JimofPennsylvan
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Many critics are grabbing public megaphones to criticize the "Iran War 'Two Week' Cease Fire Deal" but they are not advocating for what is in the best interest of the American people. Leaders in America need to be honest and wise at this juncture of the war the best outcome for the war is to end it as soon as possible and in so doing get the Strait of Hormuz opened back up so the great harm to the world economy caused the closure of the Strait can be stopped. The strategic aims of the war are never going to be achieved because to do so would require a high casualty ground war in Iran and the American people are never going to sign on to such a plan!
This cease fire deal is a great development because it could provide the Trump administration an off ramp to the war. I am not being naive here the Iranian "ten point plan" which apparently will be the starting point for the negotiations has no chance of being made a permanent peace deal both Republican and Democrat members of Congress would never sign off on it as a matter of fact if such a deal was attempted to be implemented the country would probably see many key players in the administration resign! But the great value in the two week cease fire deal is that it will bring an end to reciprocal bombing by Iran on one side and the U.S. and Israel on the other side and it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz thereby stopping this blockage stranglehold on the world economy. O the world will see fierce negotiation by both sides throughout the next two weeks and maybe slight hopes for a deal will pop-up from time to time but at the end of the day no deal will be reached because the gap between the two parties is too large to bridge. This time will give leaders throughout the world that have influence with the major players to get them to understand that the economic cost of this war is too great it is intolerable if it continues it will throw the world into a severe recession. At the end of the cease fire period practicality will cause the U.S. to stop the bombing campaign the temporary reopening of the Strait will give the Trump administration the cover to believe that if the U.S. ends the hostilities the Strait will remain open. Also, President Trump went too far with his bellicose rhetoric the President was planning to end Iranian civilization in the world if he didn't get a deal Mr. Trump the American people are a good people we would not be letting you wipe out a civilization. President Trump was on a trajectory to commit War crimes if this war continued and that would have gotten him impeached and thrown into jail for many years (President Trump remember you are not the President of Russia) this two weak cease fire deal that will morph into an unwritten permanent cease fire deal is the off ramp that President Trump desperately needs!
Critics are way out of line saying that this cease fire deal legitimizes Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz and so the Iran regime will lawfully be able to treat it like the Panama canal and charge a toll or fee for passage. This is completely bogus and illegitimate prior to today any ship navigating the Strait without the authorization of the government of Iran was as great risk of being hit by a missile, drone or mine so if now we only have an oral broad cease fire agreement where one of the supposed points of agreement is that the Strait of Hormuz will restart allowing free passage of ships as a practical matter you want the Iran government aware of and authorizing the transit of each ship so the respective ship isn't sunk or set on fire for some of these ships cost one billion dollars a piece. These critics are way out of line the evidence was overwhelming that the Iran government at will had the power to shut down the Strait of Hormuz the have these underground bunkers on the coast where they have hundreds of small speed boats to drop mines and they have an abundance of anti-ship missiles. Iran stands now and two weeks from now when the cease fire deal is informally allowed to continue in the same state they did forty-one days ago the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway where no country has the legal right to obstruct maritime traffic and that is it there is no exceptions here!
This cease fire deal is a great development because it could provide the Trump administration an off ramp to the war. I am not being naive here the Iranian "ten point plan" which apparently will be the starting point for the negotiations has no chance of being made a permanent peace deal both Republican and Democrat members of Congress would never sign off on it as a matter of fact if such a deal was attempted to be implemented the country would probably see many key players in the administration resign! But the great value in the two week cease fire deal is that it will bring an end to reciprocal bombing by Iran on one side and the U.S. and Israel on the other side and it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz thereby stopping this blockage stranglehold on the world economy. O the world will see fierce negotiation by both sides throughout the next two weeks and maybe slight hopes for a deal will pop-up from time to time but at the end of the day no deal will be reached because the gap between the two parties is too large to bridge. This time will give leaders throughout the world that have influence with the major players to get them to understand that the economic cost of this war is too great it is intolerable if it continues it will throw the world into a severe recession. At the end of the cease fire period practicality will cause the U.S. to stop the bombing campaign the temporary reopening of the Strait will give the Trump administration the cover to believe that if the U.S. ends the hostilities the Strait will remain open. Also, President Trump went too far with his bellicose rhetoric the President was planning to end Iranian civilization in the world if he didn't get a deal Mr. Trump the American people are a good people we would not be letting you wipe out a civilization. President Trump was on a trajectory to commit War crimes if this war continued and that would have gotten him impeached and thrown into jail for many years (President Trump remember you are not the President of Russia) this two weak cease fire deal that will morph into an unwritten permanent cease fire deal is the off ramp that President Trump desperately needs!
Critics are way out of line saying that this cease fire deal legitimizes Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz and so the Iran regime will lawfully be able to treat it like the Panama canal and charge a toll or fee for passage. This is completely bogus and illegitimate prior to today any ship navigating the Strait without the authorization of the government of Iran was as great risk of being hit by a missile, drone or mine so if now we only have an oral broad cease fire agreement where one of the supposed points of agreement is that the Strait of Hormuz will restart allowing free passage of ships as a practical matter you want the Iran government aware of and authorizing the transit of each ship so the respective ship isn't sunk or set on fire for some of these ships cost one billion dollars a piece. These critics are way out of line the evidence was overwhelming that the Iran government at will had the power to shut down the Strait of Hormuz the have these underground bunkers on the coast where they have hundreds of small speed boats to drop mines and they have an abundance of anti-ship missiles. Iran stands now and two weeks from now when the cease fire deal is informally allowed to continue in the same state they did forty-one days ago the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway where no country has the legal right to obstruct maritime traffic and that is it there is no exceptions here!
