RINF<\/a>) – Washington’s diplomatic history reflects longstanding double-dealing duplicity – an odious record of broken promises showing it can’t be trusted.<\/p>\nUS deals are made to be reinterpreted post facto and\/or breached – blaming negotiating partners for its perfidy. Rogue states operate this way – by their own rules and standards, excluding all others, America most of all.<\/p>\n
Longstanding irresponsible US hostility toward Iran remains unchanged – compounded by pressure from Israel, its Lobby and bipartisan, lunatic fringe elements, infesting Congress, the administration, and legions of area influence peddlers, reflecting a deeply malignant system too corrupted to fix.<\/p>\n
Iran’s Basij (volunteer) Force commander General Mohammad Reza Naqdi is right saying:<\/p>\n
“Agreement is not the end of the road\u2026(I)t is the start of evil excuses, and we will witness new US games and excuse-seeking after the agreement too. They will present their own interpretation at every stage and buyer’s remorse in every issue, even after the deal” – if one is reached.<\/p>\n
Concluding one remains uncertain. A fair and equitable deal sustainable longterm is virtually impossible given longstanding US anti-Iranian policy focused on regime change, not rapprochement.<\/p>\n
Nuclear talks are a smoke screen – typical US duplicity masking its real objectives. It’s hard seeing a good ending to this long-running saga.<\/p>\n
Iranian officials know what they’re up against. Betrayal will follow good faith negotiations with America.<\/p>\n
Hardliners in Washington and Israel want war. US plans have been in place for decade or longer – including using atomic weapons against nuclear, military, \u00a0civilian infrastructure, economic targets, government facilities and other strategic sites.<\/p>\n
Hillary Clinton endorses use of nuclear weapons. She calls them “peacekeepers” – Orwellian and then some. She vows to “obliterate” Iran if it attacks Israel – meaning even in self-defense.<\/p>\n
Bernie Sanders wants war with Tehran avoided, but repeats the canard about its nonexistent road to the bomb saying “(i)t is imperative that Iran not get a nuclear weapon” – the whole world knows it’s not pursuing or wants.<\/p>\n
Its top officials urge a nuclear free region and world – opposite of what US-dominated NATO and Israel want.<\/p>\n
As this is written, nuclear talks remain deadlocked. Whether resolution is possible remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
Whatever happens, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the “fight (against) global arrogance is the core of our revolution and we cannot put it on hold.”<\/p>\n
“The US is the true embodiment of global arrogance\u2026Fixing the arrogance is a revolutionary principle.”<\/p>\n
Washington’s new Joint Chiefs chairman nominee General (Fighting Joe) Dunford perhaps ups the stakes for possible war on the Islamic Republic telling mostly likeminded Senate Armed Services Committee members:<\/p>\n
“Iran is clearly a malign influence and the most destabilizing element in the Middle East today. They’re providing support to the Houthis down in Yemen. They obviously support Hezbollah\u2026a clear malign influence in Lebanon.”<\/p>\n
“There are indications they’re involved in Syria. And certainly, they’re involved in trying to expand their influence into Iraq. And they’re\u2026exacerbating\u2026the Sunni-Shia sectarianism across the region.”<\/p>\n
Dunford absurdly and recklessly blamed Iran for the deaths of about 500 US “soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines” in Iraq.<\/p>\n
He ludicrously warned of nonexistent Iranian ICBMs posing “a significant threat to our nation\u2026(W)e can expect a proliferation of nuclear arms as a result of Iranian possession of nuclear weapons.”<\/p>\n
Lunatics like Dunford make policy in Washington. They make the unthinkable possible – potentially humanity destroying nuclear war.<\/p>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/p>\n
His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/p>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n
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