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Trita Parsi May 18, 2026

We should first recognize that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit — the blockade of the blockade — has failed. That, in turn, was itself an admission that the war had failed. Which was an admission that the threats of war in January had failed. As I have argued before on my Substack, this relentless search for an escalatory silver bullet capable of bringing Iran to its knees is not unique to Trump; it has become a defining pathology of American Iran policy for decades.

Although negotiators have made meaningful progress on several fronts, talks have thus far failed to produce an agreement, largely because of irreconcilable differences over Tehran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile. And as Washington has come to realize that the blockade is backfiring, a new and dangerous dynamic has emerged: both sides now believe another round of fighting will strengthen their hand in the negotiations that follow.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

On Friday. He always fucks with shit on Friday so the stock market can churn over the weekend, and then he walks it back on Monday and cashes out.

He's already laying the groundwork for a military op in Cuba. Probably going to happen in the next month.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

If a US military action lasts longer than 60 days, congress gets to vote on it to make it a war, or force it to stop. Trump is arguing that the ceasefire means it has stopped, and therefore hasn't gone over that limit. And also that if they now start fighting again, it's not the same conflict, so they get another 60 days.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 13 hours ago

when people stopped focusing epstein files, it ends, when epstein comes up every time it will restart.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Indeed, WTF is the orange idiot yapping about.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 7 points 19 hours ago

Someone check the betting sites.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Then toss him on the front line if he so fucking keen.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did it stop at some point?

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

He's won the war multiple times every day since it started.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 32 minutes ago

I dispute that it's not still happening. It's absolutely still happening, likely on taxpayer dime right this minute.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Raped and murdered little girls.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago

He also fucking ate some of them.

Used to? I'm sure they still do.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's not a war, it's a war, it's a ceasefire but we're still shooting each other cuz Iran did it first, it's not a war there are no hostilities it's a ceasefire and on and on it goes, we're going to restart the war.

For fucks sake, can we start discussing solutions to the conservative problem? I'm open to final solutions but really any solution will do.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Solutions are long term. Shit like education. It is not glamorous. Short term stuff is not truly effective.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Obviously for his "Christian" masters.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Considering that a blockade is an act of war, it has not in fact "stopped".

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so congress passed an extension to the war powers act?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

iirc this a new now-war so gets is own deadline.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I mean its not but I think he wants to sell it that way if congress does not give him something.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago

He never really stopped.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Yes. Please drag the country and the world into complete economic chaos. It's the only way the cult will understand their actions.

Eh... even then they won't care as long as browns and queers are getting it worse.

Side note: I made this exact comment on reddit and they removed it and gave me a warning for encouraging violence... Wow that site has gone to complete shit.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

Oh, your IP address hasn't been permabanned sitewide from reddit yet? Not sure if I can trust you in that case, to be honest... /s

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Stop interacting with Reddit.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Unhinged murder

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mate, they've won that war at least 17 times since it started this year. Of course it ended. At least the same amount of times they've won it.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Total victory has been achieved! Now watch me start the war again! Restart the clock!

🫲🍊🫱

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Only for it to "stop" again just before the deadline where Congress needs to vote on a war powers resolution. Convenient.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

I will believe it when I see it. Right now it's just taco

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It stopped?

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