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Rapprochement Is a Fantasy—#Iran Thrives on Tension With the U.S.
“… reconciliation with the U.S. is threatening and unacceptable, and all attempts at rapprochement must be suppressed.”
Yet Obama/Biden remain staunch advocates of appeasement.
foreignaffairs.com/articles/north…
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Rapprochement Is a Fantasy—#Iran Thrives on Tension With the U.S.
“… reconciliation with the U.S. is threatening and unacceptable, and all attempts at rapprochement must be suppressed.”
Yet Obama/Biden remain staunch advocates of appeasement.
foreignaffairs.com/articles/north…
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“… recuperation of $1.7 billion in frozen assets that coincided with the release of American prisoners in January 2016.”
#ObamaGate
“… recuperation of $1.7 billion in frozen assets that coincided with the release of American prisoners in January 2016.”
#ObamaGate
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“At times, observers and policymakers in the U.S. have vested their hopes, and even their policies, in the possibility that tensions among Iran’s political factions might serve to attenuate the regime’s anti-American commitments. Such thinking is wishful at best.”
“At times, observers and policymakers in the U.S. have vested their hopes, and even their policies, in the possibility that tensions among Iran’s political factions might serve to attenuate the regime’s anti-American commitments. Such thinking is wishful at best.”
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“The so-called moderates… are instead another face of the same regime, and one that lives in symbiosis with its counterpart… The two factions share the common goal of preserving the theocratic regime on which the interests of both depend.”
“The so-called moderates… are instead another face of the same regime, and one that lives in symbiosis with its counterpart… The two factions share the common goal of preserving the theocratic regime on which the interests of both depend.”
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“They are also scapegoats who can help shield the supreme leader and IRGC, who wield the real power in the system, from blame for failures."
“They are also scapegoats who can help shield the supreme leader and IRGC, who wield the real power in the system, from blame for failures."
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"... just after the nuclear deal—the regime continued repression against women’s rights activists, religious minorities, & liberal intellectuals, among others. Fellow prisoners with familiarity with these groups told me that they thought this persecution actually intensified."
"... just after the nuclear deal—the regime continued repression against women’s rights activists, religious minorities, & liberal intellectuals, among others. Fellow prisoners with familiarity with these groups told me that they thought this persecution actually intensified."
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"Regionally, too, Iran was eager to express its independence & its undiminished resistance to US interests after it signed the nuclear deal. It tested ballistic missiles & continued supporting proxies in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon & Palestine, as well as the Assad regime in Syria."
"Regionally, too, Iran was eager to express its independence & its undiminished resistance to US interests after it signed the nuclear deal. It tested ballistic missiles & continued supporting proxies in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon & Palestine, as well as the Assad regime in Syria."
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"It stirred tensions in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The underlying message was loud and clear: Iran was not going to modulate its behavior in the region because of the deal but would instead expand its influence."
"It stirred tensions in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The underlying message was loud and clear: Iran was not going to modulate its behavior in the region because of the deal but would instead expand its influence."
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"... Iran is a spoiler power that can cause great damage to the interests of the United States and its allies. This destructive capability is the principal leverage Iran wields. Washington should never lose sight of it, no matter how polarized debates on Iran become."
"... Iran is a spoiler power that can cause great damage to the interests of the United States and its allies. This destructive capability is the principal leverage Iran wields. Washington should never lose sight of it, no matter how polarized debates on Iran become."
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Wishful thinking about the capabilities of Iran's moderates or the possibility of changing the revolutionary nature of the regime actually helps fuel the anti-American rhetoric & disinformation of the regime & allows it to take advantage of US' domestic political divisions.
Wishful thinking about the capabilities of Iran's moderates or the possibility of changing the revolutionary nature of the regime actually helps fuel the anti-American rhetoric & disinformation of the regime & allows it to take advantage of US' domestic political divisions.
