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Война США против Ирана вступает в новую фазу.


Продолжение

Господин Трамп поспешил объявить об успехе.

«Ормузский пролив открыт для ВСЕГО судоходства, кроме иранского — и это из-за их лживого, жестокого, злонамеренного руководства, которое ведет их по пути ПОЛНОГО УНИЧТОЖЕНИЯ», — написал г-н Трамп в Truth Social во вторник утром.

Однако пока неясно, какие именно действия предпримут американские военные для обеспечения блокады и насколько далеко они зайдут в установлении контроля над проливом.

Ключевой вопрос заключается в том, рассмотрит ли г-н Трамп возможность проведения операции по захвату острова Харг в проливе, являющегося ключевым экспортным центром иранской нефти.

Господин Трамп публично размышлял о том, чтобы отдать приказ морской пехоте взять остров под контроль на первом этапе войны, но в конечном итоге отказался от этих планов из-за опасений больших потерь среди американских военнослужащих.

Подобная операция представляла бы собой гораздо более масштабную эскалацию, чем та, которую предпринимал г-н Трамп до сих пор. Но она была бы сложной, и при захвате или удержании острова могли бы быть человеческие жертвы.

Соединенные Штаты по-прежнему обладают внушительным арсеналом в регионе, включая два авианосца и десятки палубных и наземных ударных и разведывательных самолетов.

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Mr. Trump publicly mused about ordering the Marines to take control of Kharg Island during the first phase of the war, but ultimately abandoned those plans for fear of high U.S. casualties.Кредит...2026 Planet Labs Pbc/Handout, via Via Reuters

«В настоящее время на Ближнем Востоке действуют более 20 военных кораблей ВМС США и сотни военных самолетов», — говорится в заявлении Центрального командования , объявляющем о возобновлении блокады. «Американские силы остаются бдительными, боеспособными и готовыми к применению».

В ходе ударов на прошлой неделе американские войска поразили более 170 иранских военных целей. За три дня интенсивных бомбардировок на этой неделе Соединенные Штаты поразили 140 военных целей.

Аналитики заявили, что администрация Трампа посылала правительству в Тегеране прямой сигнал о том, что Соединенные Штаты готовы вновь расширить свою миссию и наносить удары по объектам, имеющим как военное, так и гражданское назначение.

Однако высокопоставленные американские чиновники заявили, что в центре внимания нынешнего этапа, несомненно, находится пролив.

Военные США нанесли удары по некоторым целям, расположенным далеко от пролива, но они также связаны с основной миссией. Например, на прошлой неделе американские войска, по всей видимости, поразили железнодорожный мост на северо-востоке Ирана, более чем в 700 милях от пролива. Видео, подтвержденное газетой The New York Times, показало, как несколько человек осматривают воронку на месте удара.

Капитан Тим Хокинс, пресс-секретарь Центрального командования, заявил в телефонном интервью, что в число этих целей входили объекты иранской военной логистической инфраструктуры, которые позволяли Ирану направлять оружие, боеприпасы и другие военные поставки в наиболее спорный район конфликта.

До сих пор г-н Трамп не отдавал распоряжений о возобновлении такого полномасштабного конфликта, отчасти потому, что это могло бы побудить Иран наносить удары не только по американским военным базам в странах Персидского залива, таких как Кувейт, Бахрейн, Катар и Саудовская Аравия, но и по энергетической инфраструктуре этих стран.

Нападения на эти объекты могут привести к еще большему росту цен на нефть и природный газ.

Высокопоставленные чиновники заявили, что цель новой военной кампании — заставить Иран разрешить танкерам и другим коммерческим грузовым судам свободно проходить через пролив и, в конечном итоге, вернуться за стол переговоров для возобновления начатых обсуждений более сложных долгосрочных вопросов, таких как судьба иранского высокообогащенного урана.

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Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, this week.Кредит...Reuters

Представители администрации признают, что военная стратегия не лишена рисков. Иран продемонстрировал наличие асимметричного преимущества. Иранским силам не нужно поражать каждое судно, проходящее через пролив, или топить какое-либо из них. Им достаточно нанести достаточный ущерб и выступить с достаточным количеством угроз, чтобы запугать судоходные компании и страховщиков.

