Rachelle Jacques
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Rachelle Jacques
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On February 28, President Trump laid out five military objectives for the US war with Iran: - “Destroy Iran’s missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.” - “Annihilate Iran’s navy.” - “Ensure that Iran’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces.” - “Ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.” - Prevent Iran from using “IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.” Three-and-a-half months later, the US has achieved none of these objectives. - According to US intelligence assessments, Iran has retained roughly 70% of its prewar missile stockpile and mobile launchers. Iran’s missile and drone production infrastructure also remains largely intact. - US intelligence also concludes that Iran’s nuclear capacity remains broadly unchanged since last summer, with Iran still needing roughly a year to build a bomb. - While the U.S. succeeded in significantly damaging Iran’s conventional navy, it did not weaken Iran’s capacity to impose maritime costs or disrupt ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. - Iranian proxies (specifically Hezbollah) are still destabilizing the region. - The threat from Iranian IEDs no longer exists because US troops have been out of Iraq for 15 years. Indeed, the agreement reached this weekend with Iran only requires Tehran to reopen the Straits of Hormuz to maritime traffic ... an issue that arose solely BECAUSE of the war. Then there are the enormous direct and indirect costs of the war. After only three months, the war has cost the United States at least $30 billion in direct costs and the U.S. economy hundreds of billions in indirect costs. It has killed and wounded U.S. servicemembers, damaged U.S. bases, depleted scarce munitions, raised energy prices, strained relations with partners, and left Washington scrambling to restore the status quo it disrupted. Even if there were tangible benefits to the war, the costs would more than outweigh them. Even worse, the war empowered Iranian hard-liners, demonstrated its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and, in turn, the global economy, and, because of the depletion of America's weapons stockpiles, has made it more difficult for the US to respond to future military crises. This is worse than a failure. It is a strategic calamity. Read the comprehensive report that we published at the Stimson Center earlier this month on the disaster that is the Iran War. #elementor-toc__heading-anchor-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stimson.org/2026/is-the-ir…

Graham explicitly putting the onus of this thing on Vance.


This was filmed over 80 years ago. Berlin, Germany right after WWII.







🇮🇷🇺🇸 Mehr: This is the US-Iran MOU 1- Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon 2- The US commitment to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 3- Complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days 4- The US commitment to withdraw its forces from around Iran 5- Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements 6- Suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products, and derivatives, and full access of Iran to its financial resources. 7- The necessity for the US and its allies to present reconstruction plans for Iran amounting to at least 300 billion dollars 8- 60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary, secondary, US sanctions, and UN Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions 9- Reiteration of Iran's commitment under the NPT treaty not to produce nuclear weapons 10- During the negotiation period, the US has committed not to add forces in the region and not to impose new sanctions. 11- Release of 24 billion dollars of Iran's blocked funds during the 60-day final negotiation period. Half of this amount must be made available to Iran before the start of negotiations. 12- Formation of a supervisory mechanism to implement the agreement. 13- The final agreement will be approved by a UN Security Council resolution. 14- Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of Iran's blocked funds, suspension of Iran's oil sanctions, and lifting of the naval blockade, and the final agreement will only cover the fate of enriched materials and enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and Iran's economic reconstruction plan. Discussions about Iran's missile program and support for resistance groups are definitively removed from the agenda.

So the status quo before the war, minus the sanctions.


JUST IN - Iranian media says the U.S. agreed to present reconstruction plans for Iran amounting to at least 300 billion dollars.

Asked for comment about UFC Fighter Josh Hokit saying “Michelle Obama is a man” in his post fight interview, WH spokesman Steven Cheung said “He had a great win last night. He showed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent both on his feet and on the ground.”













