HOW POLITICAL OBJECTIVES IGNORE THE RESOLVE OF THE TRUE BELIEVER

FOR 444 DAYS THE U.S. WAS HELD HOSTAGE BY THE NEW IRANIAN REGIME

I remember so clearly arguing with my Poli Sci professors how the Iranian revolutionary leaders were True Believers who saw no incentive in working with the U.S.  I argued, and was shot down, that until we acknowledge their right to self-determination, there was no chance of the U.S. having a relationship with Iran.  

This problem was not new.  We have never been able to find peace with Cuba because the Bautista in Miami still want their land back. They want to go backward to a time the U.S. helped to preserve a corrupt government.

In both cases, the core leadership find more honor in dying than in negotiating with the U.S.  

The people in both cases want true self determination.

Cuba has not failed.  In fact, Cuba is a success when you consider how long they have been under sanctions and still moved forward.  Cuba trains many doctors as a source of hard currency. To stop that revenue Trump has had to threaten countries accepting Cuban doctors.  

Cuba has not failed on its own.  It is collapsing under the tyrannical thumb of Donald Trump.

Iran can hold out a lot longer than Cuba.  Iran knows it can destroy the economy of the Middle East.  

Until we accept Iran wants self-determination, and work towards that end, nothing will be solved. 

The Iranian people believe in themselves and self-determination.

The question is, will be allow Israel to reduce Iran and Lebanon into Gaza?  You have to know the U.S. taxpayers will pay to rebuild Lebanon. 

If you believe this will not come to the U.S., you are so wrong.

We now know that the attack on the Synagogue in Michigan was done by a Lebanese man whose family was killed by Israel during a bombing in Lebanon.