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Are U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Diplomacy or a Countdown to War? (moderndiplomacy.eu)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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What we may be witnessing isn’t diplomacy aimed at preventing conflict, but diplomacy establishing narrative justification for conflict. Each side can claim it tried negotiations, offered reasonable terms, and was rebuffed by unreasonable demands. That establishes cover for military action.

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[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Kind of weird framing this as a both sides want war thing, when the war is only going to be on one country’s soil and will begin with a bombing campaign by the country whose soil it will not be on.