A few years ago I had an online chat with an Iranian jihadi who stated openly that if they one day had a nuclear weapon they would not hesitate to use it on Tel Aviv. I replied “and what about the 20% of Israelis who are Arabs, the ‘Palestinians’ the other side of the Green Line and in Gaza who would be killed or radiated?” His answer was “Any who opposed the ‘Zionist entity’ would be martyrs welcomed in Jannah (paradise) and those that supported it would go to Jahannam (hell)”. Either way all would die and that was a price worth paying to destroy Israel.
It is not possible to negotiate with this mindset.
This isn’t new. It’s a Cold War playbook with Wi-Fi. The Soviets used to plant propaganda in friendly papers in places like New Delhi so it would echo back through London and Washington as “independent reporting.” It took a week for analysts to expose the deception—but by then the narrative was already circulating. Iran is running the same operation today, just clumsier. English-language messaging for Western media, revolutionary rhetoric for domestic audiences. The difference now is speed: we can see the manipulation in real time. The real problem isn’t detection—it’s a dumbed-down, subverted mass audience that still swallows propaganda even after the trick is exposed.
Today someone on X (formerly Twitter) commented that Iran never attacked Israel. I told him that's like saying a Mafia don who put a contract out on you is innocent because he didn't personally pull the trigger. Then I mentioned familiar Iranian proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah & Houthis.
I want to believe every word you wrote, yet I also found myself thinking that this is what the Islamic Regime would say about Israel. That Israel uses this rhetoric. I see the bias in how things are worded, skewing the story. Israel bad. I trust the Israeli people, not the government, and having said that, my opinion has no impact. Appreciate your insight.
Negotiate with Iran ?????????.....You said it Joshua Hoffman, this satanic regime is using two (or more languages) to show their two faces and their utterly hypocrisy !!!!!!!!!......Thank you so much for honest, informative essay !!!!!....
A few years ago I had an online chat with an Iranian jihadi who stated openly that if they one day had a nuclear weapon they would not hesitate to use it on Tel Aviv. I replied “and what about the 20% of Israelis who are Arabs, the ‘Palestinians’ the other side of the Green Line and in Gaza who would be killed or radiated?” His answer was “Any who opposed the ‘Zionist entity’ would be martyrs welcomed in Jannah (paradise) and those that supported it would go to Jahannam (hell)”. Either way all would die and that was a price worth paying to destroy Israel.
It is not possible to negotiate with this mindset.
He speaks the truth because even when innocent Muslims are killed in terrorist attacks, they become holy martyrs.
They celebrate death. We celebrate life. You are correct when you say 'It is not possible to negotiate with this mindset.'
This isn’t new. It’s a Cold War playbook with Wi-Fi. The Soviets used to plant propaganda in friendly papers in places like New Delhi so it would echo back through London and Washington as “independent reporting.” It took a week for analysts to expose the deception—but by then the narrative was already circulating. Iran is running the same operation today, just clumsier. English-language messaging for Western media, revolutionary rhetoric for domestic audiences. The difference now is speed: we can see the manipulation in real time. The real problem isn’t detection—it’s a dumbed-down, subverted mass audience that still swallows propaganda even after the trick is exposed.
Important for all to realize this is fundamental in Islam. It is call taqiyya. It is ok to deceive and lie in negotiations.
Yassar Arafat was very good at this too. https://www.jns.org/why-negotiate-with-liars/
Today someone on X (formerly Twitter) commented that Iran never attacked Israel. I told him that's like saying a Mafia don who put a contract out on you is innocent because he didn't personally pull the trigger. Then I mentioned familiar Iranian proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah & Houthis.
Arafraud started using these tactics in the 1960s with the guidance of the KGB and Sicuritate of Ceaușescu.
Read: Red Horizons by Ion Michai Pacepa
I want to believe every word you wrote, yet I also found myself thinking that this is what the Islamic Regime would say about Israel. That Israel uses this rhetoric. I see the bias in how things are worded, skewing the story. Israel bad. I trust the Israeli people, not the government, and having said that, my opinion has no impact. Appreciate your insight.
Negotiate with Iran ?????????.....You said it Joshua Hoffman, this satanic regime is using two (or more languages) to show their two faces and their utterly hypocrisy !!!!!!!!!......Thank you so much for honest, informative essay !!!!!....