Iran resistance

EDITOR—Succinctly put, the Supreme Leader made the following observations: 

A nuclear deal per se is not panacea for Iran’s problems. 
The JCPOA experience shows the US cannot be trusted. While President Barack Obama didn’t follow up that 2015 deal, President Donald Trump simply tore it up. 
In retrospect, all the negotiations and all the concessions and compromises that Iran made turned out to be futile. 
Negotiating with the US, therefore, is neither a wise nor intelligent thing to do or even an honourable thing. 

Indeed, there is no substantive change in the US attitude toward Iran since 2015 when the Obama administration negotiated the JCPOA. Therefore, Khamenei’s remarks principally addressed the polarised domestic public opinion within Iran regarding the efficacy and purpose of renewed negotiations with the US, and implicitly urged national unity. This is the main thing. 

EDITOR—Larry thinks that Trump’s proposals to move Palestinians out of Gaza, and behind the scenes negotiations with Iran, are basically moves to let Trump claim some victories, while diverting attention from the real substance of these issues. Trump’s claims that Iran won’t build a nuclear weapon on his watch are an act of political opportunism, since Iran’s maximum leader himself has (so far) prohibited the building of such weapons. In the final analysis, Trump will have to negotiate in earnest to get anything concrete done, on West Asia or Ukraine, or any other region he chooses to project American power in. As for what he is actually doing at home, ostensible shaking the Federal government like no other president in history, the script and purpose of many of these moves remain unclear to friend and foe. The “unpredictable” Trump is proving his allies and enemies right about that particular quality. 

DON HANK—The Russians are in a superior military position and have the capability to respond powerfully to the US regime’s reckless statements and actions.

This is not a good time to be playing games with Russia. Its patience is wearing thin.

I hope the reader will read these warnings attentively and soberly.

The thing is, Russia is winning handily in Ukraine, advancing in Donbas like a hot knife through butter. Therefore, the pretentious Trump is in no position to be threatening Putin – who is clearly winning and has no reason to negotiate with the nonentity Zelensky.