Ploughshares and the Iran Deal Echo Chamber

Guess who's not part of the White House's Iran deal echo chamber? Yep, Qassem Suleimani. The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force thinks Iran and America aren't poised for realignment, but rather are at war. And Iran, he says, is thrashing the great Satan. Iran relied on logic during its confrontation with the U.S. and benefited from its enemies' mistakes, Suleimani said in a speech yesterday. Iranian support [of the Assad regime] forced America to back down from its goals in Syria.What an ingrate! The White House frees up tens of billions of dollars so the Iranians can continue helping Assad wage his murderous campaign of sectarian cleansing in Syria, and Tehran's Mr. Fix-It turns around and rubs it in the administration's face. The only alternative to the nuclear deal, said the White House and its various friends in the media, academy, and think-tank community, is war. Wrong, says Suleimani, there's only war. It looks like the IRGC's external operations unit is not getting the Ploughshares talking points.