Israeli officials are putting together a position paper on talks between the United States and Iran for the new administration in Washington, Israeli officials say. One worry is that negotiations will go on for too long.
The paper states that talks between the United States and Iran should be limited to a short period of time. It also recommends that harsh sanctions be imposed against the Islamic Republic if negotiations fail.Should the venerable US be taking advice from the young self-absorbed nation of Israel?
NoShould the venerable US be taking advice from the young self-absorbed nation of Israel?
And how exactly is Israel ';young and self absorbed';?
Countries are not people, you know.
And for that matter, Iran, being a, lets say, antagonistic neighbour of Israel, is therefore something Israel is concerned about and likely has quite of few experts on hand who have done a full analysis on what Iran's intentions are.
Thus, it makes sense that, at the very least, they would give the USA their advice on the situation. The USA of course, is free to listen or reject it.
It seems that you seem to have a particular problem with that. How is that?
We should solicit advice from EVERY country whose interests will be impacted by US/Iran talks -- even those whose interests are at odds with our own.
However, do not mistake soliciting or accepting advice for committing to follow what advice we receive. Rather, the US must analyze all the advice and then determine what course to follow that will best advance our interests.
Well, if what you say is true, then the Israelis know what they are talking about. It all sounds good to me.
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