Everyone Is Suspicious And Skeptical On Recent U.S. - Iranian Talks

Israel And Others In Mideast View Overtures Of U.S. And Iran With Suspicion -- New York Times

JERUSALEM — For Israel and Persian Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, President Obama’s telephone call with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Friday was the geopolitical equivalent of discovering your best friend flirting with your main rival.

Though few nations have a greater interest in Mr. Obama’s promise to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, his overtures to Mr. Rouhani were greeted with alarm here and in other Middle East capitals allied with the United States. They worry about Iran’s sincerity, and fear that Mr. Obama’s desire for a diplomatic deal will only buy Iran time to continue a march toward building a nuclear weapon.

But beyond that, the prospect of even a nonnuclear Iran — strengthened economically by the lifting of sanctions, and emboldened politically by renewed relations with Washington — is seen as a dire threat that could upend the dynamics in this volatile region.

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My Comment: The Israelis are worried .... something that i am sure that they are going to raise when Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets President Obama this week. Within Iran itself their are protests .... and some of them have not been in support of these talks. As to what is my own take on where these talks are heading .... I am still deeply skeptical. The ultimate authority in Iran is from it's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .... and he has never been in favor of negotiating with "The Great Satan".