Paul R. Pillar, By pursuing a big ‘win’ in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

Paul R. Pillar The war is most likely to end through a minimalistic ceasefire that opens a path to a broader deal President Donald Trump, seeing the success of the U.S. Navy’s operation in the Strait of Hormuz in blocking most of Iran’s imports and oil exports while restoring some of the non-Iranian oil trade through the strait, evidently does not regard the conflict with Iran as stalemated. The current situation regarding the flow of oil and distribution of economic pain is actually more complicated and does not constitute a…

Joachim Hagopian, Middle East Peace at Last? Or Another US-Israel Broken Ceasefire Ruse

Joachim Hagopian Iran sent a warning in advance to the Qataris and the Americans just prior to its Monday night June 23rd attack on Al Udeid airbase in Qatar, deemed the US Air Force command center in the Middle East. It came in response to Trump’s attack on Iran two days prior. But then on Monday evening Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social that he brokered a Middle East ceasefire between Netanyahu and Iran, claiming while he personally worked with Bibi, his team VP JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff parlayed…