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Posted on 06/02/2026 7:26:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Iran survives by delay, deception, and deterrence games—but the moment may be coming when airpower, not diplomacy, decides how the nuclear standoff ends.
The Trump administration has bent over backward to negotiate an end to Iran’s grand plans to develop nuclear weapons—before the June 2025 bombing, afterward, and again during the follow-up diplomacy of spring 2026.
Yet Iran is unlikely ever to abandon its pursuit of the bomb voluntarily. With nuclear weapons, Tehran hopes to become the de facto hegemon of the Middle East. Only then could it effectively coerce or deter both Israel and the wealthy Arab Gulf states. And that is the charitable view, one that excludes the possibility of a messianic Shiite theocracy believing that eliminating the “one-bomb” state of Israel would forever ensure the Shiite minority permanent preeminence in the pantheon of Islamic jihadists.
After three months of intermittent war, we are now better acquainted with Iran’s intentions and the realities of the conflict.
The Iranian regime has never viewed “negotiations” as a path leading to an ultimate “deal.” At best, the regime’s supposedly “elected” government plays good cop, while the bad cop theocratic henchmen periodically violate whatever understandings have been reached. Accordingly, talks remain perpetually fluid, punctuated by delays, pauses, and renewed demands. The regime’s art of “dealing” is not aimed at resolution but at gaining strategic advantage by postponing any military effort that leads to their demise. The regime’s mere survival is broadcast as victory, whatever the damage to the country.
As a result, Iran does not necessarily regard overwhelming military defeat on the battlefield as a strategic loss. The regime believes its own advantage lies in the long term and beyond the battlefield itself. For nearly half a century, this wicked regime has survived through propaganda, bloodcurdling threats, slaughtering civilians
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Any “deal” with the mullah regime is a delusional exercise. Unless the regime is deposed, the enriched uranium secured, and the Strait of Hormuz opened to free navigation, then Iran wins big time.
Bkmk
He says that like is a good thing.
It appears Trump is the only one who doesn’t see the game Iran is playing.
The point would be to inflict enough damage on the Iranian theocracy and its appendages to end the current off-and-on war. Either such Iranian concessions or such destruction would humiliate the regime, neuter its military, and halt its nuclear aspirations for decades, leaving it ripe for internal uprising—and reminding the world there is a limit to unpredictable U.S. patience and placidity.
A look by Prof Hanson of the President's option in ending the war. Excellent!
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“As a result, Iran does not necessarily regard overwhelming military defeat on the battlefield as a strategic loss. “
Truth! Because Islam does not play a game in years or decades, but in centuries. From a practical perspective, if they have even ONE jihadi still standing when the hostilities end, they claim a victory, because Islam will continue just as it has for 1500 years.
Islam has been at war with civilization since it was first espoused by its pedophile pseudo-prophet. We are currently in the latest escalation of that war. It is one we dare not lose.
Drop the bridges.
Bomb the electricity turbines.
Send them back to the Stone Age.
They earned it.
And each thing they try to rebuild, bomb the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Forever.
Until the deliver on a silver platter all of their nuclear materials, technology, and everything.
We cannot accept people building nukes who intend to use them on American Cities and will never be dissuaded.
Perhaps Trump should bomb the $hit out of them AFTER they agree to a new deal. It would be a first for us. Hitler attacked Stalin after their agreement over Poland and the Soviets attacked Japan after agreeing to a no fighting pledge. 2 can play this game.
btw-Native Americans may disagree to how we honor our treaties.
If Iran launches a nuclear missile on anyone, Teheran becomes a glass parking lot.
The only thing the Iranian regime needs to “win” is to not get killed and to wait it out. They certainly don’t care about their citizens.
The only thing the Iranian regime needs to “win” is to not get killed and to wait it out. They certainly don’t care about their citizens.
I voted for Andrew Jackson not Jimmy Carter.
Im sure Trump knows all this. He’s gaming the Iranians at their own game.
“If Iran launches a nuclear missile on anyone, Teheran becomes a glass parking lot.”
No one doubts that. The issue is whether they care about becoming a glass parking lot due to their Messianic theology.
The end will only come with kinetic acion, not with a diplomatic deal. So, if there is no good reason for the delay, then quit wasting time, and finish this, with the Iranian people being the ground forces, with the Kurdish forces bring in arms & munitions.
I voted for America First, which includes eliminating the likelihood of American Cities nuked with millions dead.
Flatten them. Not us.
A little off-topic, but do you think the Dems are going behind Trump’s back and talking “offline” to the Iranian regime to keep this “negotiating” going through the election cycle?
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