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America Has the Upper Hand in Iran Negotiations
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/04/america-has-the-upper-hand-in-iran-negotiations/ ^ | Noah rothman

Posted on 04/08/2026 5:11:22 PM PDT by BHI2025

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1 posted on 04/08/2026 5:11:22 PM PDT by BHI2025
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To: BHI2025

The white noise around the Iran situation is deafening. There is nothing fair, honest and reliable to base any conclusion on.


2 posted on 04/08/2026 5:17:05 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Fido969

America can shut the Hormuz straight any time they choose.
We can seize any Iranian oil tanker.
We can overfly the country and pretty much bomb any area at will.
Our biggest deficit is the dastardly democrats who seek to undermine Trump at every turn.


3 posted on 04/08/2026 5:19:57 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: BHI2025

The article is behind a paywall.


4 posted on 04/08/2026 5:26:27 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

It’s National Review. I wasn’t going to click it anyway.


5 posted on 04/08/2026 5:29:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: jimwatx

Darn! Maybe the mods can pull it off. I’ll copy and paste it later.


6 posted on 04/08/2026 5:30:08 PM PDT by BHI2025 (H)
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To: Fido969

It’s pretty simple, really, for a middle eastern war.

There are main two factions in the Iran IRGC right now.. One wants to talk, and draw out talks about a ceasefire. The other is currently chanting “death to the compromisers” and wants to die fighting.

There was supposed to be a two day ceasefire before talks about a long ceasefire and possible peace deal, starting Friday.

At least one of the factions wanted the ceasefire to include Hezbollah Lebanon, and they are angry that Israel specifically excluded them from any deals. Therefore, they began shooting at all and sundry not 5 minutes after the short ceasefire was supposed to begin.

At least one of the Gulf countries started bombing Iran this morning. I think Oman.


7 posted on 04/08/2026 5:31:41 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Fido969

Truth. Never heard more noise than there is right now.


8 posted on 04/08/2026 5:37:34 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah it ain’t what it used to be that’s for sure.


9 posted on 04/08/2026 5:39:44 PM PDT by jimwatx
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‘…and wants to die fighting.’

Then we should fulfill that wish. Once done peace will rein. Otherwise it’ll be escalating turmoil.


10 posted on 04/08/2026 5:40:18 PM PDT by 556x45
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To: BHI2025

The Neocon Review?


11 posted on 04/08/2026 5:42:11 PM PDT by McGruff
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Thenks so much for posting an article that’s behind a paywall with so much as offering an excerpt.


12 posted on 04/08/2026 5:45:52 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Fido969

That’s because things are not going as well as expected and they don’t want us to know that.


13 posted on 04/08/2026 5:50:04 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Pikachu_Dad

The democrats aren’t just trying to undermine the President, they are encouraging and emboldening the enemy. This is truly the most despicable Democrats have ever been, they are literally supporting Iran.


14 posted on 04/08/2026 5:53:47 PM PDT by Toespi ( )
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To: jimwatx

“The article is behind a paywall.”

Clear cookies for this website, this will reset on the other end server... at least it does for me.


15 posted on 04/08/2026 6:02:13 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: McGruff

Works for me.


16 posted on 04/08/2026 6:15:01 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Toespi

No. Butler, PA was the most despicable they’ve ever been.


17 posted on 04/08/2026 6:18:21 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: jimtorr

Well, that makes it was to decide who to bonb next !


18 posted on 04/08/2026 6:32:55 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: jimtorr

Well, that makes it was to decide who to bonb next !


19 posted on 04/08/2026 6:44:06 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Responsibility2nd

It comes through on the Brave browser. To make it quick, they create a fallacy on what on what Trump actually agreed on to obtain the ceasefire for negotiations. So it is a worthless article from the word go.


20 posted on 04/08/2026 6:46:31 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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