Washington wants to start a war with Iran too
It's not just Russia and China. Washington is looking to take on the largest nation in the Middle East as well.
"We are still hopeful that diplomacy can find a way," Brett McGurk, the National Security Council's coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, told the Manama Dialogue organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "But if it cannot find a way, we are prepared to use other options."
"There is no question, we are not going to allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, period," McGurk said. "And when it came to military force for behavior change, that is a pretty fuzzy objective for a military force. When it comes to military force to prevent a country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, that is a very achievable objective."
US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley said in a tweet after a November 18 meeting with Middle Eastern allies and European parties to the deal that Iran could choose one of two paths: "continued nuclear escalation & crisis, or mutual return to the JCPOA, creating opportunities for regional economic & diplomatic ties."
Has everyone forgotten that it wasn't Iran that broke the agreement?
What is happening is that the U.S. insists on renegotiating the deal, while Iran is saying that it never broke the deal in the first place, so it shouldn't have to do anything outside of what was already agreed.
Meanwhile, Israel is chomping at the bit to start bombing Iran, like it's been bombing Syria for 10 years.
At the last moment, Russia and China stepped in to pressure Iran to go back to the negotiating table to at least consider a new deal.
The Russian ambassador to the talks, Mikhail Ulyanov, said: “We managed to eliminate a number of misunderstandings that created some tension. Everyone confirmed their commitment to productive work [to restore the nuclear agreement].”Nevertheless, Joe Biden warned that the United States was preparing “additional measures” against Iran, amid lingering fears that the talks could still fail.
Since we've sanctioned virtually everything in Iran for the last five years, additional measures have to involve the U.S. military.
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Who doesn't enjoy the middle east on fire?
Me
We're living in La La Land.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Didn’t the numerous war games show that if Israel
or us attacks Iran then they will target not only Israel, but many of our bases in the area? I’m pretty sure that if either country starts a military conflict that Iran isn’t just going to sit there and take it.
OT: what do you think of the 52 year best unemployment numbers? Haven’t millions dropped out of working and aren’t even being counted as unemployed? And are democrats responsible for inflation or was it all the boneheaded moves congress has taken recently?
I don't believe the unemployment numbers
Nor do I believe the inflation numbers.
I think they've been manipulated since at least the 90's, if not before.
But the numbers are so separated from reality now that it's obvious to almost everyone who isn't being paid to believe them.
I agree with Linda Wood.
You are doing good work. But you have been doing good work here for a few years. Thank you.
-Greed is not a virtue.
-Socialism: the radical idea of sharing.
-Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
I hope your blood pressure
and heart rate are OK, gjohnsit. You are doing more effective and articulate work on these crises than anyone else I have read anywhere.
says Brett McGurk.
Really. As if, should that abstract object diplomacy fail, we'll be forced to do something really terrible.
Lunatics with nukes.
Hurrah! Combat mission in Iraq ends
nothing changes