“Faced with leftists, quislings, and cowards, Trump has announced a new phase to the Iranian conflict. It’s so crazy-courageous, it should definitely work.”
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nly the most naïve could have been surprised when JD Vance returned from Pakistan without a deal. While there was a possibility that the Iranians would agree to the U.S. terms (but only with their fingers tightly crossed behind their backs), the greater likelihood, given their ridiculous counteroffer and the fact that they instantly reneged on the agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz, was that they were just buying time.
The question is, now what? The answer, according to Trump, is that he’s going to force the rest of the world to ally with the U.S. in the fight.
Here’s JD Vance’s complete statement:
In other words, the Iranian Ph.D. guys brought nothing to the table except for intransigence. The guys practiced in the ways of the real world (businessmen and military officers) said “no” to their pie-in-the-sky demands that were, essentially, asking for America’s surrender in a war that has seen most of Iran’s military and government reduced to dust and rubble. Although I know the mullahs don’t speak Yiddish, they certainly understand the meaning of the word chutzpah.
Trump, however, has bigger chutzpah than those guys do. He summed up the negotiations and his response in a two-part Truth. The message is very long, but it’s sufficiently important that I’m reprinting the whole thing here:
Iran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, and they knowingly failed to do so. This caused anxiety, dislocation, and pain to many people and Countries throughout the World. They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their Navy, and most of their “mine droppers,” have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what ship owner would want to take the chance? There is great dishonor and permanent harm to the reputation of Iran, and what’s left of their “Leaders,” but we are beyond all of that. As they promised, they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST! Every Law in the book is being violated by them. I have been fully debriefed by Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, on the meeting that took place in Islamabad through the kind and very competent leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan. They are very extraordinary men, and continuously thank me for saving 30 to 50 million lives in what would have been a horrendous War with India. I always appreciate hearing that — The amount of Humanity spoken of is incomprehensible.
The meeting with Iran began early in the morning, and lasted throughout the night — Close to 20 hours. I could go into great detail, and talk about much that has been gotten but, there is only one thing that matters — IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS! In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people. My three Representatives, as all of this time went by, became, not surprisingly, very friendly and respectful of Iran’s Representatives, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Araghchi, and Ali Bagheri, but that doesn’t matter because they were very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!
So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP
In sum, the meeting went badly, with Iran failing to concede on the two key points: Ending its nuclear ambitions and allowing full and free traffic on the Strait of Hormuz. But fear not, for Trump has a plan.
The plan begins with Trump putting pressure on the rest of the world to get on board with fully defenestrating the Mullahs’ tyrannical, terrorist regime. Through a blockade, America, not Iran, controls the Strait of Hormuz. Those countries that have attempted to buy their way into Iran’s good graces while undercutting America (as France has allegedly done) are out of luck. Or, as Trump said, “No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.”
In addition, the U.S. will continue its work destroying mines in the Strait. It was always obvious that the U.S. could do this, but for strategic reasons, Trump chose not to. When Trump is good and ready—when he has the world at his back—he will reopen the Strait.
And, of course, Trump has warned again that, if Iran continues in its intransigence, “we are fully ‘LOCKED AND LOADED,’ and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!” Put another way, if Iran and the world continue to be stubborn, Trump will attack Kharg Island, destroying the hub of Iran’s oil refineries. And yes, it will involve troops on the ground, but we’ve seen what our military can and will do. It will be a short fight.
At the end of it, even the most fanatic militaries in the world will not fight without pay. Between a boycott and Kharg Island’s destruction, the Mullahs and the IRGC will be done for.
As of now, Trump has not just Iran, but the whole world by the short hairs. Democrats and Vichy Republicans will insist that the whole world will instantly be without fossil fuel, leading to total civilizational collapse, but that’s not true. (We’ll ignore that these screaming most loudly are the same people who’ve spent decades trying to destroy fossil fuels.)
Here’s the reality: Over the 5 1/2 weeks of war, the world has already shifted away from the Strait of Hormuz to get its oil from other sources. The Chinese, who have lost Venezuela and Iran as suppliers, are getting their oil from Russia and Brazil. They’ve almost gotten their supplies back to normal. Their problem, though, is that for multiple reasons, they’re paying a premium for the new oil. Add in their pre-existing economic problems, and China is not in a happy place.
The U.S. has also massively increased its oil exports, especially to Asian countries—the same countries that live in, and do not like, China’s shadow.
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UPDATE: General Flynn posted this not long after I published my essay:
Europe, meanwhile, is getting oil from the North Sea, the U.S. (yay!), Africa, and Latin America. While it would like access to the Gulf, it’ll manage.
As for the Gulf States that require the Strait of Hormuz to bring their oil to market, I suspect that they are being pressured (a) to provide more support to the U.S. during that and (b) to sign on to the Abraham Accords. (The UAE and Bahrain have already signed on to the Accords; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman have not.) Once they have entered into the Accords, they can begin building pipelines so that their oil goes through Israel, making the Strait irrelevant.
For decades, Iran has been a carbuncle on the world’s derriere. It has fomented terrorism across the world, directly and through proxies, and has been relentless in its quest to go nuclear. Unlike North Korea, which has drawn into itself as a hermit state, Iran has made clear that its apocalyptic version of Shia Islam imposes upon it the obligation to bring about the Armageddon that will reveal the hidden 12th Imam and lead the world to a glorious Islamic caliphate.
Donald Trump has said, Count America out. He is a man of rare courage and vision. However, he’s surrounded by quislings, Vichy governments, cowards, and collaborators. Realizing that he cannot appeal to their moral decency and survival instincts to join the fight, he’s bullying them into it.
And along the way, Trump is completely reshaping the new world order, one in which what’s good for America is going to be good for the rest of the world, too. America’s days of suicidal self-sacrifice for an ungrateful world are over.
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