Must say find all this talk from liberal foreign policy types about how Iran is ready to negotiate etc etc ludicrous stuff and deeply troubling if they actually believe what they're saying. Understand, I'm not maintaining Iran isn't open to making a real deal here - my point is if Iran believes its goals are dependent on a nuclear capability then that is all that matters no matter what they may say - they will say and do anything to reach that goal if they view it as necessary. So that's the key - coming to understanding of whether or not Iran sees its strategic goals as being dependent on acquiring nukes. Only those in direct contact with Iran or with access to deep intel on Iran can know the answer to that question - someone on the outside looking in is just making an educated guess, and that guess, if not addled by delusion, would at the moment strongly suggest Iran definitely sees its future as being dependent on nuking up - which is why I say it's absurd for liberal foreign policy types who do not have access to the inside info to talk as if optimism viz negotiations is a reasonable position. It's not - it's wishful thinking.
