Common Ground with Iran?

Is there any common ground to be had with Iran? Pat Buchanan argues that the Israelis and their powerful lobby AIPAC, the Saudis and their Sunni allies on the Persian Gulf, a near unanimity of Republicans, and a plurality of Democrats in Congress do not want any détente with Iran, never mind a nuclear deal.

Pat believes, however, that Americans and Iranians have a common goal of degrading and defeating ISIS. And in the war to expel the Islamic State from Iraq, Iran and the U.S. are on the same side.

Pat concludes:

In summary, though the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Shiite militia in Iraq, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Alawite regime of Assad may not love us, they look on al-Qaida and ISIS as mortal enemies. And, thus far, they alone have seemed willing to send troops to defeat them.

Where are the Turkish, Saudi, Kuwaiti or Qatari troops?

During World War II, the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine shipped tanks, guns and munitions to a Soviet Union that was doing most of the fighting and suffering most of the casualties in the war against Hitler.

No matter all the “Uncle Joe” drivel at Tehran and Yalta, we were never true friends or allies, and shared nothing in common with the monster Stalin, save Hitler’s defeat.

If President Nixon could toast Mao Zedong, can we not deal with Ayatollah ?

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