Will this be the last of these? Maybe not, but there is a real chance. Donald Trump yesterday showed how few cards the USA had to play in his war of choice, when he went from threatening to destroy Iranian people, culture and history, to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and talks based on an Iranian ten point plan. The details of this plan (see below) amount to a comprehensive US defeat. If this indeed is the end of the war and that Iranian plan is the basis of a deal, it makes this if not the longest war in US history, the most pointless and a complete waste. Iran looks on the verge of emerging stronger, with the ability to generate massive new income, while the US looks, in a word, a busted flush.

This is no run of the mill TACO. This is complete US strategic failure.

But it was all a mirage. The Iranian government has recently restarted and stepped up the pace in its executions of its enemies—many young protestors. ... And in the end, the people who will really suffer are those Iranians who want a different, better future. Their government will come down on them now with greater and greater force.

Courtesy of the USA.