The skeptics will continue to insist that this is "just a coincidence" even as the missiles start flying. The third round of talks between the United States and Iran has ended in Geneva, and they produced nothing. The U.S. wanted Iran to transfer all enriched uranium out of the country, to cease all future uranium enrichment, to destroy all Iranian nuclear facilities and to agree that all restrictions on Iran's nuclear program will be permanent. It is being reported that Iran flatly rejected all of those proposals…

In Geneva talks, Iran rejected the idea of transferring uranium stockpiles abroad, and objected to ending uranium enrichment, dismantling its nuclear facilities and permanent restrictions on its program, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the talks.

In addition, the Iranians would not even talk about any restrictions on their ballistic missile program or their support for terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East.

On top of everything else, the Iranians are now apparently insisting that there will be absolutely no deal without "full sanctions relief"…

So the Iranians don't want to agree to any of the core concessions that the U.S. is seeking, but they want all of the sanctions to be lifted anyway.

That isn't going to happen.

Apparently Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were very disappointed with how this round of talks turned out…

I have always felt that there was no chance for a deal.

Now that is becoming obvious to everyone.

In fact, one foreign policy expert told CBS News that she believes that war is imminent…

Despite this public expression of optimism from Iran's side, Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Chatham House thinktank in London, believes the two sides are still too far apart. She told CBS News on Wednesday that, in her view, a military clash is inevitable, and soon.

"I think it's imminent — I mean it's a matter of days. War looks inevitable to me because President Trump has been not just assembling a huge arsenal to strike Iran, but also because President Trump has been clearly signaling that he is seeking the submission of the Islamic Republic to terms and conditions that currently the leaders in Iran don't appear willing to make."