Reviving the nuclear Deal was a central goal of Joe Biden’s foreign policy but the big American Jewish organisations have nothing to say about the failure in negotiations
May 18, 2023 12:00
On Tuesday, the Biden administration gave senators their first classified private briefing on Iran. This administration has been in office for more than two years. It has a lot to explain. But it doesn’t want to talk about it.
Reviving the Iran Deal was a central goal of Joe Biden’s foreign policy. The failure of the negotiations in Vienna was a public humiliation for the United States, just as the Iranian regime intended.
The recent reconciliation of Saudi Arabia and Iran, stage-managed by China, was even worse, just as all three parties intended. Last November, Biden was asked at a rally about the status of the Iran negotiations.
Joe Biden (Photo: Getty Images)
“It’s dead, but we’re not gonna announce it,” the president ad-libbed with characteristic discretion.
Nevertheless, some nameless Democratic staffer was insisting before Tuesday’s briefing that Wendy Sherman, the Deputy Secretary of State, would “update” senators on the state of negotiations.
The real update is that Sherman, the US’s second most senior diplomat, suddenly announced her retirement last week. Sherman’s boss, the hapless Antony Blinken, did not attend the briefing.
US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley (Photo: Getty Images)
