Concerning the debate with Iran. My experience with them is, that they are a rational partner. You can make deals with them, that they respect.
At least on surface level.
In the old days under Aytollah Khomeni, the call for jihad and waging of holy war was really the whole thing. It culminated with Ahmadinejad. I kind of won the sparring with Ahmadinejad with Obama, and since then there has been a part of Iran that wants peace. So there is a basis to work in regards to making peace. The pressure on them, they don’t really understand. So just to explain, the pressure is to make a better negotiating stand. It is to show strength and determination. Yet peace IS the goal for also the American administration.
If it can be achieved in Iran, it will spill in positively in the Ukraine conflict that has stranded due to Central European resistance to this.
However, the path is there and making peace in both the Middle East as well as Ukraine is the first step to rebuild the temple.
G-d bless the will to rebuild the peace effort based on diplomacy and military pressure. May we find peace.
