As we keep hearing about how the U.S is in negotiations with Iran, Cuba, or Russia, it behooves all involved to remember that the U.S. is very much like Lucy from Peanuts: constantly tricking its friends, allies, vassals, and enemies into kicking a football that it pulls away at the last second, and then selling them psychiatric counseling for the trauma this causes. <img src="{att_link}peanuts_lucy_offers_psychiatric_help.webp" align="none" caption="Lucy offers psychiatric help for 5¢: 'The doctor is [in]'">