What the Hell Just Happened in the Middle East You May Ask?
A Ceasefire Has Been Declared by Trump in the Middle East.
What the Hell Just Happened in the Middle East You May Ask?
My take:
The US/Israel realized that their regime change plans were not coming to fruition, that the Iranian govt had more support and stronger foundations than they believed, that Israeli air defense was collapsing/exhausted and that an attrition war of long range strike was going to go badly for Israel. And Trump began to get freaked out over the rising price of oil with the Iranian threat of closing the strait of Hormuz. So they wrapped it up, declared victory, and demanded a ceasefire. Iran agreed because they too have been badly shaken through Israeli covert warfare and their own air defense all but collapsed.
The can will only be kicked down the road, and both sides will start rebuilding, and making preparations and plans for the next round, the next war. This was only a skirmish at the end of the day..
- Iran for surviving, maintaining a civilian nuclear enrichment program, and for the fact that it was the US/Israel that pushed for the "ceasefire" imho comes out slightly ahead on points.
The biggest loser - the collapse of the NNPT and international law.
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There will be no peace on earth as long as Israel exists.
Seems everyone these days value "restraint" above all - even self respect and honor.
If Iranian leaders fail to put down the beast, they'll live every minute in fear of being blown up.
And so will their families.
Not an honorable way to live.
For everything 'tis a season.
Sometimes, you have to forget "strategy", stand up like a man, and beat the bully without mercy.
You don't "build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across".
You don't let them "save face".
You don't give them a ceasefire.
You defeat and humiliate them completely, so as to set an example for others
(and so your descendants won't have to fight an enemy that *you* should have vanquished).