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2026-04-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

After surviving US-Israeli strikes, Iran regime faces fresh challenge in truce talks

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-22 2026-04-22 03:05|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1777 views ] Top
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1 Let’s talk for about three weeks. See if they get squirrely. If they don’t, we need to figure out who in the EU is funding the regime or whether Russia or China are buying equity. There is still an outside chance that the US government is somehow sending them cash like we are funding the Taliban.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-04-22 06:22|| 2026-04-22 06:22|| Front Page Top

2 Survival is always challenging.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-04-22 08:43|| 2026-04-22 08:43|| Front Page Top

3 If two countries are trying to negotiate an agreement and, let's say, four of your negotiators are killed (Ali Larjani, Kamal Kharazi, Ali Shamkhani and Ismail Khatib just to pick some names out of the air), how eager would you be to return to the negotiations?

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-04-22 13:03|| 2026-04-22 13:03|| Front Page Top

4 Kill enough of the hard core ones and eventually the only ones left will be the ones ready to negotiate.

We should oblige them.

Posted by mossomo 2026-04-22 14:21|| 2026-04-22 14:21|| Front Page Top

5 Well Mossomo, so far it looks like we killed those who were the moderates (by their standards). If they decide to send expendable negotiators to the next session, they may figure ours are in the same category. I'm thinking Zoom calls using VPN re-route for the next round of talks.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-04-22 14:58|| 2026-04-22 14:58|| Front Page Top

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