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For the Iranian regime, the purpose of negotiations is to force America to surrender.
In an article in Foreign Affairs, two pro-Islamic regime analysts, Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr, gloat over what they see as an Iranian victory over America. They write: “The war has given rise to a new Iran, one that will reshape the [Middle East] and influence the course of geopolitics for years to come."
No surprise there: the pattern has set in of Trump making bellicose statements, Iran dangling concessions, Trump backing off, Iran repackaging those concessions as further threats and demands, Iran renewing its attacks and America declaring that negotiations are resuming.
Trump could have used Israel as leverage to weaken Iran by crippling Hezbollah. Instead, by holding Israel back from delivering the decisive blow against Iran’s proxy army, he has enabled Iran to use Hezbollah as leverage against Israel.
Behind Trump’s strategic errors, however, lies a more profound-and profoundly worrying-issue. The Iran war is deeply unpopular with the American people. In part, that’s because Trump has never made the case to them that it’s being waged because Iran poses a mortal threat to America itself.
What started as the United States finally grasping that it had no option but to neutralize Iran, because it was getting perilously close to obtaining nuclear weapons to hit the “Great Satan," now threatens to turn into a repeat of the 2015 nuclear deal debacle.
President Trump: A second Obama? Daf Hayomi today Chullin 37b: And if you wish, say instead that it is derived from here: “Then I said: Ah, Lord God, my soul has not become impure; and from my youth until now I have not eaten an unslaughtered carcass or a tereifa, and no piggul flesh came into my mouth” (Ezekiel 4:14). The Gemara explains: “My soul has not become impure” means that I did not consider any sinful thoughts during the day that would cause me to come to impurity due to a seminal emission at night. “And from my youth until now I have not eaten an unslaughtered carcass or a tereifa” means that I never ate the flesh of an animal that was in danger of imminent death, leading one to say: Slaughter it, slaughter it quickly, before it dies. “And no piggul flesh came into my mouth” means that I never ate from an animal with regard to which there was uncertainty whether it is forbidden and a Sage issued a ruling to permit it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. My theory. The Gamara quotes Ezekiel 4:14 “Then I said, Ah, Lord God, my person was never defiled, nor have I eaten anything that died of itself or was torn by beast from my youth until now, nor has foul flesh entered my mouth.” The Talmudic Sages knew of horrible diseases germs viruses from anything that died of itself or was torn by beast or foul stinking dirty meat whatever. Ezekiel was the intrepid leader/prophet in Babylon of the Jews over 2,500 or so years ago. Wow so interesting.
We’re under attack here in Israel, terrorists shooting killing Jews. We stay home. Yes I’m still trying to free my TIAA pension (I get only 45% today from teaching in NYC 1974-1991). Judge Prus ruled that time has long passed for me to appeal any and all NYS rulings awards whatever re my divorce with my 1st wife. I write many UPS letters and I file UPS motions.