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Steps Toward Peace [View all]
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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