Iran will not retaliate; it will play victim

Very thought-provoking piece I stumbled upon today (link below). The gist of it is that Iran has no good options except to appeal to the American and European left to feel sorry for it and hope these feelings of “injustice” will generate momentum for the Democratic contender in 2020. If that can be achieved, they’ll likely get another dove who will give them access to billions and lift sanctions in exchange for rolling back their infant nuclear program.

What’s not addressed is whether Trump’s one-two hit of economic sanctions followed by heavy-handed military reaction as needed will bring Iran back to the negotiating table. The author instead seems to suggest a second Trump term would merely cause Iran to become second-rate agitators in the M.E. instead of swallowing their pride and swapping their nuclear program for sanctions being lifted. If Trump could somehow achieve that, he’d get a non-dangerously nuclear Iran WITHOUT paying them billions in the process, an ideal outcome as compared to Obama’s appeasement.

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