Iranian Hardliners Become the Realists; USS Lincoln Problems Reveal Larger Military Concerns
A double-dose of Rachel Blevin interviews:
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Will The Lack of Diesel and Airplane Fuel Get America Back To The Negotiation Table?
According to Larry Johnson, the US has until 7/11/26 before the reserves run out and the real pressure starts. That's the same date as Pakistani-orchestrated talks between the United States and Iran are supposed to resume. Will the US actually act in good faith? Can Iran really trust the West? What is Pakistan (and China, for that matter) willing to risk to see this through? How does Lebanon and Palestine factor in? What about Israel? Hopefully these questions will be addressed/answered in the next few weeks.
Did Iran Really Offer Trump A Last-Minute Deal To End The Conflict?
No; but listen to Rachel Blevins and Elijah Magnier discuss what's really going on:
Real Estate Attorneys Should Not Be Used As International Negotiators.
Remember how close the United States and Iran were to a deal ? Well according to President Trump's favorite lawyer ( for now ) Steve Witkoff , Iran spent the negotiations bragging: Witkoff: Iranians bragged of uranium for 11 bombs US special envoy Witkoff, who together with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner led Washington’s negotiations with Tehran over the disputed nuclear program, said that Iran’s top negotiators boasted in the first round of talks this year of having enough highly enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear bombs. “In that first meeting, both the Iranian negotiators said to us directly — with no shame — that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% [enriched uranium] and that they’re aware that could make 11 nuclear bombs,” Witkoff told Fox. Trump has asserted that the US “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities during the 12-day war last June, which would ostensibly render Iran incapable of immediately turning that enriched uranium into a bomb. Still, Witkoff said the Iran...
Rachel Blevins: President Trump Already Wants a Ceasefire (But Iran Says, "Nope")
Like I've said before: maybe sending your real estate agent and son-in-law (both who only had Israel's best interests in mind) to "negotiate" probably wasn't the best idea.
