Sham US Proposal to Iran  It may be a new month, but it’s the
same old Wall Street Journal trumpeting the latest US gambit
designed to hide its real intentions toward Iran. Again it was
in a front page feature story on June 1 headlined: “In Shift,
U.S. Offers to Talk to Iran, Aiming to Bolster Allies’
Cohesion.” The WSJ is never up to explaining the real motive
behind the latest ploy and instead falsely claims it’s “a nod to
European allies’ desire to offer carrots as well as sticks to
steer Iran away from its efforts to produce weapons-grade
uranium.” So to achieve that supposed end, the US has now said
it will join with the European-led “negotiations” currently
ongoing and actually talk to the Iranians. One has to be
impressed with such professed generosity, which, in fact, is
just more barely disguised US audacity with a heavy dose of
mendacity.  Don’t be misled and believe this is a genuine step
forward as surely it’s not. It’s simply just the latest ploy and
example of US deceit designed to solidify supp