Washington needs a deal, but Tehran needs an enemy.
"The main principle of bargaining is practice: repetition, repetition, and repetition," [Iranian foreign minister Abbas] Araghchi [, Scion of an Isfahan rug merchant empire and author if. Book on negotiating,] wrote, "so much that the other side of the deal, as they say, gets numb' and gives its consent." Up until now, Tehran's negotiating style has not numbed Trump into consent but agitated him into conflict. Yet conflict, like negotiation, has not resolved the fundamental problem that has confounded every American president since 1979: The United States needs a deal, but the Islamic Republic needs the United States as an adversary. America seeks resolution. Iran is committed to revolution.
*** Is The US Back to the 'Forever Wars?' Vermont ARNG Deploying 500 Soldiers to Middle East ***
FTA:
"[The VTARNG Soldiers] are heading to USCENTCOM, a large military region that includes the Middle East. The mission, dubbed Spartan Shield, includes securing bases in that area. It was planned a year and a half ago, but now it coincides with the illegal US war against Iran being fought by US forces to benefit Israel.
Sources say the unlawful US war against the people of Iran is not part of the VTARNG mission, but since there are now boots on the ground in that region, it's possible these citizen-soldiers could be called on to support the unconstitutional and economically bankrupting war effort."
Link: www.wcax.com
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