На этой неделе иранские ракеты поразили два танкера для перевозки сырой нефти, следовавших по южной части пролива. В результате атаки погиб член индийского экипажа. Еще один танкер, перевозивший сжиженный природный газ, также был поражен и загорелся у побережья Омана.

Высокопоставленные американские чиновники заявили, что время по-прежнему на стороне Америки, поскольку экономика Ирана рушится.

В период непрочного мира Ирану удалось вывести из порта множество своих танкеров и опорожнить переполненные нефтяные резервуары.

Возобновление блокады приведет к очередному застою нефти, и доходы Ирана от экспорта нефти начнут иссякать.

Но главный вопрос: сможет ли иранское жесткое руководство пережить беспокойство г-на Трампа по поводу роста цен на нефть?

Джулиан Э. Барнс освещает деятельность американских разведывательных агентств и вопросы международной безопасности для газеты The Times. Он пишет о проблемах безопасности более двух десятилетий.

Эрик Шмитт — корреспондент газеты The Times по вопросам национальной безопасности. Более тридцати лет он освещает военные вопросы США и борьбу с терроризмом. Связаться с ним можно безопасно через Signal: @ericschmitt.36 .

Дэвид Э. Сангер  освещает деятельность администрации Трампа и широкий круг вопросов национальной безопасности. Он работает журналистом в газете Times более четырех десятилетий и написал четыре книги о проблемах внешней политики и национальной безопасности.

Подробнее см.: Дональд Трамп , ВМС США

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    Ed
    Washington DC ·
    9m ago
    Am trying to remember how and why America attacked Iran four or so months ago. Thought it was about Iran getting close to having a nuclear weapon. So Trump started a war against Iran alone (oh yeah, jointly with Israel-big help that was).

    Iran then clogged up the strait where 20 percent of the world’s oil goes through using small power boats armed with torpedoes. Our military couldn’t stop Iran from clogging it up. Iran said they’ll bomb any ship that doesn’t go near Iran and pay a fee. Our military bombed Iran some more, to no avail. Trump then said he’ll charge a fee to any ship going through the strait. Then he said yesterday he won’t charge a fee to ships, but rather he’ll charge countries we trade with to help pay for this war with Iran. Probably missed something here.

    So…What’s the story on Iran’s nuclear weapons program? Is that an issue anymore? Can’t keep up with why our troops are fighting Iran.

    Path forward? Oil tankers of the world- find somewhere else to cart around your wares. America - get another party in office who doesn’t tout oil above all other energy sources. Another party who will do all it can to ensure that alternative energy other than fossil fuels is promoted everywhere.


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    Tom Walker
    Maine ·
    9m ago
    The U.S. cannot "win" a war against Iran. No country can "win" a war against any other nation that is willing to die rather than 'bend the knee'. Russia cannot "win" the war against Ukraine. China cannot "win" a war against Taiwan.

    But here is the rub; authoritarians do not care about the impact of war on its citizens. Therefore, Putin will not stop. Xi will forever dream of taking back Taiwan. And Trump will continue to dream of owning the Western Hemisphere.

    We the People, in every nation, are the ones who will ultimately decide when these stupid wars end.

    RESIST. Fight Tyranny. Fight Trump. Fight Putin. Fight Xi.

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    michael kliman commented 9 minutes ago
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    michael kliman
    victor, ny ·
    9m ago
    as the editorial refers to this the "Trump resumes his war", the ownership of this horror show is squarely identified. there are no goals, what winning would be, gain or accomplishments. Obama's treaty, by objective commentators, was effective, and clearly better than what's going on now. what IS going on now is NOTHING MORE than trump, once again, merely trying to win, or just declare it. at all cost. the ONLY thing at stake is trump being able to claim he won. that's all he wants. folks, he doesn't give a hoot for people, oil or prices. the wannabe patriarch wants a perfect record of being right. all the time

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    Julie
    Philly ·
    9m ago
    My sons will not be fighting a war in Iran I can tell you that. You will not be sending them to War For Oil Part Three, Mr Trump. Some of my classmates signed up eagerly to fight the last one just after 9/11, but I can’t imagine anyone signing up for this. And I haven’t seen anyone credible (Trump obviously does not count as that) say we can truly control the strait without boots on the ground.

