Next U.S. Government Will Negotiate with Syria and Iran

The German Daily, Die Zeit, benefits from having regular commentary by Germany’s former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer. I am always inclined to read pieces by former players on the world stage more closely than others, since where journalists have, in the final analysis, to guess about the dynamics of global politics, these players draw on an internalized knowledge of the way things really work – after all the processes that happen away from our eyes, and the eyes of newspapers reporters and pundits, have played out.

Accordingly, of the many interesting articles on Watching America.com today, I highlight this one, originally entitled, “Advantage Syria and Iran“, written by said Joschka Fischer.

From the article…

The present,

From Iran’s and Syria’s point of view, the past years have strengthened and not weakened their position… Today, Iran is the most influential power in Iraq

The stakes,

Whoever wins control over Iraq and the Persian Gulf will sooner or later claim absolute dominance and hegemony in the entire region

The future,

Iran['s] dangerousness may not be underestimated…. No American president will be able to simply withdraw their troops from Iraq. A fallback without political resolution would be an unprecedented disaster for the interests and the prestige of the world power of the USA. … Out of self-interest, the new American government, if in a Democratic or Republican form, will pursue a politic of involvement and direct negotiations with Iran and Syria.

Read the whole piece here – translation from German courtesy of WATCHING AMERICA.com