The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread

[jon-nyc]

The lady doth protest too much.

[xenon]

What a clown show. Iranian statements are more credible than the US government. Sad.

[jon-nyc]

The gulf states have already released 23B to Iran as part of the deal.

And we haven’t started talks about the nuclear stockpile yet.

[jon-nyc]

[Renauda]

Thanks in part to friendly uncle Vladimir, Iran is happy to make a deal to placate Trump for now:

A significant factor accelerating Iran’s military recovery is the injection of foreign military hardware. Intelligence sources note that Tehran’s refreshed inventory likely includes Russian-made missiles manufactured within the last 12 months, highlighting an active defense-industrial pipeline between Moscow and Tehran.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/78120

[jon-nyc]

Trump’s priorities:

1. Get deal signed
2. Happy Birthday to Me

Bibi’s priorities:

1. Get reelected
2. Protect Israel

Make the Venn diagram.

The bromance may be over.

[jon-nyc]

Reminds me oof the generals telling us how they actually won the Vietnam war.

[xenon]

Now Trump is chastising Israel for retaliating against Hezbollah because it puts his “deal” at risk.

What a treacherous coward. Disgrace to the office.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Interesting. Graham being a little passive aggressive here and pre-setting up Vance to be the guy he’ll blame for a shit deal.

[jon-nyc]

I’d feel a lot better if Trump released the MOU he thinks they agreed to.

[jon-nyc]

Dan Shapiro is the former US ambassador to Israel.

[jon-nyc]

This is nearly identical language that Obama used. In Obama’s phrasing it was we ‘open our hand’ if they’ll ’unclench their fist”.

[89th]