    So it’s either an outright loss where we threw money into a vacuum, hurt and killed people, and ended up significantly worse off in our own interests, or it keeps going indefinitely. What was this for? Who does it benefit other than a few insiders placing bets and the owners of the bomb suppliers?

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    buffnick commented 9 minutes ago
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    buffnick
    NJ ·
    9m ago
    This will be Trump's forever war with no end in sight. He's hinted that the conflict was more likely to intensify than de-escalate as a fragile ceasefire agreed last month continues to fracture. We’re going to hit them hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them really hard the night after.

    Trump will sacrifice military lives just to change the subject from the Epstein tapes. However, MAGA republican's including U.S Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's legacies will tank!

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    Zach Leary
    Austin, TX ·
    9m ago
    Trump has ended this war 87 times now. Jon Stewart said 86 a couple of weeks back. Clearly, he has no idea what he's doing at all. It's like a parent left their 9 year old alone in the house for a weekend. Disaster. What's even worse is that there is no one in his inner circle to course correct his mistakes. It's one thing to make a mistake and then it's another to be told your mistakes are genius.

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    Andi P. commented 10 minutes ago
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    Andi P.
    DC Metro ·
    9m ago
    We The People are being held hostage by about (count approximate) 600 people. If you add up Congress, SCOTUS, the Executive Branch and all of the various handlers who continually say "yes" to the man at the helm of this sinking ship, 350 million people are being ruled by a tiny fraction. The majority of the 350 million don't want any of this -- the illegal war, the "beautification" of our Capital city, the endless lies and deceit, and the constant, completely untrustworthy behavior of the 600. We're watching democracy crumble before our eyes, in real time. It's only a matter of time that We The People will need to rise up to stop all this nonsense. Americans need to consider that this might get much, much uglier than it already is.

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    Emma
    Milwaukee ·
    9m ago
    This will require money that would have been spent on medicaid to be repurposed to cover the costs for the new blockade. For what end though?Do the MAGA neophytes have a coherent strategy in Iran?
    Yesterday at a gas station I spent $75 to fill my gas tank up from $50 in February. My gasoline budget has increased by $500 since the Iran war started. My grocery budget which was $250 per week in February is now at $ 276. I am currently 28 year old labtech and was saving to buy a house until the war increased my essential expenses by $1800 in the last 4 months.
    We say let us end this disaster of a war that is impoverishing Americans. No one is truly naive to believe that this war will bring anything good for America. The Iranians seem to be inflicting a heavy price on Global economy and we need this to stop.
    Bring our troops back home!

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    Henry Stites commented 10 minutes ago
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    Henry Stites
    Scottsdale, Arizona ·
    9m ago
    For the last 50 years, no President has been short-sighted enough to initiate a direct conflict with Iran. This is a nation of over 90 million people, secured by the exact same impenetrable geography it has enjoyed for 5,000 years. Persia withstood Alexander and defeated Rome long before Western civilization reached North America. Most Iranians are ordinary people who want exactly what we want. The tragic reality is that the CIA created this modern geopolitical disaster when they interfered in Iranian politics in 1953, overthrowing their Prime Minister and installing the Shah. That was the bad seed our generation is now forced to harvest. Today, Donald Trump has ignited a war he is losing, and allowing his son-in-law to dictate foreign policy is a joke that would be laughable if the consequences weren't so catastrophic. What is the administration’s exit strategy? More war, more death, and more destruction. And we are not immune to it. Imagine if a foreign power bombed an American school, murdered a hundred children, and simply claimed the missile went astray. We would never accept that excuse, yet we expect others to. It is time for Congress to exert control. Trump has lost his grip, and we are losing this conflict. Thanks to his blunders, Iran is more powerful today than it has ever been in my lifetime.

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    Steve
    Portland, ME ·
    14m ago
    "Iranian forces do not have to hit every ship passing through the strait, or sink any of them. They only have to cause enough damage and issue enough threats to scare shipping companies and insurers."

