Iran: Now That We Got What We Wanted, No More Negotiations

http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/260382/iran-now-we-got-what-we-wanted-no-more-daniel-greenfield

Somewhere John Kerry is weeping

October 7, 2015

Daniel Greenfield

  

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Somewhere John Kerry is weeping softly into a monogrammed hand towel that smells like lacquer and failure.

The whole premise for the disastrous nuke deal was that it was supposed to open relations with Iran. Now Iran's Supreme Leader, you know the guy who really runs the country, not the guy who smiles in photos or leers at Kerry, has written off negotiations.

Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned direct talks with the U.S. on Wednesday because of what he described as "countless harm" to Iran's interests.
The statements mark a sharp reversal after Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said last week his country was willing to talk with the U.S. about managing the crisis in Syria.

Of course Rouhani ultimately represents Khamenei. So you can read this as another game of Good Shiite/Bad Shiite in which Rouhani whets Kerry's appetite only to get shut down by the Ayatollah which necessitates more concessions to appease the Supreme Leader. Rouhani promises that he can open up Iran and improve relations, but the Ayatollah is old and paranoid and just needs the US to do X.

You can bet that's a big part of how Iran got its sweetheart nuke deal complete with enrichment and a near zero breakout time.

The SmartPower(TM) diplomacy crowd is getting taken like an idiot in a car salesman's office. "Now I have to go check with my manager and see if he can let help us get nukes for only $150 billion.)