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    Trump extends ceasefire

    Time is important. On May 29 his 90 days of operating without Congressional approval is up under the War Powers Act, and the Democrats will try to block funding for continuing the war.
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    Trump extends ceasefire

    Yes, of course, the US should take what it needs from the ayatollahs not try to make deals with them.
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    Trump extends ceasefire

    We know what at least part of Trump's strategy is, the blockade of Iran's ports which is preventing Iran from selling oil, its only source of foreign currency, and this will destroy Iran's economy in time, but this will take too long, so I'm guessing Trump thinks he sees conflicts among the...
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    Trump extends ceasefire

    No deal with the ayatollahs can be a good deal because they will determine how long the deal lasts. A negotiated opening of the Strait would be a strategic defeat. If Trump is doing this because of the unpopularity of the war, the way to change that is to win a victory, not allow the...
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    It wasn't luck at all. Israel and the US were in close communications about the upcoming war. LBJ sent military officers to Israel to assess its chances of winning the war in 1967, and they came back saying Israel would win and Israel and the US worked together on the ceasefire and the same...
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    We certainly weren't winning it, but Israel put a firm stop to the Soviets' effort to control the ME and provided the US the opportunity to control the ME without having to send US soldiers to protect the Gulf oil assets from the Soviets.
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    You are misinformed. Israel is not only America's closest ally but also its most reliable ally and has saved thousands of American lives. Back in the 1960's and 1970's when the US seemed to be losing the Cold War everywhere else, Israel defeated USSR client states Egypt and Syria, so...
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    The War Is Going Better Than You Think - New York Times

    Iran did not give permission to inspect all sites, so there was no way to know what was going on in sites the inspectors didn't see and with Iran's long history of deceiving IAEA inspectors, there was no way to verify Iran was living up to the deal. As long as Iran was enriching uranium, it had...
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    The War Is Going Better Than You Think - New York Times

    Again, the inspectors were only allowed to inspect sites Iran approved, so they had no way of knowing what Iran was doing in the rest of the country. Under NPT Iran was required to notify the IAEA of any new construction of enriching facilities, but both Nanatanz and Fordow were built in secret...
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    The War Is Going Better Than You Think - New York Times

    We don't know if they did or not because JCPOA only allowed the inspectors to inspect sites Iran approved of. We have no idea what was going on in the rest of Iran. The inspectors had no freedom of movement in Iran and Iran had a long history of deceiving IAEA inspectors to violate NPT. US...
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    But the ayatollahs are not fighting. They are depending on Democrats to defeat America for them.
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    The War Is Going Better Than You Think - New York Times

    Just the opposite is true. The ayatollahs got Obama to abandon US policy on nuclear proliferation and international terrorism without war.
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    All true but he's not going to get the job done with ceasefires and negotiations with the ayatollahs.
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    Which of these countries is seeking nuclear weapons and long range missiles to target our cities and organizing huge demonstrations chanting Death to America and teaching their children there is no higher honor than to die killing Americans or Israelis? Everyone is free to hate us but no one...
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    Iran: Playtime is Over.

    And once the Iranian threat to America is gone there will be peace.
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