    Exactly Iran's trump card on Trump. And Republicans know that an all-out invasion of Iran at Trump's command will get them wiped out in November, too. Not to mention the trillion dollar war budget he's asking for, to keep financing his world domination plans.

    But even Trump knows that he can't talk his way out of this hot mess in Iran: voter suppression or election manipulation is clearly the road he's headed to now. Let's hope not, but, ironically, the USA may look a lot like Iran in terms of leadership come November.


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    Joe commented 14 minutes ago
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    New York ·
    14m ago
    With all due respect, I completely disagree. The war hasn't entered any new phase. Operation Epstein Fury was an illegal war when it was started, war crimes began and insane threats of total annihilation were occasionally tweeted out. It has remained an illegal war every single day, with more war crimes committed and threatened by an addled leader. The only difference has been that the news media has gotten tired of telling the truth about it.


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    Jeffhnit
    Danville ·
    14m ago
    We’ve got a real all-star team working this - Trump, a stable genius, and the dynamic duo negotiators Witkoff and Kushner. The entire diplomatic establishment has to be green with envy over their deep knowledge, skill, and experience.


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    Joseph commented 27 minutes ago
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    14m ago
    I don’t understand how the MAGA base can see starting this war as anything other than 1) a disastrous mistake and 2) a major betrayal of Trump’s campaign promises.

    In 2016, we had a nuclear deal, as imperfect as it might have been, and no threat to the SOH. Now, best case scenario will be the 1) SOH open, likely with Iranian tolls, 2) a nuclear deal that will almost certainly be worse than the JCPOA (the Obama deal), and 3) a regime that is even more hardline than were there before. And it is impossible to know how much longer it will take, and how much more it will cost, in lives and money, to even end the war with this bad result.

    Doing any more than the above will require a major force of US troops on the ground, for years, likely with many more US casualties and Iranian civilian casualties and suffering, and a still uncertain result.

    MAGA, what am I missing?


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    Jon commented 17 minutes ago
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    DC ·
    16m ago
    To the extent there are any identifiable aims in this war, they had been accomplished and sustained prior to Trump ever taking office. I will never understand how any analysis of the war can possibly fail to mention that, or the fact that the legal deadline for Congressional authorization passed months ago.


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    Ben commented 19 minutes ago
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    Europe ·
    19m ago
    Create problem where there was none
    Find no solution
    Create a new problem to distract from the first problem

    This is his presidency.


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    waldo commented 19 minutes ago
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    waldo
    Canada ·
    19m ago
    "When the war started more, than 4 months ago..."
    No, it didn't start 4 moths ago. It started in 1953 with the CIA orchestrated overthrow of a democratically elected government that had the nerve to nationalise the country's oil production, followed by putting the oppressive Shah regime in power, resulting in the Islamist revolution in 1979, that led to the creation of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in short order.
    The current illegal bombing campaign is NOT Trump's war, but America's.
    No need to sugarcoat it.


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    Chris G
    Mentor OH ·
    14m ago
    @waldo Yes, it's a veey complicated situation. But Trump has made it much worse than it needed to be. The man in the White House is not capable of solving difficult problems and in fact makes them worse. Any competent president would have tried to build on the foundation laid by Obama, but Trump's ego is to fragile to accept good work by other people.


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    ReallyAFrancophile commented 20 minutes ago
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    ReallyAFrancophile
    Nashville, TN ·
    19m ago
    Keeping score. Trump issued his 18th ultimatum against Iran last night, threatening to blow up civilian infrastructure if Iran does not negotiate. That's a war crime. It's not the first time that Trump has threatened to commit war crimes against Iran.
    
    Earlier this week Maroc Rubio went on a campaign to abolish the ICC, even though the US does not accept its jurisdiction. If you are going to commit war crimes, it's only prudent to want to eliminate the court which holds national leaders accountable for their war crimes.


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    John M commented 26 minutes ago
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    John M
    PA ·
    25m ago
    Ludicrous, awful, horrendous, I don’t know, maybe macabre.

    Whatever adjective you choose, Donald Trump should not have the power to visit destruction on the world like this for no reason – the Strait of Hormuz was open to shipping before the US and Israel launched their unwise war.

