implacable enemy of all. Democrats need the country to fail so that they can sweep in and finish the job.
Democrats will not allow the ratification of a Treaty with Iran and would rather sabotage further the peace negotiations.
Additionally, the Quisling Media and the Uni-Party (Dems & RINOs) who want to see Trump fail. They're going nuts because the terms will not be released until Friday. It has all of them whining like children wanting an ice cream cone. They don’t get to dictate when the release occurs.
