“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says Yahweh Sabaoth.
(Zechariah 4: 6)
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Al Jazerra—Rouhani: Iran cannot talk to US while under sanctions:
President Hassan Rouhani has declared that Iran cannot enter talks with the “untrustworthy” administration of US President Donald Trump as long as Tehran is under the shadow of economic sanctions.
Rouhani made the comments in a televised interview on Monday evening, just hours before the first round of unilateral “snap back” US sanctions take effect on Tuesday.
“You cannot expect to talk to a person after you stab him and leave the knife in his body,” Rouhani, speaking in Persian, told IRIB state television.
He said the United States proved to be an unreliable negotiating partner when it decided to withdraw from a multinational nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose sanctions against it.
“If there is trust, Iran always welcomes negotiations,” he said. “But negotiations don’t make sense while we are under sanctions.”
In late July, Trump, who has repeatedly criticised Iran’s leaders, said he is willing to meet with them with no preconditions – even though US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later walked back some of the president’s comments.
Speaking to IRIB, Rouhani said Trump’s offer to negotiate is aimed at “creating divisions” in Iran, accusing him of trying to launch “psychological warfare” against the Iranian people.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
See “Iran sanctions: Rouhani condemns US ‘psychological warfare’”.
President Rouhani needs a lesson in diplomacy. War is the result of failed diplomacy. It is “psychological” at the core. War is what happens when all else has failed. The purpose of war is to convey the message that we refuse to accept the world you envision. Nothing is more powerful than knowing that we would rather die than allow you to win.
Where Iran is concerned, we are one step away from missiles flying. We got to this point because of the fierce determination of Iranian leaders to control the Middle East and Islam first and then the rest of the world.
That’s something President Trump will not allow to happen. If real war breaks out, it will be Iran’s fault. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that real war is in the cards if sanctions don’t work. Putting it bluntly, this is not a game.
I believe that Iran’s leaders see themselves in much the same way that Adolf Hitler saw himself, as rulers of the world. Almost everybody knows that Hitler had drawn up detailed plans for the New Germany after World War II, but most people aren’t aware that he had drawn up similar plans for other nations after the war including Great Britain and the United States. It wouldn’t surprise me to discover that Iran’s leaders have similar plans on the shelf already just waiting to be implemented after they defeat us.
That ain’t gonna happen.
Also, see “Iran’s plan that puts the entire West in danger”. This is serious business, and it’s a war worth fighting.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
