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Iran is ready for dialogue with the United States, but it must be a conversation on equal terms, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
X ^ | 4/6/25 | Zlatti 71

Posted on 04/06/2025 5:56:31 AM PDT by hardspunned

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Perhaps the impasse is over. Trump’s brinkmanship looks like it will pay off again. Sometimes the process scares the bejeebers out of me.
1 posted on 04/06/2025 5:56:31 AM PDT by hardspunned
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Equal terms? The United States of America meeting with 9th Century pig fornicating knuckle draggers?


2 posted on 04/06/2025 5:58:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: hardspunned

Lol. Death to America the big Satan, isn’t threatening at all.


3 posted on 04/06/2025 6:00:56 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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Well, we do it with the Saudis. Iranians are 10 times more industrious and modern compared to the best day the Saudis have ever seen.


4 posted on 04/06/2025 6:02:27 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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Reminds me of my granddaddy’s old mule. He’d work all day, no problem. But in the morning he wouldn’t get out of its stall until granddaddy hit him across the head with a 2X4, said that you had to get the mules attention first thing.


5 posted on 04/06/2025 6:05:35 AM PDT by Flint
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Iran would be a natural friend to the US. Iran has a long warrior history and the ability to recognize minority views. You can be a Jew, Christian and other religion there, not so in the other muslim strongholds that have US support.
6 posted on 04/06/2025 6:06:25 AM PDT by Theoria
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Ah, so NOW they want to talk.


7 posted on 04/06/2025 6:11:49 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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How is the US “equal” with Iran? Do tell.


8 posted on 04/06/2025 6:12:35 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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Speaking to reporters during a press conference, Pezeshkian said "If you want negotiations, what's the point of threatening?" he asked.

Silly question. Because it's the only way to get an a**hole's attention.

9 posted on 04/06/2025 6:13:28 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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Facing the schoolyard bully is always a pucker moment. But it has to be done. Trump is the one to do it. BTW, each aircraft carrier has more modern jets than most countries. Plus, the heavy bombers can fly directly from the US. That display at Deigo Garcia is exactly that.


10 posted on 04/06/2025 6:13:32 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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Have you ever met any Iranians / Persians personally? They are as far from a knuckle-dragging people as you can get. In fact, Persians have a high IQ distribution, similar to Jews and Armenians. There is a reason that the country is quite independent and technologically advanced. This is an ancient civilization that pre-dates Islam by a long time.

If only we could resolve their differences with Israel (which, as unpopular as it is to point out, are not one-sided), they could be a meaningful part of the world community.

11 posted on 04/06/2025 6:22:31 AM PDT by billakay
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He sounds like Zelensky.
12 posted on 04/06/2025 6:25:18 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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Ah, so NOW they want to talk.

They didn’t want to have their silhouettes stenciled on the side of a B-2.

13 posted on 04/06/2025 6:32:49 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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“If you want negotiations, what’s the point of threatening?” he asked

It’s called leverage. Like when you supply groups that physically beat captive toddlers to death, rape and murder defenseless people. Iran seems to enjoy and support this behavior, as well as to use its impact. Truthfully, I don’t want my national to threaten Iran anymore. I want it to bomb Iran until it can’t support anything at all, and not even to warn it again in advance. I want that bombing to continue until the words “Unconditional Surrender” slip from its leaders lips. All wells burning, all ships sunk, all trade stopped, all roads impassible, all factories destroyed. When the Iranians get tired enough, they can pick a different path.

Perhaps we could skip all that, and the people of Iran could intellectually grasp where it will end and just pick a different path now. So maybe it’s not a threat, it’s a promise this time. Let the Iranian people decide, but I am certain that Donald Trump (shoot me and I get up and yell fight) will use the stick.


14 posted on 04/06/2025 6:44:12 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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If only we could resolve their differences with Israel (which, as unpopular as it is to point out, are not one-sided), they could be a meaningful part of the world community.

The Iranian problem with Israel is clearly religious. Didn’t seem to be a problem before the Ayatollahs. They feel they are destined to kill all the Jews. Solving the problem with Israel means that one of the two must go.

So pick which one goes…..


15 posted on 04/06/2025 6:48:09 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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“ I want it to bomb Iran until it can’t support anything at all, and not even to warn it again in advance. I want that bombing to continue until the words “Unconditional Surrender” slip from its leaders lips. All wells burning, all ships sunk, all trade stopped, all roads impassible, all factories destroyed. When the Iranians get tired enough, they can pick a different path.”

I’m with you. The few Iranians I’ve met seem to be decent sorts. But their current leadership is bat guano barking moon bat outhouse rat crazy. Once they’ve been killed and driven from power maybe the rational civilized rest can take over.

L


16 posted on 04/06/2025 6:57:17 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: DesertRhino

Ha, ha, another Shia sycophant chiming in to support the terrorist supporters of the world.
Saudis have always been reasonable. Iran has (post revolution) always been religious bigots. There is a difference and that difference is the source of almost all Moslem hatred for hundreds of years.


17 posted on 04/06/2025 7:01:27 AM PDT by bobbo666
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How is it equal when there are thousands of fighter planes, Cruise Missles, and numerous Stealth Bombers prepared to blow pieces of Iran plumb into the the surrounding countries?


18 posted on 04/06/2025 7:02:18 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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Have you ever negotiated with anyone? Did they force you to get on your knees before talking to you? Did they let you know before word one that you are not their equal and if they didn’t like what you said, they’d blow your brains out?

Yeah, that’s the way to get a real, long lasting agreement.


19 posted on 04/06/2025 7:07:33 AM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months s)
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Doubtfully.

The Iranians are rushing to field a nuclear weapon and they are very close. this is simply a delay tactic to give Iran time to field a working device so they can enter the nuclear bomb club. that makes them untouchable.

20 posted on 04/06/2025 7:25:02 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (TV )
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