Thunderdome, except no man leaves. |
He's delusion. Israel controls our government and calls the shots. Trump alone cannot defy him. |
Israel? I heard it was martians that controlled our country! |
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In this insightful analysis piece, the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, sums up the state of US-Iran negotiations and nods at how Tehran’s grip on the strait of Hormuz puts them in a relatively strong position going forward despite the country’s economy suffering heavily from the war. Here is an extract:
“Iran’s negotiating demands have been remarkably consistent: a ceasefire in Lebanon including the withdrawal of Israel forces and the unfreezing of half of Iran’s frozen assets, about $12bn; a form of Iranian management over the strait of Hormuz; and detailed discussions later about how Tehran assures the US it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, including the down-blending of its highly enriched uranium stockpile. Trump has been very close to agreeing these terms, but is trying to find ways to phrase them to make them more palatable to his domestic audience. That is because on balance, the battle of blockades in the strait of Hormuz is trending in Iran’s favour. World oil inventories slowly running out, crashing the global economy from Japan to Brazil, seems more dangerous than Iran running out of cash and oil exports. The democratic west’s capacity to absorb economic pain does not match that of the Iranian regime.“ |
It seems to miss the quite obvious point that Iran and the US and the global economy would benefit from peace but that's not practical because of Israel's desires. |
His mental illness prevents him from accepting a deal that’s worse than Obama’s JCPOA, and every deal he’s going to get offered is a lot worse than the JCPOA. So here we are. And Jared and Witkoff aren’t working very hard on the deal since they’re both at the Knicks game tonight. |
Well put |
| Another helicopter "crashed" over there, and I am wondering about the pilots and crew. We never got any definitive info on the earlier pilot who crashed https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/world-news/us-pilot-shot-over-iran-had-been-downed-before-at-the-start-of-war-report/ |