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First, Transition Protocol has new information about the venue change for the signing...and a warning to those who would try to sabotage the process:    Dialogue Works goes over the 14-Points illustrated in the now infamous MOU: Carl Zha has Warwick Powell on Silk & Steel to talk about the economic/financial impact: Finally, Due Dissidence on how Israel has reacted:

 

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  Notable Points: The United States has apparently already (electronically) signed the MOU. Iran is more cohesive since in the wake of the US/Israeli strikes. Iran (via Pakistan) has made it clear to the US that violating the MOU will have serious consequences. China was not actually pressuring Iran to make a deal. The goal was to get America to agree to certain terms/assurances, so that when the US (or Israel) inevitably violate them, the world will understand that Iran was trying to find a peaceful resolution.  That said: in terms of revealing motivations, China plays things closer to the vest than Russia, Iran and Pakistan.  So it sounds like the major three parties (China, Russia and Iran, the three countries the US is determined to wage war against sooner or later) are aware of the United States proclivity towards duplicitous diplomacy. Also, it sounds like Iran has at least one ace that's threatening enough to give the United States pause; whether it's something nuc...

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 Transition Protocol discusses the conversations and agreements that apparently happened behind the scenes that led up to this past weekend's big announcement: Before getting to the first question, let's address the second: Apparently everyone "knows" that Israel is the spoiler here. While the US is willing to exclude Israel from whatever deal they are making with Iran, it's clear that (1) Iran still consider the two linked, and (2) no one in their right mind expects the United States to stand by and allow Iran to attack Israel, regardless of what Israel does. I agree that Iran's biggest mistake here is lack of specifics: There should be hard dates, dollar amounts, boundaries and consequences for violations. Vagueness with a country (the US) who's government is practically full of lawyers looking for every loophole and angle and advantage is only asking for trouble.  As for China and Iran: It's valid to say that Iran was fighting for it's life thes...

 While most of the country was focused on war with Iran or the NBA Finals, the President decided to hold an a "celebration" of America on his birthday:

 

 

 

 Sell-outs indeed: 

  According to CNN , President Trump has said something to this effect at least 38 times. 

 

 Rachel Blevins and Elijah Magnier discuss the Apache attack: The "retaliation" was reported by CNN .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wall Street is investing on the desperation of Americans, and pawn shops are replacing banks:

 

 If it's anything like Israel's ceasefires, I can understand why:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Learn about Beqaa Valley:

 Aaron Mate and Max Blumenthal on the American military's shocking admission:  As for how we got to this point, here's Robert Inlakesh of In Context:

 

 

 

 

 

 According to the planet Earth: Ben Norton has more:

I'm not the biggest fan of libertarians generally, but there are very, very few instances of Greenwald changing his views to fit a narrative or some politician he may like. The same cannot be said for Democrats or Republicans who believe that they are arbiters of the "Left v Right" debate in America: Also, this "Ben Shapiro fast-talking" debate style is grating.