As I said below, debasing the currency he's trying to spend.
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Not really. He gave the Iranian theocrats a 2-part ultimatum: Open the strait or else, but if you open the strait we'll have a 2-week ceasefire. The mullahs have agreed to open the strait and accept the ceasefire. Trump seems to have gotten what he wanted, though like much else we'll have to see if it actually plays out that way.
It's entirely possible Trump's rhetoric here wasn't aimed at Americans or the West at all.
The theocrats are incommunicado. The elected government, which is subordinate to the theocracy, accepted the cease fire. But the IRGC fired on Israel immediately.
As we expected, the rounds of decapitation strikes have left Iran with no one who really has authority to negotiate a peace. That doesn't imply that we are the ones nearing defeat; but it does complicate the closing action.
In the age before we all became internet-addicted squirrels, we'd have given a ceasefire a few hours to take hold, maybe even a day.
But, yeah, I'm not claiming any particular wisdom here. I just pointed out that the threat was an attempt to open the strait, which the official leadership in Iran thought was worth doing, so it wasn't TACOs for dinner ... although, if the IRGC won't honor it, then we'll see. I'll check my salsa supply just in case.
We did start taking out bridges before the Iranians agreed to the ceasefire. At the same time, I think Trump really needs a ceasefire. He's running out of time politically and he may well decide an official-but-not-real ceasefire is fine. But back to the IRGC -- If they won't cooperate, will Trump blow the power plants? Beats me.
I do know he'll be condemned no matter what he does, and many of the same people will condemn him regardless of whether he hits the power plants or TACOs. They hate him and would gladly give the republic to the statists just to be rid of him.
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Not really. He gave the Iranian theocrats a 2-part ultimatum: Open the strait or else, but if you open the strait we'll have a 2-week ceasefire. The mullahs have agreed to open the strait and accept the ceasefire. Trump seems to have gotten what he wanted, though like much else we'll have to see if it actually plays out that way.
It's entirely possible Trump's rhetoric here wasn't aimed at Americans or the West at all.
- Tom
The theocrats are incommunicado. The elected government, which is subordinate to the theocracy, accepted the cease fire. But the IRGC fired on Israel immediately.
https://x.com/wretchardthecat/status/2041662779384590795?s=20
As we expected, the rounds of decapitation strikes have left Iran with no one who really has authority to negotiate a peace. That doesn't imply that we are the ones nearing defeat; but it does complicate the closing action.
In the age before we all became internet-addicted squirrels, we'd have given a ceasefire a few hours to take hold, maybe even a day.
But, yeah, I'm not claiming any particular wisdom here. I just pointed out that the threat was an attempt to open the strait, which the official leadership in Iran thought was worth doing, so it wasn't TACOs for dinner ... although, if the IRGC won't honor it, then we'll see. I'll check my salsa supply just in case.
We did start taking out bridges before the Iranians agreed to the ceasefire. At the same time, I think Trump really needs a ceasefire. He's running out of time politically and he may well decide an official-but-not-real ceasefire is fine. But back to the IRGC -- If they won't cooperate, will Trump blow the power plants? Beats me.
I do know he'll be condemned no matter what he does, and many of the same people will condemn him regardless of whether he hits the power plants or TACOs. They hate him and would gladly give the republic to the statists just to be rid of him.
- Tom
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