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lomacy is based on fantasy. Who can imagine Syrian President Bashar al-Assad placidly agreeing to step down? Or Netanyahu ceding East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians and their security forces? Diplomatic breakthroughs, like arms control agreements, don't happen in a vacuum; they happen becau
n is the great deceiver, whose deception of Adam and Eve marked the beginning of human history as we know it. After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini named America "the Great Satan." Now, 35 years later, when Wendy Sherman says deception is part of Iranian DNA, this is really a tit-for-tat react
rugged hill country, and perhaps even glimpses of the Jordan River Valley on a clear day. It is still possible to remain u
o the idea that the best hope of a breakthrough may lie in bilateral U.S.- Iranian talks -- perhaps even a summit meeting between President Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. For such a summit to be successful the United States would have to change its approach. Iran’s supreme leader has made clear that Iran will not neg
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o the idea that the best hope of a breakthrough may lie in bilateral U.S.- Iranian talks -- perhaps even a summit meeting between President Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. For such a summit to be successful the United States would have to change its approach. Iran's supreme leader has made clear that Iran will not nego
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Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
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United States
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Tehran
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George W. Bush
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Damascus
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Jerusalem
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Fatah
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Middle East
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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John Kerry
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Cairo
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Vladimir Putin
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Ramallah
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East Jerusalem
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Hillary Clinton
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