Letter: How can US expect talks and no reaction from Iran?
How can US expect talks
and no reaction from Iran?
Re: “Iran: Pompeo: U.S. ready for talks with ‘no preconditions’” (Page A4, June 3):
The first paragraph of the article contains conflicting statements. “The Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran,” it says, but then continues, “The United States will not relent. …” This last statement is a precondition.
What in the world do these two countries have to talk about — the weather?
First, the U.S. scuttles the nuclear agreement and promised relief from sanctions. Next, the U.S. moves a carrier battle group with strategic bombers into the area. And it applies more sanctions and threatens to erase Iran from the map. Incredibly, it expects no reaction from Iran.
Mr. Pompeo then goes into another flight of fancy in stating the Middle East peace plan is “unexecutable.” This is a sure sign that the man has run out of intelligent things to say.
Robert Sinuhe
Oakland
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