    Trump initiates then flips and flops but with no ability to bring an end to this madness.


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    David commented 27 minutes ago
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    David
    New Jersey ·
    27m ago
    War? What war? Are you referring to the illegal use of the military? Sorry, I was not asked or informed about the use of our military. Congress declares war. Period. I don't read Truth Social garbage and everything he says on that website is meaningless, with no authority or rule of law behind the empty words. The "war", to me and probably most of the world is one big crime scene with Trump trying to "out-gangster" the other gangsters. I want nothing to do with it. The only path to peace is open when the people of the world come together in a world wide peace movement. Politicians will not save us from this one.


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    Wayne commented 27 minutes ago
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    Wayne
    Vermont ·
    27m ago
    How many times can trump obliterate Iran? How many times can he totally destroy them?

    Perhaps someone can total up the cost of destroyed American infrastructure located in the Middle East countries the Iran attacks so easily.


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    Ed commented 28 minutes ago
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    Ed
    Washington DC ·
    27m ago
    Why are we fighting Iran?

    It’s not like they have a nuclear weapon to shoot at us or our allies. They are mortal enemies for some reason with Israel. But that’s been going on for years now.

    Just not sure why we’re there in a war.


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    steve knowlton commented 10 minutes ago
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    steve knowlton
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    10m ago
    @Ed but we know why. Every president starting with Carter has had conflicts with the Iranians. This has been brewing for a long time.

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    Kevin commented 30 minutes ago
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    Baltimore ·
    29m ago
    Where's congress? They have war powers, not Trump.


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    Rob commented 31 minutes ago
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    Rob
    Toronto ·
    31m ago
    How about the fact that this war is not sanctioned by Congress and therefore illegal, coupled with Trump and his cronies making money through the intentional manipulation of oil prices Trump is driving through his on again/off again ceasefires? How long is Congress going to allow this madness to continue, or are most GOP politicians simply getting too rich off this charade as well?


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    Jan Uel
    anywhere and everywhere ·
    31m ago
    The decision is really Iran's in how this war will proceed, since Trump is lost, has no plan, and is simply reacting.


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    Paul R. commented 31 minutes ago
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    Paul R.
    Oklahoma ·
    31m ago
    This fiasco would only have worked with allies, of which we have none. It is time for congress to step up and do its job. That’s, of course, unlikely to happen.


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    Addicted commented 32 minutes ago
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    Addicted
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    31m ago
    The real question is whether Iran can survive not being able to sell oil (let’s assume they don’t find a way to get it to China) beyond when the U.S. AI bubble pops.


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    Totem commented 32 minutes ago
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    Totem
    Texas ·
    32m ago
    Is this really a new phase or just a continuation of the random lurching in foreign policy we have been doing over the last 1.5 years?


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    ago commented 32 minutes ago
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    ago
    RI ·
    32m ago
    What exactly was the reason to start this war in the first place? There was no immediate threat to the American people. Was diplomacy not an option? Is this administration even capable of seriously negotiating anything? Is this administration capable of accomplishing anything other than antagonizing and or terrifying citizens, immigrants, law firms, universities, media outlets, judges, etc.?
    Has any legislation been passed, other than tax cuts for the wealthy? Has inflation ebbed, have wars been ended, are we better off 17 months into this catastrophe?


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    PeterB commented 5 minutes ago
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    PeterB
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    5m ago
    @ago
    The reason?

    Whim or caprice. It's hard to say which.

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    Salix commented 32 minutes ago
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    Salix
    Sunset Park, Brooklyn ·
    32m ago
    The attacks and the naval blockade didn't really work the first time around, so let's try is again? And if this doesn't work, maybe a third time? I am old enough to remember the Viet Nam war, and how brightly that light at the end of the tunnel loomed - again and again. Plus sa change...


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    PeterB commented 7 minutes ago
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    @Salix
    That light at the end of the tunnel was just an illuminated bicycle pushed by oncoming VC.

