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  • The Moral Authority to Negotiate Between Iran and Israel

    From ltlee1@ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) to soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa on Mon Jun 16 11:10:43 2025
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    "@GovTimWalz
    on Israel's preemptive strikes: "Iran has to retaliate in their mind
    I'm sure and now, who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some
    kind type agreement in this? Who holds the moral authority...we are not
    seen as a natural actor...it might be the Chinese..."

    https://x.com/cspan/status/1933545681580409048
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  • From A. Filip@anfi@onionmail.org to soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa on Mon Jun 16 13:40:13 2025
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    ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) wrote:
    "@GovTimWalz
    on Israel's preemptive strikes: "Iran has to retaliate in their mind
    I'm sure and now, who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some
    kind type agreement in this? Who holds the moral authority...we are not
    seen as a natural actor...it might be the Chinese..."

    https://x.com/cspan/status/1933545681580409048

    Do you want to land PRC in a *unnecessary* shit creek?

    It would be nice as an "importance indicator".
    It would not be nice as "inefficiency indicator" because the realistic
    goals beyond a (short term) cease fire are "unlikely" IMHO.

    So, after "a few weeks" of a two way blows exchange PRC may try to
    negotiate a cease fire. I may be cost effective at reasonable risk
    *for PRC* IMHO.

    BTW "Moral authority" used in this content makes me "vary"
    [a diplomatic understatement]
    --
    A. Filip
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    | illegal purposes. (J. Edgar Hoover)
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  • From ltlee1@ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) to soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa on Tue Jun 17 14:17:43 2025
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    Of course, moral authority, like beauty, is the eye of the beholder.

    In the case of bringing peace between Iran and Israel, it depends, first
    and foremost, on what Israel really want from the attack. It said Iran
    was racing toward a usable nuclear weapon. US intel says otherwise. So,
    one has to wonder what Israel really wants to achieve from the attack.

    On the flip side, what cards do Iran have? To the extent that Israel
    attacks with a false premise, China could help Iran defends itself.
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  • From A. Filip@anfi@onionmail.org to soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa on Tue Jun 17 17:07:59 2025
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    ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) wrote:
    Of course, moral authority, like beauty, is the eye of the beholder.

    In the case of bringing peace between Iran and Israel, it depends, first
    and foremost, on what Israel really want from the attack. It said Iran
    was racing toward a usable nuclear weapon. US intel says otherwise. So,
    one has to wonder what Israel really wants to achieve from the attack.

    On the flip side, what cards do Iran have? To the extent that Israel
    attacks with a false premise, China could help Iran defends itself.

    I do not believe that USA says what it is *really* "afraid of".
    "Three years to nukes" makes it still Trump's problem.

    Israel attacked Iran's nuclear targets so it is wiling to stop
    "the exchange" (cut costs). Iran has been attacked and it most likely unwilling to stop "the exchange" *at least* before getting "somehow even". *Quick* cease fire would be much more in Israel's interest.

    Any idiot chief can _start_ a war.
    --
    A. Filip
    | The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there
    | embrace. (Andrew Marvell)
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