“U.S. prepared to talk with Iran” is supposed to make the harried and halfway-paying-attention public think that everybody is going to get together, talk things over and work out a deal conducive to all parties. Sounds “diplomatic” and reasonable. But that’s not what’s happening.
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(T)he United States…is holding direct talks with Iran…if Iran …first agrees…” That’s not a prelude to diplomatic talks but an unreasonable
demand. Imagine one executive saying to another “I want to buy your company. Sign it over to me and
then we’ll talk price.” That’s the type of deal * is offering, guaranteed to bring a “Fuck you!” response.
This is a carefully orchestrated maneuver intended to prime an unsuspecting public for an Iran attack. When the “diplomacy” fails as
we all know it will, * can say “Well, we
tried but Iran is being disagreeable and we have
no choice but to respond militarily.” And the public will shuffle along, muttering to themselves “Yeah, we
tried, right?” and go about their business while * drives us straight into the brick wall of an epic world crisis.
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Posted earlier here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1321450