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Miles Archer

(23,467 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:04 PM 22 hrs ago

Vance on the ceasefire, translated into English: "It's not OUR fault that you were stupid enough to TRUST us."

Aaron Rupar

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JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise, we never indicated that was gonna be the case."

JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise, we never indicated that was gonna be the case."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-08T19:38:54.393Z

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Vance on the ceasefire, translated into English: "It's not OUR fault that you were stupid enough to TRUST us." (Original Post) Miles Archer 22 hrs ago OP

More like "I think they thought the ceasefire included Israel, and we never said it did" AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #1

Either the top brass is not involved kacekwl 21 hrs ago #2

yup - never mind the top brass Skittles 12 hrs ago #5

Pakistan's PM has said the ceasefire includes Lebanon muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #3

Pakistan gave Iran something different from what it received from the US JI7 12 hrs ago #4

AZJonnie

(3,737 posts)

1. More like "I think they thought the ceasefire included Israel, and we never said it did"

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:08 PM

22 hrs ago

I've no idea what the truth is in any of this. It's pathological liars on all sides, so who freaking knows

kacekwl

(9,174 posts)

2. Either the top brass is not involved

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:44 PM

21 hrs ago

or no one knows what the hell what's going on. Department of war more like Keystones Cops.

Skittles

(171,893 posts)

5. yup - never mind the top brass

Reply to kacekwl (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:04 AM

12 hrs ago

this sounds like no GROWNUPS were involved

muriel_volestrangler

(106,273 posts)

3. Pakistan's PM has said the ceasefire includes Lebanon

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:25 AM

13 hrs ago

Link to tweet

"With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

I warmly welcome the sagacious gesture and extend deepest gratitude to the leadership of both the countries and invite their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes.

Both parties have displayed remarkable wisdom and understanding and have remained constructively engaged in furthering the cause of peace and stability. We earnestly hope, that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days!"

That's dated 12:50 AM · Apr 8, 2026, BST - just over an hour after Trump tweeted about the ceasefire, and hours before Israel launched its attacks on Lebanon.

JI7

(93,660 posts)

4. Pakistan gave Iran something different from what it received from the US

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:36 AM

12 hrs ago

and gave the US something different from what it received from Iran.

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