good thinking 99 - so trade and money is more important than religion??
On day 10 of the Iranian revolution, the Ayatollah has fled
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Well more tangible...
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Technically, the conflict in Iran is not about religion, it's about the lack of personal freedom, growth, and autonomy that the current religion-based leadership imposes on the Iranian people, the leadership's rejection of all other religions, and the extreme cruelty it dishes out for non-compliance. The people reject their current government, and are attempting to overthrow it and replace with a democratic form of government.
Whatever religion a new government head aligns with does not matter to the Iranian people as long as the new form of government is democratic and includes separation of church and state.
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Talks were cancelled. Iran's Islamic Regime does not want to talk. There will be no more talks.
Everyone knew negotiation was a waste of time anyway because the regime was never going to agree to the 4 demands - no nukes, no long-range missiles, no financing terrorist organizations, and no mistreatment of the Iranian people - and that they kept agreeing to talks, then pulled out of talks only to buy time to prepare their military for defense and possibly the preemptive attack on Israel they announced weeks ago.
So, the US done talking and ready to act.
Tom52
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You can't believe anything said or promised by that regime. They are just stalling for time. I believe something really bad is about to happen.
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Update 2 hrs ago...
Plans for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks on Friday are back on, after several Middle Eastern leaders urgently lobbied the Trump administration on Wednesday afternoon not to follow through on threats to walk away, two U.S. officials told Axios.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/04/iran-nuclear-talks-canceled-witkoff
U.S.-Iran nuclear talks back on after Arab leaders lobby White House
Plans for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks on Friday are back on, after several Middle Eastern leaders urgently lobbied the Trump administration on Wednesday afternoon not to follow through on threats to walk away, two U.S. officials told Axios.
- The talks will be held in Oman, as Iran insisted, despite the U.S. initially rejecting changes to the original plan to meet in Istanbul.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/04/iran-nuclear-talks-canceled-witkoff
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RambleTamble
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Neither side can be trusted, so that's probably not going anywhere.
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I just happened to think; one of the options the US offered the Khomeini and his closest associates is safe passage to Moscow or Beijing or whatever...basically anyplace but the US, Canada, or Mexico...and I wonder if that's what this meeting will be about.
The IR flat-out rejected the other option several times, and they know the regime is doomed. It's crumbling from the inside, people are bailing left and right, and members of police and armed forces are officially defecting. Their loss of power is a forgone conclusion, and they know they don't stand a chance against the US military and its allies, so I wonder if they just want safe exile, no arrests and no trial at this point.