Just offering the following from USA TODAY on this issue and when you consider the first paragraph or so, it makes you think....


"There's an old poker saying that if you look around the table and can't figure out who the chump is, it's you. Too often in high-stakes negotiations with rogue states such as North Korea and Iran, the U.S. has looked a lot like the chump as it tried to curtail those nations' nuclear weapons programs.

"For example, the U.S. gave more than $1 billion in aid to North Korea from 1995 to 2008 in exchange for "confidence building measures," only to have North Korea respond by testing nuclear weapons in 2006 and 2009. Iran has played rope-a-dope with U.S. and United Nations negotiators for years, stalling for time to continue what the U.S. and its allies believe is its quest to build a nuclear weapon."

"So while it was nice to see Iran at the negotiating table again in Baghdad on Wednesday, only a sucker could be confident that this time Iran really, really means it. The only reason Iran is negotiating now is because it desperately wants relief from increasingly tough sanctions levied by the U.S. and its allies. The sanctions are damaging Iran's economy. Inflation is well into double digits, among other problems. And they threaten even worse destruction when a European embargo on Iranian oil exports goes into effect July 1.
Talks with Iran have dragged on (and off) for years, but now both sides are running out of time. Israel considers a nuclear Iran a threat to its existence and has warned that it will attack Iran's nuclear facilities if it nears a "zone of immunity."

How the U.S. can win at nuclear poker with Iran

Lets just hope that we are not the "chump" at the table this time. Iran has very dangerous allies in Syria and Russia, AND Al Q if you believe what is reported.

We cannot afford this in so many ways !!!!