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He really is after that Nobel Peace prize - not sure he realises bombing the xxxx out if nuclear reprocessing sites isn’t the at to get it…..

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With regards to optics as mentioned above I am not sure Mr Trump is aware of the phrase as a little like Mr Putin they have started something that I am not sure they know how to stop, but would love to be proved wrong.

Cheers
Mr Mac

It looks like just us two Mr Mac are not gung-ho and believe you cannot bomb your way to peace, the best thing the US could have done was to have stayed out of it and left it to the Israeli’s.

It will have repercussions, maybe not today or tomorrow, but repercussions there will be.

VP on Fox News now - President Trump has negotiated an end to the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran.

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According to the BBC, Iran told Qatar exactly when the missiles were to be fired and what the target was. A total of six missiles were fired (DT was never any good at maths) and all were destroyed. Probably the worst retaliation in history, but, as mentioned earlier, the attack was more for internal political optics rather than to cause damage.

The Art Of The Deal and Peace Through Strength wins again!

Now that the US has a President who is prepared to act, the situation becomes a whole new ball game.

Hopefully it is a stepping stone to getting Putin to see some reason also.

I wonder if anyone has told Iran and the IRGC

Iranian TV today…. Video

Read that for what it doesn’t say, Nothing there about the war between the Iran and the US though. Or maybe I’m just a cynic.

You are a habitual Yank-basher, Nutty, yes, but quite frankly I share your cynicism.
Also, when DJT wakes up tomorrow morning, he may have changed his mind.
Stay tuned to this channel! Mr Trump has exported his domestic reality TV show, broadcast from the White House, to the entire world.


The show's sponsors will soon be issuing their commercials in Farsi with English subtitles.

On the face of it, yes. Of course, interesting that Trump doesn't seem to wish to use that "skill" to get Putin out of Ukraine.

Yes I know there's a seperate Thread for that War but just looking at why one War deserves "sorting" and yet another, much longer running one, only kept his interest for a few weeks before he gave up and, presumably, placing it in the "it's all too difficult" bin.

Not expecting any profound observations aside from my thought that, for Trump, bolstering his own ego is more important than stopping bloodshed. Or is that just the cynic in me?

Anyway, just something to ponder on......

News of Cease Fire Agreement being released.

Details forthcoming as announcements are being made.

Next step Gaza, I fervently hope, if possible a larger peace between Israel and Iran's proxies in Yemen, Gaza and Lebanon.

The adults in the room are relieved that President Trump has taken steps to quell the Iranian nuclear threat.

- Ed

Temporarily, granted. The grandparents however look at the intent behind such weapons.

Remove any particular hostile intent, and Iran can join the nuclear club tomorrow with no worries to anyone.

With the intent still in place, however, as things now stand, Iran will strive to make more, or go shopping for ready-made from one of their neighbours, P, C, NK, if not R.

I'll give it another few hours to see if the shooting stops.

Genuine question here, ORAC. With all this talk of Iran’s remaining nuclear stockpiles and capabilities, how would anyone really know and if they did why would they tell us?
Is this a case of the media putting on talking heads talking cr@p because it’s better than admitting nobody really knows what’s going on?

So seven B2s crossed the Atlantic and then the length of the Mediterranean, threading their way through busy airways all the way and meeting tankers as required.

How did they do that? Did they file fake flight plans, pretending to be civil aircraft? Or did civil radars just turn a Nelsonian blind eye and maneuver civil traffic out of the way?