cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47584733
Trita Parsi May 18, 2026
We should first recognize that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit — the blockade of the blockade — has failed. That, in turn, was itself an admission that the war had failed. Which was an admission that the threats of war in January had failed. As I have argued before on my Substack, this relentless search for an escalatory silver bullet capable of bringing Iran to its knees is not unique to Trump; it has become a defining pathology of American Iran policy for decades.
Although negotiators have made meaningful progress on several fronts, talks have thus far failed to produce an agreement, largely because of irreconcilable differences over Tehran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile. And as Washington has come to realize that the blockade is backfiring, a new and dangerous dynamic has emerged: both sides now believe another round of fighting will strengthen their hand in the negotiations that follow.
Total victory has been achieved! Now watch me start the war again! Restart the clock!
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Trita Parsi is a co-founder of NIAC, which pretends to represent Iranians in the US but is actually the Islamic Republic of Iran’s mouthpiece. You should realize that everything he says is propaganda.
Propaganda or not, do you have any substantive criticisms of what he’s saying here? FWIW, I’ve found his commentary during the current conflict to be pretty reliable.
TACO Tuesday on schedule (shed-dew-all like Picard says it)
Just watch out for some gambling on polymarket to know when it is going to happen
Yes. Please drag the country and the world into complete economic chaos. It’s the only way the cult will understand their actions.
Eh… even then they won’t care as long as browns and queers are getting it worse.
Side note: I made this exact comment on reddit and they removed it and gave me a warning for encouraging violence… Wow that site has gone to complete shit.
Stop interacting with Reddit.
It still has the best niche subs though. Like /r/weeviltime, or any random hobbies, it has the largest community anywhere. Anything remotely about news or politics or anything is dogshit though and I try to stay away from all that (and keep it here).
