Iran on nuke deal: 'We did not agree to dismantle anything' - CNN.com
Israel was right. It looks like force is the only thing these ****ers respect. I predict there's going to be a war eventually. Obama either lied to us, or is a fool.
Obama fed us a bunch of hooey.
This should come as no surprise to even the most casual followers of the rules of diplomacy. What Obama has fallen for here was wholly avoidable if he had ever learned to keep his fool mouth shut. It's a classic blunder that is as old as time. The rule is simple "Never mention what you conceded publicly until it's in writing" done. That is it. Once you admit your concessions openly you have destroyed any chance of a deal getting done.
Here is how the Iranians have played this:
1) Agree in principle to a compromise in which you will concede A, B and C while they will concede X, Y and Z
2) Go back to your country and tell everyone that you got your opponent to concede X, Y and Z
3) The egotistical Idealist invariably will return home and tell everyone that they got concessions on A, B and C and all it cost was X, Y and Z.
4) Let this story percolate for a while, let your opponent bask in the accolades of their wonderful compromise.
5) Now that your opponent is fully invested in the compromise publicly announce that there was some mistake. You never actually conceded A, B and C. All you agreed to was the concession of X, Y and Z.
At this point the only negotiation that both sides have agreed to publicly is that your opponent will concede X, Y and Z. Your opponent, on the other hand, now has the choice of either conceding X, Y and Z and calling it a day, or admitting that maybe they aren't as great at negotiating as they have been promoted to be, and scrap the very compromise they were praised for just weeks ago.
(Hint: Politicians never chooses the second option.)
What makes this sort of funny -- if it weren't so serious -- is that this is how Obama negotiates with Republican leadership all the time. Essentially the Iranians just Boehner-ed Obama.
