Andrea Widburg - American Thinker "It’s true that Trump trusts both Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, but are they joining Vance for another reason, too?"
. . . "Is it also possible that he’s making a point to the Mullahs? Or maybe it’s just a beautiful coming together of circumstances that sees Trump’s best negotiators also being the ones most likely to offend the deeply offensive, indeed, evil mullahs?"
"As I write these words, JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff are in Islamabad, Pakistan, to see if they can get a lasting ceasefire deal with the Iranians. I don’t believe that will happen. Still, I believe that good things will flow from the effort, and I also believe that there may be a funny little twist to the nature of the American negotiators now in Pakistan.
"As people have also known for thousands of years, Persians are wily negotiators. Also, as people have known for 1,400 years, Muslims are dishonest negotiators. It’s right there in the Taqiyya principle, which originated to allow beleaguered Muslims to save their lives in the face of forced conversions but has morphed into a license to lie when dealing with infidels, especially during wartime.
"Thus, the current negotiations are as much stagecraft as they are real. First, they allow Trump to show the world that, having achieved his long-stated objective (e.g., destroying the nuclear threat Iran poses to the world), he’s happy to end the fighting.
"When it comes to regime change, it’s important to note that Trump never stated that as a goal. If the war really ends now, I’m sure Trump will tell the Iranian people something along the lines of Look, I made your corrupt government the weakest it’s ever been, and I’m working on getting arms to you. Now it’s up to you. I am not interested in being responsible for you. You guys are responsible for you.
"Second, because Trump is no fool and must have known that the Iranians most likely would not negotiate in good faith, the two-week ceasefire is a chance to rest the troops, replenish supplies, and plan for the war’s next phase. Yes, it’s also a chance for the Iranians to regroup, but they don’t have much equipment left to regroup with. Also, I suspect that the Artesh (i.e., the regular army, not the IRGC or Basij) is not thrilled about regrouping at all." . . . More...
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