Two parties can't reach agreement on anything if one of them is nuts. So, thanks for the candlelight vigils and moment of silence (which I don't recall ever hearing about before), but until Iran "elects" a leader who isn't completely crazy, it's no go.
I dont recall a apology for the hostage crisis in 79 that was hummmmmm 27 years ago.
There is no misunderstanding on our side here. There is only a weakness of will to do what we have to do about that understanding. Iran may or may not misunderstand American determination. That remains to be seen. If we do not militarily neutralize Iran than Iran has understood America.
No "misunderstanding" here. The Iranians, from their leaders to the typical man on the street want nuclear weapons. They see them as Aladdin's djinn--once they have them, all their wishes shall come true.
We don't want them to have them. No "misunderstanding" there, either. Because we suspect that they will not be content with just having them. At worst, they will want to use them, against Israel or one of our carrier fleets; and at best, they want to blackmail the world.
No, I'm afraid we understand each other's positions all too well.
I'll have to do some research - was the BBC publishing "news" articles in the late thirties and forties blaming the government of the UK for not making peace with Germany?
BBC blames America of course. If only we would talk to those who consider us the "Great Satan", then all would be well. Dream on...
The circumstances of the Islamic drive against the Infidel world, their belief that the time is at had, require that a crushing military defeat be administered to a recognizable central Islamic entity. In this era that entity is Iran.