Thursday, June 17, 2021

Let the Mutual Pretending 2.0 Begin!

Iran will get a new Iran nuclear deal.

The slow retreat begins:

The Biden administration lifted sanctions on three former Iranian officials and several energy companies amid stalled nuclear negotiations, signaling Washington’s willingness to further ease economic pressure on Iran if the country changes course.

Sure, perhaps the sanctions lifted are now technically moot. But the symbolism remains:

But officials familiar with talks under way in Vienna on the future of the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement said the Biden administration has been looking at how it could inject momentum into the negotiations.

This American retreat will speed up quickly as Iran refuses to give more than symbolic ground and the Biden surrender monkeys speed up the pace and impact of concessions. 

The new deal will have the same foundation of the original deal:

Well of course a deal is possible! Duh. All Iran has to do is pretend to end their drive for nuclear weapons and all we have to do is pretend to believe Iran. Simple, no?

I remember that first Obama deadline set for Iran. Yeah. No other deadline for better behavior was met and I doubt this crew will even pretend to set deadlines on Iran.

The Smart Diplomacy is starting to really hurt.