Iran deal prospects look dim: Keane
Key takeaways
- Jack Keane predicted on Wednesday that Iran would continue delaying negotiations with the U.S. to end the 60-day conflict in a bid to exert pressure on President Trump, as the prospects of a peace deal appear fraught.
- Keane, who served a stint as acting Army chief of staff in 1993, suggested that the U.S. may soon be eyeing a return to combat operations to finish what we started.
- I think that s probably the right course of action, he said, arguing that the U.S. should maintain its naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz but not stop there.
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Jack Keane predicted on Wednesday that Iran would continue delaying negotiations with the U.S. to end the 60-day conflict in a bid to exert pressure on President Trump, as the prospects of a peace deal appear fraught.
I think it s pretty evident now that Iran is never going to put a deal in front of President Trump that s going to be acceptable to him, and I don t think that s Iran s objective to begin with, Keane told hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on the Cats and Cosby Show on WABC 770 AM.
I really think what they want here is to drag these negotiations out so there s more political and economic pressure put on the president to force him into major concessions, he added, noting he did not believe that was likely to happen.