Guardian: Reports in its 3.30pm post the following, " Iranian navy threatens ships in strait of Hormuz without permission "
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This is a very fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. On the one hand you have Israel attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, and you have Tehran confirming that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is still on going, against the ceasefire deal. Will this ceasefire hold, it has to be asked.
Sky News: Reports in its 3.23pm post the following, " Tehran will withdraw from ceasefire if attacks on Lebanon continue - Iranian state media "
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This will be hard one for Trump to deal with, Israel has made it clear that its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon is separate. LAST YEAR, Trump ordered Israel planes back while they were in mid flight. Does he have the same power now. The CEASFIRE between the US and Iran is fragile, also the Israeli lobby is powerful in the US, can the Oval blackmail Israel this time? The post is an interesting development!
BBC News: Reports in its 12.32pm post the following, " Trump says US 'working closely' with Iran "
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Both the US and Iran are claiming victory, either the two sides are delusional or not telling the TRUTH, the above post states the following, " Trump says Iran won't enrich uranium, and the US will work with Tehran to "dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear 'Dust.' " This is the reverse of the view in Iran, in their plan, Tehran gets to keep its nuclear stockpile. The Americans claimed to have destroyed the long range missiles of Iran, that has not stopped Iran hitting Gulf States after the ceasefire went in to force. Also Trump claims a Regime change, this has been contested by experts on the Region. They might even be more ruthless form of a theocracy. As to the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has declared they run it, Trump has a delusional thought of Iran and the US running the Strait. The peace summit in Pakistan will meet on Friday! A hail Mary pass indeed.
Guardian: Reports in its 11.38pm post the following, " Trump agrees to suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks "
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Trump has followed example of JFK over the Cuban Missile Crisis, as you will recall Kennedy did a secret deal with the USSR over their missiles in Cuba, in that deal the US would remove its missiles in Turkey and Italy after a few months, but in secret, the secret was kept for decades, while in public have the appearance of winning, such a deal is not possible in this day and age, Trump still has the problem of Iran's nuclear stockpile, if he lets them keep it, his Presidential Credibility will go up in smoke. The clock restarts, one assumes that Trump will declare victory, will Iran gives up its nuclear stockpile?
Fox News: Reports the following in its latest post, " Pakistani PM urges Trump to extend deadline by 2 weeks "
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This is the off ramp for POTUS, it's easy for Trump, its the right thing to do on the diplomatic level and confirms Trump is TACO, Trump Always Chickens Out, also the American voter in general wants out of Iran, they care more about the domestic economy. Everyone gets what they want, Trump gets the Strait of Hormuz open for oil tankers, and Iran's regime gets another two weeks in power. The Pakistani plan calls for a two week ceasefire, will POTUS and Israel go along with the plan?
Update: POTUS agrees to Pakistan's peace plan. Thus a 2 week ceasefire, Trump has chickend out, as Churchill said, better to talk than WAR. That still leaves of Iran's nuclear stockpile.
Sky News: Reports the following in its 1.13pm post " A whole civilisation will die tonight': Trump warns Iran as Strait of Hormuz deadline looms "
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One does not expect such language from a US President. Trump has been hanging around with to many tyrants from Russia to North Korea. It is about time that the US Cabinet evoked the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, that allows a President to be replaced by the VP. This blog is NOT some Democratic WIMP, it is a proud Reagan supporter and always will be, but Trump has lost the plot, an American should never threatene the civilisation of a State, even if its Iran.
BBC News: Reports in 12.57pm post the following, " Iran's Kharg Island hit by strikes - reports "
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Thus the clock counts down for the Trump threat to send Iran back to the stone age if they do not do a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz. The left wing media are already calling it a WAR CRIME. If you win, it is not, just ask the people of Dresden, or Japan after they were nuked by the US to end WW2 in 1945. The attack on Kharg is just the taste of what could happen!
