Iran cannot have nuclear weapon is only an excuse. This is about Killing Iranians, Arabs and Muslims...ethnic cleansing

The real victory is not winning the war by fighting that war directly together with the combatants. The real victory is winning the war without firing a single bullet or losing a single soldier but gaining insight into the strategic dynamics of how to carve out a victory from watching that war from the sidelines.

How much has been learnt, what weapons are working and what weapons are rendered obsolete, what essential targets to take out first, matters in future conflicts. That is more valuable than shouting empty slogans about 'mission accomplished' on the decks of naval ships. Twenty years after that slogan had been shouted and rendered meaningless, the war in Iraq does not seem to be over. Iraq is still seemingly on the side of Iran in this war, with elements siding with Iran attacking USA linked logistics and personnel.

Strangely evident is the perception that China is the biggest winner of the war on Iran. China provided Iran with all the important weapons like hypersonic anti-aircraft carrier missiles and satellite system to sustain Iran's ability to carry out a prolonged war. And China, with its influence on Iran, has been instrumental in giving support to Pakistan to carry out the mediation to bring about a peace deal. We know that Pakistan had contacted Beijing earlier before carrying out its peace mission to bring the USA and Iran to the negotiating table. China probably does not want to be at the forefront of the peace deal, knowing it has been supporting Iran directly with military aid, which weakens its stance when dealing with the USA.

We have to see what the outcome of the negotiating is going to be. As always, the USA is already trying to give the semblance of being in a strong position with J. D. Vance warning Iran not to play around. Who had been playing around with negotiations earlier by carrying out attacks while talks were going on?

And Trump is again coming out to tell the world that Iran has no cards to play other than control of the Straits of Hormuz. Really? What cards does Trump have in most of his negotiating tactics. Basically, just using threats as his only card. Trump does have plenty of cards, a whole deck of jokers, that does not matter, just like all the useless cards he held when negotiating with China. After all, China is said to have been the country making all his cards, lol.

Anonymous