Peace Talks Slowed By Fact Iranian Regime Is Fighting With Itself

The war with Iran is now past the two-month mark, with the U.S. and Iran in the midst of a ceasefire while peace talks progress. Those talks though have moved at a snail's pace, as Iran has made unreasonable demands and duped the U.S. into talks in Pakistan. All just to submit unserious proposals or demands to which the U.S. will never cede.

Part of it is stalling on Iran's part as they hope to try to recoup some weaponry to continue fighting with the U.S. They believe it is just a waiting game. Failing to realize the monstrosity of a logistics monster the U.S. has become. But a bigger part of the problem is the fact the Iranian regime is in shambles, fragmented, and in a power struggle.

The majority of their leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been killed in precision strikes by Isreal and the U.S. Which has left the regime in a fragmented mess and no real idea of who is running the country. While they do have their government representatives, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has always been the shadow force. They are the ones who have run the country, and its terror proxies, for 47 years.

As they struggle to maintain their power, combined with the fact their leaders have been killed, it has created a borderline untenable situation. The U.S. wants a deal, but the IRGC is behind the scenes gumming up the works. Both on purpose and by way of splintered leadership.

Streiff of The Red State says the IRGC has always been the problem, even if the U.S. and Israel have not wiped out the leadership.

"The same problem would exist if the Mullahs were still there, because we are seeing now, they were just the window dressing for the revolutionary guards," he says.

On top of all the leadership having been killed, the newly appointed Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei, is at the very least in a hospital. He was reportedly injured in a strike, with rumors swirling he is severely injured or even dead. That adds more of a wrench to the peace talks.

The IRGC has even sent people to the peace talks in Pakistan, to ensure their regime representatives say the correct things. Most likely upon the threat of death if they say something they perceive as incorrect. Part of it too is likely a stall tactic. But they are muddying negotiations to the point where they are fruitless. Which means it is time for President Trump to get back to basics.

"I think we go back to the four non-negotiable points...we have to make it obvious that we mean what we say," says Streiff. "Otherwise, what you will get out of this, is a more radical regime that is more emboldened to do crazy stuff than the people we got rid of."

President Trump is in a little bit of a political predicament as well. Midterms are coming, and among most of his base, the war is unpopular. So, he needs a deal before then realistically to give the party another feather in the cap. But it is also Iran, who has made it clear they have no intentions to settle things.

Any deal that gets made will hinge on there being repercussions for breaking the deal and Iran having an actual leader.

"We can make any number of deals...the question is can the people we are negotiating with make that stick for Iran," Streiff says.

The peace talks will continue progressing slowly until the IRGC is either eliminated or more sensible people come to the table. But the time might have come for the U.S. to pull back from the peace table and force Iran into a corner from which they cannot back out.