Concerning the negotiations, I truly understand. It’s definitively not easy. So much hangs in the balance.
Let me try and shed some light on the psychology of these negotiations.
Let med try with an example from my own life here in Denmark.
I have fought a loooong and vicious fight for people who got their children taken by the system. The system here is, by all means, not working. More often than not, the abduction of children happens in a happenstance way, and healthy families just get their children taken.
One of my friends in this fight to make a more just system is an old biker called Ronnie, or rather the infamous couple Ronnie and Scott.
They fight like Vikings, they ARE Vikings for the rights of their children and grandchildren.
Especially Ronnie is a vicious fighter. But at the heart of the matter is a grandfather missing his grandchild. All his anger and fighting prowess, comes from that little soft spot of hurt and despair. He MISSES his granddaughter SO much.
So he fights and rebels and screams the system right in the face.
Now when we think about this, and what it comes down to with the Iranians. What is it, that THEY miss? They miss being SEEN. I know it’s a little hard to get to. But let me try and explain. The Persians are descendants of the sea peoples, who were vikings radiers that were roaming down to the Mediterranean thousands upon thousands of years back. Like the English, later Americans or the Rus.
But by happenstance, we forgot them. THAT is their deepest hurt. So TRUST is very difficult for them to gain. It’s been litterally THOUSANDS of years of hurt and being forgotten by the rest of us lot. They are like the orphaned child, that seek to be recognized by the rest of the family.
It’s not to say, that the atrocities and actions they do are not wrong. Ronnie, he can do some serious damage.
But there is also the redemptive efforts by the state, trying to keep him happy and live a life. Except when they take his grandchild he goes litterally BERSERK. He is so ANGRY. Often futilely.
In other works, the PSYCHOLOGY of the Iranian side is VERY important to understand. RESPECT is the key. These guys are ALSO descendants of Vikings, and you know how it is with the big boys, if you start fighting them, they will fight back. But if you leave the ax at the gate, and meet him as an equal, there is room for a more equal understanding. And THAT is essentially what the Iranians require. Some understanding and respect.
I still think that any negotiation should also include the liberation of the Iranian people. They should shed the control system, and be respected as well.
That is how you negotiate with these fighters; by RESPECTING them.
G-d bless the deal we can make, ALSO for the betterment of the US and my friend Mr. Donald Trump.