The American negotiating team is returning home from Baghdad after participating in the so called P5 + 1 meeting with Iran. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany were trying to get Iran to agree to stop its nuclear weapons program. Things went so poorly in these negotiations that it is rumored that the State Department is busy erecting a large sign saying "Mission Not Accomplished" at Dulles Airport outside Washington in order to set the stage for the welcome home ceremony. Indeed, literally nothing was accomplished in these talks. Even the eternal supporters of "diplomacy" are struggling to find anything good in events in Baghdad; news reports tell us that in a "breakthrough", the Iranian representative spoke for about 30 seconds to the American representative when they were not seated in the conference. One wonders what was said. My guess is that the Iranian said something like "Move aside infidel, I need to get by." Who knows? I certainly am not willing to get excited by a 30 second conversation in the middle of a failed conference. Only someone truly delusional would consider it important.
So, where do we go from here? The answer is Moscow. That's right. The failed conference in Baghdad was a dud. As a result, the diplomats have scheduled a follow up conference for next month in Russia. Remember Einstein's famous statement: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."
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If, as many believe, Obama's main goal is to prevent a war before the election, then having more meetings while not as good as genuine progress that could be touted, is way better than "they are intransigent, future talks would be futile". If that were the announced outcome, now what? would be the obvious question. Another meeting does not seem insane at all, from Obama's standpoint. Israel's reaction is another matter.
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