Daniel Davis Deep Dive
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We can choose to ignore any words by leaders of Iran if we choose; most in the West hate Iranian ldrs - but we ignore them to our harm.Here's why.When assessing how willing Iran might be to concede any points of the MoU during the 60-day negotiating period, don't merely look at their control of the SoH or the damage we did to their country with the initial 40 day bombing campaign. Look further.* In 2018 Trump unilaterally pulled out of the JCPOA that had been painstakingly negotiated w Iran for over two years;* In 2020, Trump assassinated their senior general in Iraq, alleging that he was a terror leader (Iraq claimed the general was there on a diplomatic mission re Saudi Arabia)* In 2024 Israel destroyed an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria, violating all international norms* Also in 2024, Israel assassinated a Hamas leader who was attending the inauguration of Iranian Prez Pezeshkian, in the Iranian capital* In 2025, after five rounds of negotiations and with a sixth schedule for 15 June 2025, Israel launched a war against Iran on 13 June.* In February 2025, after three rounds of negotiations, a fourth meeting was planned - when the United States launched at attack on Iran.* On February 28, the US assassinated the Iranian Supreme Leader in his compound, along with dozens of other senior leaders.* Also on February 28, an American missile hit an Iranian girls' school, killing hundreds of kids and teachers.When their leaders engage in negotiations
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with us now, what do you think the odds are that they'll a) trust a word we say, and b) that they don't intend on keeping the above list at the front of their minds when deciding on what they will or will not agree to?These are not likely for-public-appearances only; Iranian leaders and much of their population wants to extract a major cost on us and are *very* unlikely to simply capitulate to U.S. demands merely bc we threaten them again.These emotionally-satisfying attacks (by war-loving advocates
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) we've launched against Iran since 2020 may well set the stage for a bad, bad deal for us in this current situation. Don't expect Iran to roll over helplessly anymore.