Detach your mind from just this thread and realize this isn't a meeting between Trump and Xi on Iran.
Which European country even has something substantial to contribute?, their ground forces are already been left underfunded and barely supported for decades, let alone their navy, its only really the Royal Navy and the French I can think off the top of my head who have the hardware to possibly be able to do something over there, and do what exactly?, we aren't in some major naval war with Iran like its Imperial Japan in the Pacific where we were trying to sink each other's ships, it's all just blockading and making sure no Iran-linked vessels go in and out, something the US Navy is more than capable of doing by themselves.
No more Kongsberg NSMs or JSMs for you.
That's interesting, if nothing else there should be an attempt to one up that statement by actually offering the regime a deal where they hand over all of that and in return we give them Uranium suitable for energy sector use at a steep discount just because you know they'll say no. The administration does need to start using more of Iran or China's own words against them instead of saying "but they can't have nukes, they'll attack Israel." all the time.
100% this is a viable ending on the conflict by the way, Trump has a track record of promising and saying crazy shit, only to then quietly go back and compromise on something that largely retains the status quo, if the war goes on for too long with no changes or becomes too costly on the American economy or his political standing, he could simply redo the JCPOA in another name, where Iran will never ever ever ever ever ever make nukes they promise while still holding on to their uranium stockpiles, all the while Trump brags about the making the deal and creating peace in Iran (while Israel and Saudi Arabia piss and shit in anger, go look at who disapproved the Obama nuclear deal), hey, it's not like it would be his problem once he leaves office.Alright kiwi sisters, today we are going to practice our cope for when Trump inevitably concedes on a bad deal and the whole world bursts out laughing in unison.
When i say: Iranian pinky promises to pause enrichment for a few years mean nothing
You say:100% destroyed and buried under ground (even more then last time), Trump will personally remove each and every uranium canister himself! !!!
Even worse, Iran has vowed they would start collecting tolls if we don't pull them off of Hormuz, it's safe to say that this would be a disaster for literally everyone else in that scenario.When i say: Freedom of navigation was a thing before and the US has literally achieved nothing
You say:
I could see it with Russia benefitting from the higher energy prices as an energy exporter, especially when they need that oil cash to keep their war machine going, but I don't see how China does, they're fortunate to have largely been shielded thanks to them having the foresight to have diverse sources of imported energy and having a petroleum reserve for rainy days like these, and I could see that gradually getting worse for them the longer the war goes on, and they know becoming more dependent on one power (Russia) for something as vital as energy is not a good position to be in.When I say: This war has thus far succeeded in little more then empowering Russia and China. While making the latter seem like a bastion of sanity, and a respectable trading partner
You say: Chinks drool, and also we like Russia now that we have the shared experience of being raped by a supposedly inferior power using basic drones. HOLD ME VLADIMIR!
You know what, fair, it was giga-cringe to see MAGA suddenly become pro-war after years of crying about sending military aid to Ukraine and how that would provoke Russia further into starting WW3.
They hated him because he spoke the truth
We speedran the it's-over-we're-so-back cycle so many times during this war I'm surprised people still think any development will immediately end it.
If they would they would have already
If you think us being pissed at Trump for cucking out is because we're all Trump ballsniffers, I'd like to introduce you to the concept of thinking.
Trump losing the war AND getting a worse deal than Obama got. And he's bragging about it.
>Believing AxiosTrump losing the war AND getting a worse deal than Obama got. And he's bragging about it.
Operation Project Freedom was so close to destroying Iran once and for all. Too bad it lasted less than 24 hours.
I think this is important because Saudis were the ones who wanted Trump to not end the war. If they're asking this, maybe Iran really will accept the deal.
