“The 1143-year-long war had been begun on false pretenses and only continued because the two races were unable to communicate. Once they could talk, the first question was ‘Why did you start this thing?’ and the answer was ‘Me?'” Though lifted from Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War–an allegorical novel of the Vietnam War–this sad conclusion would be equally apposite to an Israeli-American war with Iran.
It is perennially unmentioned that neither side believes Iranian possession of nuclear weapons will improve its strategic situation. Why, then, have negotiations been bogged down for a decade and taken so many wrong turns? The April 16th Istanbul talks produced a long-awaited shift Continue reading
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