Talks and threats, progress and setbacks, are going hand-in-hand as the United States and Iran held negotiations in Switzerland, in the presence of Qatari and Pakistani mediators, to find a way ahead for a permanent peace in the Gulf and Middle East. After Donald Trump’s Sunday rant that he would hit Iran very hard if they didn’t stop their proxies in Lebanon from causing trouble in the region, Iran on Monday said they would not rest until they had “drowned” him in their “sea of anger.”
