C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
He wants out, but Iran could likely keep going for months.
“Trump is tired of the war, which has proved far more difficult and lasted far longer than he had expected. His party is warily watching rising gas prices and falling poll numbers. He doesn’t want to be bogged down in a Middle East conflict like some of his predecessors were. He doesn’t want it to upend his high-stakes summit next week in China. He is ready to move on.
But Iran, it seems, does not want the war to come to a close. Or at least not with any sort of outcome that could be acceptable to American negotiators. Trump is now in a bind. The president, five aides and outside advisers told me, is convinced that he can sell any sort of agreement as a win. But at least for now, the man who wrote The Art of the Deal can’t even get Iran to the negotiating table. Today, Washington is still waiting for Iran to respond to the latest offering, a one-page memorandum of understanding that is far more of an extension of the cease-fire than a treaty to end the conflict.”
www.theatlantic.com
Trump is wrong, he can’t sell any sort of agreement as a ‘win.’
Indeed, Trump’s Iran fiasco is a failure, an illegal war of choice.
In fact, the best Trump can hope for is an agreement on par with President Obama’s 2015 accords – rendering Trump’s illegal war of choice pointless and wasteful.
No regime change, no end to Iran’s nuclear capabilities, no end to the blockade by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Trump is tired of the war, which has proved far more difficult and lasted far longer than he had expected. His party is warily watching rising gas prices and falling poll numbers. He doesn’t want to be bogged down in a Middle East conflict like some of his predecessors were. He doesn’t want it to upend his high-stakes summit next week in China. He is ready to move on.
But Iran, it seems, does not want the war to come to a close. Or at least not with any sort of outcome that could be acceptable to American negotiators. Trump is now in a bind. The president, five aides and outside advisers told me, is convinced that he can sell any sort of agreement as a win. But at least for now, the man who wrote The Art of the Deal can’t even get Iran to the negotiating table. Today, Washington is still waiting for Iran to respond to the latest offering, a one-page memorandum of understanding that is far more of an extension of the cease-fire than a treaty to end the conflict.”
Trump Is ‘Bored’ With the War He Started
He wants out, but Iran could likely keep going for months.
www.theatlantic.com
Trump is wrong, he can’t sell any sort of agreement as a ‘win.’
Indeed, Trump’s Iran fiasco is a failure, an illegal war of choice.
In fact, the best Trump can hope for is an agreement on par with President Obama’s 2015 accords – rendering Trump’s illegal war of choice pointless and wasteful.
No regime change, no end to Iran’s nuclear capabilities, no end to the blockade by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
