http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2013/01/06/new-iranian-hostage-crisis/?singlepage=true ....” Over and over again, we are told that direct U.S.-Iranian negotiations would be a radical departure from past practice, and might decisively improve the “relationship.”
Both claims are false. Direct negotiations would not be new — talks between the United States and the leaders of the Islamic Republic have been conducted by every administration since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini brought down the shah— and there is no reason to believe that a “grand bargain” is on the horizon.
The Obama administration started talking to the Iranian regime even before the 2008 elections, and those talks have continued apace.
They have recently hit a snag over a familiar subject: hostages."....
Both claims are false. Direct negotiations would not be new — talks between the United States and the leaders of the Islamic Republic have been conducted by every administration since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini brought down the shah— and there is no reason to believe that a “grand bargain” is on the horizon.
The Obama administration started talking to the Iranian regime even before the 2008 elections, and those talks have continued apace.
They have recently hit a snag over a familiar subject: hostages."....
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