A win for Trump? And what did he win exactly?

The idiot basically caved to Iran’s 10 point plan.

A partial win? So far this is the most resounding and embarrassing defeat I remember witnessing over the past decades.

How is it a victory if the best case scenario is exactly the state of affairs prior (ie. the strait of hormuz being open) to the start of this war? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say nothing was accomplished? I wouldn't be suprised if Iran leverages greater geopolitical influence from this, that's how incompetent Trump and the group of great American intellectuals currently in his government are.

It's telling that all of the coverage of the ceasefire has basically omitted the role that the Prime Minister of Pakistan played in making it happen.

Fuck Western media. Propaganda machines for the oligarchy.

Edit: source https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/how-pakistan-brokered-iran-us-two-week-ceasefire-inside-the-islamabad-accord-push/4199212/

Honestly the best thing to come out of this shitshow of a war is the absolutely hilarious trolling that Iranian embassies fired off at orangeboi

It's funny to think how much better off pretty much everyone on the planet would be, with the exception of a handful of rich cunts, if Trump had simply sat on his hands and done nothing. But I guess that was always the plan.

Anyone who trusts Putin or Trump is a fool.

Art of the deal

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WTF is this shit? He didn't win anything, he caused the war and got it closed. He's back where we were except billions poorer.

This is a humiliating strategic failure for the U.S. There is no way to spin this as even a partial victory. Pre-war the strait was open with Iran not in control. The U.S. has spent billions, is now facing concessions, and has cemented Iran's control of a vital piece of critical infrastructure. How is this a victory?

The cost mentioned in the article in points, each point is quoted directly from the article:

1. US withdrawing its military forces from the region,
2. lifting economic sanctions on Iran,
3. paying compensation for war damages,
4. allowing Iran to maintain control over Hormuz.

So Iran may come out of this war in way better shape that they've been for decades.

It remains to be seen if Trump can keep a lid on his ego long enough for the whole thing to blow over and Iran to get the concessions they want. The markets are reacting strongly to the news, but I am not convinced that the two week ceasefire will amount to anything if the Trump admin can't leave the issue well enough alone. We'll just have to wait and see if the war is more profitable for Trump and his insider trading buddies than it is politically volatile for him.

He's obviously going to try and spin this as a victory if he does manage to pull out successfully, but it's important to ask the question - what were the US war goals and did they achieve them? He should not get credit for starting a war and then ending it swiftly, that is the expected outcome. Seems to me that they've accomplished nothing and are bragging about cleaning up the mess that they created. Hopefully people will still remember come midterms this year.