Nuke deal with Iran coming soon?

[Preechr]

I have a working theory that this standoff will drag along slowly until pipelines from Israel to Kurdistan are online. There's a reason we aren't taking a harder stance.

And Kev, I'm not talking about just "lately." Iran is extremely influential among those governments and sects in that region which we sometimes have needed to sway one way or another, and just like Israel, they have been willing to do some dirty work for us in the past. Pakistan was useful for getting arms into Afghanistan and served as a convenient listening post during the Cold War, but we're talking about the difference between letting us use your location and using your influence for us.

Also, you mentioned our arms deals before.... If some nasty group of thugs somewhere is in the market for weaponry, don't you think that whomever winds up selling them their guns will hold some influence over them, or at least know what's going on with them to some degree? Do you see the value in that for us being their "dealer?" As rotten as it can look, I think it's necessary for us to be the "world's largest arms dealer." If I am right, and the WOT ihas the potential to end war altogether, then we are playing both sides toward the middle.