Saturday, November 23, 2013

When both sides harbor people who want to stop you


Then your negotiations, which otherwise would have less urgency, require a quick completion before the evil doers can blow it all up. And that is why John Kerry is spending another weekend in Geneva.
As Secretary of State John Kerry and top diplomats from five other world powers swept into Geneva this weekend for the second time in two weeks, they struggled to complete a groundbreaking agreement with Iran that would temporarily freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and lay the foundation for a more comprehensive accord.

Even as the diplomats’ arrival raised expectations that a deal was in the offing, Western officials stressed Saturday that there was still important bargaining ahead and that the completion of the interim accord this weekend was by no means assured.

“We’re not here because things are necessarily finished,” William Hague, the British foreign secretary, told reporters. “We’re here because they’re difficult, and they remain difficult.”

A failure this weekend would not prevent negotiators from resuming their work later, but it could seriously damage whatever momentum they had. With lawmakers in Washington vowing to propose tougher sanctions next month if the Iranian program is not halted, and hard-liners in Tehran insisting that Iran never capitulate on its nuclear “rights,” the negotiators were effectively locked in a race against time.
Like the heroes looking for a way out as the monsters bash on the ever weakening barricade. Unfortunately this is real life.

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