Quote of the day
Effective war diplomacy can get you the best and most creative agreement that the circumstances warrant. But that last part is key. Kickass diplomacy is never going to get the side that won the conflict to agree to a deal in which they lost. But that is essentially what’s being asked of the diplomacy here.
~Josh Marshall
~Josh Marshall
As a general principle this is impossible to argue with. But applying it to a specific conflict is hard if the parties are each thinking they are winning. Right now I’d say that there is very little Iran can do to compel the US to reach any particular agreement and it’s TBD if the reverse is also true.
@Eric,
LOL! Right now I’d say there’s very little Trump can do to compel Iran to reach any particular agreement. Trump and his GOP are desperately seeking a way out of this self-inflicted Israeli proxy war that everyone knows he’s lost.