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In reply to the discussion: ***Looks like the peace talks are over*** [View all]3Hotdogs
(15,402 posts)46. Da fuck you talkin'? He's a great deal maker.
He even wrote a book about how to do it.
Why just last week, a message came from Iran headquarters through diplomatic channels. "Sir, we don't want to negotiate with you. We know we will lose out with any attempt to reach a deal. You're too good at it. Please send your son, Fredo to negotiate Or maybe Tommy Tuberville and we will happily begin negotiations. But Sir, you are too good at negotiating,."
"It was like when I negotiated the end of the conflict with Nicar ---or maybe it was Venezuela. Nobody had ever seen anything like it."
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Vance was probably his usual condescending dickish self and treated the Iranians
Ocelot II
Saturday
#3
country is in the middle of a war, and the president is at a UFC event, while the VP announced peace talks have failed
Takket
Saturday
#4
Nothing efficient about what they did. It was destruction - plain and simple.
yellow dahlia
Saturday
#31
Gotta empty the armories so Uncle Sam is forced to buy more from Trump's Donor Class
Attilatheblond
Saturday
#33
Possibly, but we were losing aircraft at an unsustainable rate and, hopefully, don't want more of that. /nt
artemisia1
Yesterday
#50
Gosh! Being such a natural diplomat, JD usually seems so lovable and is so good at getting folk on his side!
struggle4progress
Saturday
#17
But he wrote a book about stupid people doing stupid things for stupid reasons! What's not to love?
Scrivener7
Yesterday
#56
Given the way he talked to Zelensky I'm not surprised they told him to FRO.
BannonsLiver
Saturday
#25
JD Vance is about as undeserving as Jay Leno with regards to prominent positions.
Crowman2009
Saturday
#26
I remember the old time 'shuttle diplomacy' where envoys would fly back & forth
spanone
Saturday
#36