And even if Iran does fully open Hormuz – without conditioning passage on tolls or other payments – its ability to control the key geopolitical chokepoint is more clear now than ever.
In a statement after Trump’s ceasefire message, Iranian foreign minister Seyed Aragchi said that Iran would halt its “defensive operations” and allow safe passage through the Hormuz “via coordination with Iran’s armed forces”. He added that the US had accepted the “general framework” of the Iranian 10-point plan.
That plan includes the US withdrawing its military forces from the region, lifting economic sanctions on Iran, paying compensation for war damages and allowing Iran to maintain control over Hormuz. It is hard to imagine Trump actually agreeing to any of those conditions – a sign that the next two weeks of negotiations could be treacherous.
Such a partial pyrrhic victory.
It’s telling that all of the coverage of the ceasefire has basically omitted the role that the Prime Minister of Pakistan played in making it happen.
Fuck Western media. Propaganda machines for the oligarchy.
Honestly the best thing to come out of this shitshow of a war is the absolutely hilarious trolling that Iranian embassies fired off at orangeboi
A partial win? So far this is the most resounding and embarrassing defeat I remember witnessing over the past decades.
Iran is dictating the terms of Trump’s surrender. “A partial win,” my ass.
Art of the deal
- Tony Schwartz
A win for Trump? And what did he win exactly?
The idiot basically caved to Iran’s 10 point plan.
“He ended another war! 🎉” - MAGAts
Peace prize please.
Patient stamina is not one of tRump’s strong suits. He demands immediate gratification and if he doesn’t get it he throws a temper tantrum.
Guaranteed every world leader is now fully aware of this and will use it against America in every possible way.
Every world leader already knew this. 10 years ago. That’s why Iran never backed down to any of Trump‘s threats, and that’s why they kept sending out all of those hilarious Lego videos, taunting Trump. They knew they could outlast Trump in a conflict, because he’d end up embarrassing himself and losing interest. that’s when they could get everything they wanted.
And, guess what? That’s exactly what just happened.
Anyone who trusts Putin or Trump is a fool.
How is it a victory if the best case scenario is exactly the state of affairs prior (ie. the strait of hormuz being open) to the start of this war? Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say nothing was accomplished? I wouldn’t be suprised if Iran leverages greater geopolitical influence from this, that’s how incompetent Trump and the group of great American intellectuals currently in his government are.
nothing was accomplished
Well we did murder a couple hundred school children, so there’s that.
It sounds like affairs are exactly as they were prior except Iran got a bunch of stuff that they didn’t have previously.
It did what it was supposed to, which was distract from the Epstein files. The cost to us plebs is of no consequence to them.
I’ve got one word for you: Brexit.
Could you maybe try three or four more words to make some sort of sense?
There’s no time!
Sorry, I’ve run out of words. Just typing this is using up the few remaining words I have. I would explain more, but there really are no more words available to me. Sorry.
Oh hang on, I’ve found some under the couch. Brexit, when the UK left the European Union, was a pointless act of economic, social, and security self -harm, with even the most ardent proponents ultimately admitting that it would take years to just get back to where we started. The negative effects are still being felt 10 years later and the country is still divided about it. Despite all this, the ringleader and his political party has a reasonable chance of actually becoming government, showing just how fucking stupid people here are.