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    Bid commented 47 minutes ago
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    Bid
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    32m ago
    It would be nice if NY Times explained why the negotiations broke down.
    Someone said, "If you want peace, you can have it." Meaning one needs to be willing to negotiate and possibly settle for less in order to resolve the conflict. Particularly since the US started this aggression.
    Trump is too hot headed and takes things too personally so he should be kept away from negotiations with Iran. We need serious, experienced, and level headed negotiators.
    No one wants our troops in danger and on the current course, the risk of losing more people rises each day this war goes on.
    Congress needs to reign this in, now.


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    Richard Carter commented 15 minutes ago
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    Richard Carter
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    1m ago
    @Bid it's clear that the negotiating tactics follow a dual parh:
    1. Negotiations with the ace team of Steve Witless and the boy Kushner, neither of whom has the first clue on diplomacy.
    2. Issue hardline threats of the 'take it or leave it' type, which appear to be the forte (if that's the word...) of Rubio and the foolish, vainglorious Hegseth.
    And they wonder why their approach has failed!

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    Richard commented 47 minutes ago
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    Richard
    New Brunswick, NJ ·
    33m ago
    We're told "U.S. forces struck thousands of targets". Then we're told, "hundreds more".

    Is this really true? It sounds terribly destructive, yet Iran keeps fighting on hard.

    Some are saying this is like Vietnam, where every night we heard glowing reports of U.S. success, yet the war kept waging on and on.


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    33m ago
    Expect more of this. War creates uncertainty. Markets hate uncertainty and respond with higher commodity prices and stock prices slump. Trump hates higher commodity prices and sinking stock prices. He backs off on attacks. Iran, emboldened, attacks ships in the SoH to reassert control. This creates uncertainty in the markets.
    We've been through this cycle before, and from the looks of it, we'll continue to see it, because the GOP in Congress won't do anything about Trump's war.


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    Nick commented 48 minutes ago
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    33m ago
    I hope the Republicans pay the piper in the midterm elections. Otherwise I have little hope for peace and democracy for the remainder of his term.


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    OnceOverseasProf commented 48 minutes ago
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    I'm glad the NYT acknowledges that this administration is waging a war, not a special military operation as his pal Putin would put it. But in the end calling this conflict for what it is might as well be a semantic exercise as the GOP leadership will not demand that Trump request a declaration of war. We will not come out on top regardless as our failed businessman for a president knows nothing about diplomacy nor cares to learn or get our diplomatic corps to handle it.


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    Truth be told … commented 48 minutes ago
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    Southern tier, NYS ·
    34m ago
    This is not a U.S. war; it is in violation of our constitution. Trump should be impeached and removed from office.

    Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, of our Constitution provides,

    [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . . .

    The purpose of this clause was to prevent unilateral war-making by a single person, i.e., the President of the United States. James Madison and the other Framers of our Constitution emphasized that this clause was a necessary critical check on presidential power. Based on their experience with European monarchies, it reflects the Framers’ distrust of concentrating war-making power in one individual.


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    617to416 commented 50 minutes ago
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    Ontario via Massachusetts ·
    36m ago
    At this point, most of the world and even much of the American population would be relieved if Iran decided to do to American leadership what America and Israel did to Iranian.

    Let's face it. The real threat to world security is not in Iran. It's in the White House.


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    Freedom commented 52 minutes ago
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    Freedom
    The Moon ·
    37m ago
    This feels like Groundhog Day..


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    Karen Lee commented 45 minutes ago
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    Karen Lee
    Washington, DC area ·
    31m ago
    @Freedom, exactly. Except the movie is funny, and has a happy ending.


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    Paul H commented 49 minutes ago
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    London UK ·
    35m ago
    @Freedom
    The new phase does look very much like the old phase. What was it Einstein supposedly said about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?


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    Michael commented 39 minutes ago
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    Brooklyn ·
    38m ago
    Twenty percent of the world's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which has essentially been closed for the past 4 months. Crude reserves are drying up everywhere, including here in America. An energy crisis is, at most, six months away.

    Yet every day, our stock markets notch new highs. Investors are pouring trillions into AI and data centers, industries that depend on a reliable source of cheap energy for anything resembling viability. And American drivers are taking on mortgage-sized debt to buy pickup trucks that get 10-12 miles per gallon. This is delusional behavior.


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