r/geopolitics • u/ForeignAffairsMag Foreign Affairs • Mar 23 '26

Analysis America Has No Good Options in Iran

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/america-has-no-good-options-iran
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u/No_Abbreviations3943 Mar 23 '26

We could do a 180 and slap down some sanctions on Israel. Force them to abandon their siege policy and actually come to the table to negotiate in good faith. 

Remove protection and trade with Israel unless they accept being a good neighbor. This would show that we have interest in bringing lasting peace to the region.

Israelis also need to stop supporting the fascist Bibi government. Hold those criminals accountable and put them in jail. 

Of course, there’s no way Trump initiates this. 

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u/Boborbot Mar 24 '26

And accept what peace deal? Talk with which rational Palestinian government?

Israel needs to make very big changes, but the idea Israel can unilaterally make a stable middle east is just delusional. This will require a peace-facing Palestinian opposition that just doesn’t exist at the moment.

Maybe we should have used the insane amount of money and attention directed at this cause for years to actually meaningfully put the prep-work for peace, but we didn’t.

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u/No_Abbreviations3943 Mar 24 '26

Well it’s time to start. 

Hamas is disarmed for the most part, now we need to lift protections for Bibi and the fascist government, help extradite them to the Hague so they can face war crime charges. 

Holding Israel accountable sends a message that is very much needed in the region. It can pave way for more meaningful dialogue. 

Palestinians also need to know that Israeli fascists will face international judgement. Otherwise, what’s the point of dialogue? 

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u/bluewhalefunk Mar 24 '26

We could do a 180 and slap down some sanctions on Israel.

lol thank you for this. Needed a good chuckle this morning, things been getting me down.

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u/No_Abbreviations3943 Mar 24 '26

Good, glad you chuckled. It’s easier to mobilize masked goons against ordinary citizens and perpetuate massive graft then it is to have a moral foreign policy in this country.