The three possible outcomes of the Saudi-Iran deal

Good piece.  And before anybody gets too excited, this could work to the benefit of US interests in the region.

Best parapgraph:

Iran’s negotiators are often described as having the patience of Persian carpet weavers. Whether talking with Saudi Arabia or with Western countries, they have always played for time. In the Saudi case, they exploited the fact that all our kings have been of advanced age upon acceding to the throne, so the Iranians knew it was only a matter of time before they had to deal with a new leadership for whom they would not be a priority until they got their house in order. When dealing with Western democracies, Iran understood that elected leaders changed every few years. Even as recently as the Trump-Biden transition in the White House, all Tehran had to do was survive the former’s maximum pressure campaign until the latter arrived determined to revive the Iran nuclear deal, which meant they could demand concessions.

 haresfur wrote:
It suits the blob. No deal. Maximum sanctions.
Joe Biden Caught Admitting Iran Nuclear Deal 'Is Dead' in Video

Sanctions will do that (for both sides of the alliance). The enemy of my enemy...

 R_P wrote:

Like I said, trump really fucked that one up. Put them in a position where a nuclear program would look like the only course for security. Never would have guessed that putin could have managed a strategic alliance with Iran, though.

 haresfur wrote:
Same hysteria. More sanctions! At least they allow inspectors unlike some other rogue nuclear power in the Middle East. Rulez.

 R_P wrote:

You need to keep up. Oh, I suppose the *recent* IAEA inspections are just a US war-mongering plot.

Rules-based!
Israel Says Its Window to Attack Iran Is Closing Due to Russian Support
Israeli officials have been threatening they will attack Iran, and the US has said Israel can do what it needs against the country

 haresfur wrote:
Rinse, repeat.

 R_P wrote:

And has been enriching uranium to almost weapons grade. Thanks trump

 miamizsun wrote: 
Wow...Drink the Kool-Aid, Yasmin! Unbelievable...To worship such a God that would call for this. Oy vey!

Iran says it has built hypersonic ballistic missile -Tasnim

free speech equals free people
are we witnessing the birth pangs of liberal democracy?
do the hardliners, both left and right have an expiration date?

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

rp gets the credit, he shared the bit of code to do it, i sent it to you via dm

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
He's a smart one alright...

 miamizsun wrote:
Thx J!!!  

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

 oldviolin wrote:
embedding is probably enough tbh.. I shut it down after it repeating about 10 times.. kind of got to my bones.