Lying is a virtue, vice is praised, ambushes are courageous, rape is OK, false is true.
These realities are foundational for them.
Therefore any negotiations or deals instantly dissolve. They never were actually possible. Nor will they ever be.
There is a reason Jefferson got the first Koran in US and why “‘to the shores of Tripoli “‘is in the marine anthem
I think the majority population in this world just may have to lie to survive. Look at the Japanese. They’re so polite. Tell you what you want to hear even if it’s not true. Survival to them these days is not an issue but most of world history involved slavery and uneducated masses.
There a more ‘democracies’ out there than ever before depending on how you define the. It’s a long tough slog. Perhaps taking out Iran will be a bigger message to the rest of the world.
Attempts at negotiations were done for the rest of the world to see as much as it was for Iran if not more.
Now we can say we tried diplomacy and iran wanted nothing to do with it.
So now the only option is complete destruction.