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The ceasefire with Iran expires on April 21. But does Trump have the stomach for more war? My earlier opinion still stands: Team Trump wants an offramp, but is too inept to manage it. They had the same exact problem with the Russia talks. The US side has a bunch of demands, but doesn’t recognize … Read more

Regime mouthpiece The New York Times published a lengthy article on April 7 distancing the neocons from the Iran war and placing the blame chiefly on Trump’s head. Meanwhile, CNN outright called for Trump’s removal via the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution. This might be the only way to save MAGA, but will it happen?

Trump has made the bizarre and scary threat to “end civilization” in Iran, but how is he going to do this? Will it be a conventional strike (with what?), or is he planning to go nuclear?

The World Rules Based World Order is facing a crisis in Iran, but it didn’t start yesterday. Before we can predict what will happen next it is important to understand how we got here.

Trump’s ultimatum and everything else in this war is a farce that upends any remaining pretense of legitimacy the USA’s “rules based world order” had. There was no lawful justification for the unprovoked war against Iran, and it was certainly illegal to launch a sneak attack in the middle of peace negotiations (even Imperial Japan … Read more