Posted on 06/24/2025 6:08:24 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington politicians sounded the alarm Tuesday that a ceasefire agreement brokered by President Trump between Israel and Iran may be a slippery slope that leads to peace in the Middle East.
Democrats criticized Trump's involvement in Israel and Iran's war, calling it unconstitutional and blasting it for threatening peace in the region.
"No one wants that," said Senator Chuck Schumer. "Peace opens up the frightening possibility of no war. Not on my watch!"
"Death!" he added. "I like death!"
New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed the ceasefire as a sham, saying it requires Iran to stop launching missiles at Israel. "It's preposterous," AOC said as she glanced at the word "preposterous" in her Word of the Day calendar. "If Trump brings peace to the Middle East, I'll have no choice but to admit he's a good and effective president. No one wants that!"
"We've never been this dangerously close to peace," former VP Mike Pence added.
According to sources, the Israel/Iran ceasefire could trigger a powder keg of peace that explodes across the region. Experts say that if Iran agrees to work with Israel, there will be no stopping other nations from doing the same, and that's bad business for the military-industrial complex. "If there's peace, what are we going to blow up?" questioned Lockheed Martin CEO Bret Lockheed. "What are we going to do with all these bombs?"
At publishing time, Democrats successfully convinced Israel and Iran to violate the terms of their ceasefire and plunge the region into darkness.
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Good grief...have we not learned a damn thing? Iran is not going to abide by any ceasefire. They never have in the past and they never will in the future. Surrender is the only option that has any chance of promoting peace in the mid-East. Anything else is Neville Chamberlain all over again. I hope Israel and, if need be, the US, pound Iran into submission to the point where they beg to surrender.
How sad that the headline is really not that absurd.
I don’t think that’s the case. Surrender means the victor has some influence in construction the new power base in the country, if for no other reason than it can demand the leaders be turned over to the victors.
The mullahs willn ot surrender. “Martyrdom” is their ticket to Paradise. They at least half believe that, enough that they will not lose face by surrendering. They have to be pounded down hard enough that some other force takes control.Even civil war would be better than the mullahs remaining in power.
“Peace “ in the middle east has creepy end times connotations now. Is it even possible?
Without occupation, how do you control the power base in the country. What you described is what we certainly did in Japan. But occupation was an essential component.
Also, “influence in construction the new power base in the country”. That sounds like nation building to me. That failed miserably in Afghanistan WITH occupation.
You can appoint a puppet, but he will make a deal with local leaders. “Meet the new Nullah, same as the old Mullah”.
If the folks in Iran will put up with Mullahs running there show, I’d be content with letting them, MINUS the nukes. That seems to be where Trump is.
Will ther e be a 7 year ceasefire?
Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Is DESTROYING the Democrat Party!!!
by Dr. Steve Turley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGqXB0fi-A
POG Colonel: Son, all I’ve ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It’s a hardball world, son. We’ve gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
Afghanistan is a different kettle of fish with its tribal makeup. The Mullahs need to go and that will not happen with a ceasefire. Surrender improves the odds of success, even without occupation. Also, with surrender, troops could go in, destroy all nuclear sites, then leave and let the Iranian people figure it out. If they put the Mullahs back in power, so be it.
Serendipity.
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