Deal with Iran

The problem with making a deal with Iran, as I and a lot of other, smarter, people have proposed is an analysis of their strategic position. Basically, Iran's primary strategic objective is to humiliate the United States. They reason, correctly, that a humiliated United States with relatively less influence in the region will be a boon for Iran's regional power. They also see such a move as isolating Israel even further, moving them towards their dual long term goals of destroying the Israeli state and dominating the Sunnis.

So to make a deal with Iran would make little sense without a reordering of strategic priorities, for we would end up going down a road built designed for our own failure.