Steps Toward Peace
Take a minute to think about how trust if formed. And then take a look at how that process is portrayed in one of the most beautiful scenes ever filmed in the 1979 movie The Black Stallion.President Obama has cajoled the rest of the world to engage with Iran in the very first steps of that process. To see how that has happened over the last year, please be sure to read this account from the Associated Press.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/secret-us-iran-talks-set-stage-for-nuke-deal
Building trust is the key ingredient of the plan President Obama has followed from the beginning because it is the only way to ensure a peaceful resolution.
In that context, our argument is going to be that it is important for us to see if we can solve this thing permanently, as opposed to temporarily. And the only way, historically, that a country has ultimately decided not to get nuclear weapons without constant military intervention has been when they themselves take [nuclear weapons] off the table.
And so, yesterday Iran and the rest of the world entered into an agreement that will allow us to see whether or not it is possible to take those first few steps of trust...towards peace.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/11/steps-toward-peace.html
How to build trust, yes. Diplomacy 101.
If nothing else watch the clip. It is amazingly beautiful~
Peace
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50 years later and we're finally finding our way again. And that is something to be thankful for!
An early Thanksgiving for us all.
BOG
scenes, she.. conducted on a need to know basis. After 30 years of no diplomatic relations.. this very delicate situation obviously required brilliant chess maneuverings over the long stretch..
Thanks Obama 
From your link..
"The diplomatic gamble with Iran, if the interim agreement holds up and leads to a final pact preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, could avert years of threats of U.S. or Israeli military intervention. It could also prove a turning point in decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran -- and become a crowning foreign policy achievement of Obama's presidency."
Here's to PEACE, sheshe~
Nice touch to intertwine smartypants'(she's back!) example of building Trust from the beautiful mesmerizing, The Black Stallion , Flick.. to the ariicle on the history of what's been going on with Iran and the USA since Obama became President.
Brilliant, it was.
The President and SOS see no need to strut around an aircraft carrier. Calmly quietly they negotiate. They are the adults in the room. No bombs needed, no warmongering. It's built on trust. It's a chance for peaceful relations. It's a start.
She is back Cha, a few days ago. She is starting off slowly, however she is back.
Peace, Cha.
