For Israel, this go-around was never about Iran's nuclear weapons potential/capability. It was all about its missile capabilities - both current and projected future (quantity and quality).
So what's next?
Iran would be stupid to agree to any kind of ceasefire, even one *on their terms* - meaning, some document/piece of paper, drafted by Iran, which the US/Israel sign, in front of witnesses (say at the UN, with live TV feeds). This is because that document, or any document, will not be worth the piece of paper it is written on.
Iran knows, and every other nation-state knows, that regardless of any piece of paper signed, what US and Israel's objectives are.
So the best solution would be no solution, IMO - keep responding to strikes with strikes, keep collecting tolls (deposited in RMB/physical gold in Chinese bank accounts/vaults in China via CIPS, thereby bypassing SWIFT) to generate revenue.
If anything, what the US and Israel have done is cement the idea that countries with nuclear weapons are left alone. They have together destroyed decades of peace and and anti-nuclear negotiations. This all so tragic.
For Israel, this go-around was never about Iran's nuclear weapons potential/capability. It was all about its missile capabilities - both current and projected future (quantity and quality).
So what's next?
Iran would be stupid to agree to any kind of ceasefire, even one *on their terms* - meaning, some document/piece of paper, drafted by Iran, which the US/Israel sign, in front of witnesses (say at the UN, with live TV feeds). This is because that document, or any document, will not be worth the piece of paper it is written on.
Iran knows, and every other nation-state knows, that regardless of any piece of paper signed, what US and Israel's objectives are.
So the best solution would be no solution, IMO - keep responding to strikes with strikes, keep collecting tolls (deposited in RMB/physical gold in Chinese bank accounts/vaults in China via CIPS, thereby bypassing SWIFT) to generate revenue.
If anything, what the US and Israel have done is cement the idea that countries with nuclear weapons are left alone. They have together destroyed decades of peace and and anti-nuclear negotiations. This all so tragic.
Tragic, stupid, crazy, strange. All of the above?
Here on Substack, Nel Bonilla gets deep into the theory and motivations of certain factions involved in this ongoing s***-show.
And the The Sentinel Briefing investigates certain curiosa of an astronomical nature that are, IMHO, not entirely unrelated.