Washington Keeps Saying ‘Talks Are Possible’ As Military Pressure On Iran Intensifies – OpEd

For more than a week now, U.S. officials have returned to the same line whenever Iran comes up. Diplomacy, they say, has not been ruled out. Nothing is final. Talks are still possible. The phrasing barely shifts from one appearance to the next, whether it surfaces in briefings, background remarks, or press reports. It sounds measured, deliberate — calm enough, perhaps, to suggest that events remain under control. At the same time, it has become harder to ignore what is happening alongside those assurances.