It's actually happening. VP JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner landed in Islamabad Saturday for face-to-face negotiations with Iran's delegation led by Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi. Pakistan's PM called it a "make-or-break moment." The two sides exchanged written texts first through Pakistani mediators, then moved to direct talks. Nobody in this room has done this before.
The US and Iran haven't had direct diplomatic contact since the hostage crisis 47 years ago. The agenda is massive: Hormuz reopening, Lebanon, nuclear program, sanctions. All of it on one table in one weekend. And outside, US destroyers are crossing Hormuz while Israeli jets are hitting Beirut.
The gap between what's happening at the table and what's happening on the ground is enormous.