I've been thinking from the start of this stupid war that it seems a slow-motion version of the Suez crisis that humbled Britain in the 1950s. The whole thing is an embarrassment for the US.
"Yet, after two months of war, Trump remains entangled while Iran treats him with contempt. Indeed, Trump’s administration can’t even organise a meeting with the enemy.
"Iran’s negotiators flew out of the purported venue for peace talks, Islamabad, on the weekend as the US delegation was about to fly in. They would have encountered an empty meeting room.
"Trump was left to cover his embarrassment by claiming, once again, that 'we hold all the cards'. Yet he has no one to play cards with. This is a new nadir for American prestige."
#USpol #IranWar https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-says-he-s-won-the-war-no-one-has-told-the-iranians-20260427-p5zr90.html
"Yet, after two months of war, Trump remains entangled while Iran treats him with contempt. Indeed, Trump’s administration can’t even organise a meeting with the enemy.
"Iran’s negotiators flew out of the purported venue for peace talks, Islamabad, on the weekend as the US delegation was about to fly in. They would have encountered an empty meeting room.
"Trump was left to cover his embarrassment by claiming, once again, that 'we hold all the cards'. Yet he has no one to play cards with. This is a new nadir for American prestige."
#USpol #IranWar https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-says-he-s-won-the-war-no-one-has-told-the-iranians-20260427-p5zr90.html