LOS ANGELES (OC).–Postponing renewed bombing in Iran, President Donald Trump hopes Iran makes a serious effort to show it has no plans for an A-bomb in the immediate or distant future. Trump has wanted Iran to commit to curtailing its nuclear enrichment activity, assuming after all the bombing of underground enrichment sites that it’s still happening. But Trump wants in any peace deal an agreement to curtail nuclear enrichment activity, in addition to opening up the Hormuz Strait without conditions-or-restrictions to commercial shipping. Whether Trump holds the cards or not, he can’t get everything with Iran if he wants to end the war. When you look at what’s most important to world finanicial markets, opening up the Hormuz Strait should drop runaway oil prices and lower global inflation. Bombing Iran accomplished nothing if the Hormuz Strait can’t open up.
Trump told Iran that time is running out for making deal, asking them to make a peace proposal that ends the Iran War. “Well, I mean, I’m saying two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday something, maybe early next week, a limited period of time, because we can’t let them have new nuclear weapons,” Trump told reporters at the White House. So, if you read between the lines, it looks like Trump leans more toward a nuke deal than opening up the Strait of Hormuz or Iran’s continued use of drones and ballistic missiles on its neighbors. Trump wants the nuke deal because it completes a cycle when he cancelled May 8. 2018 former President Barack Obama’s 2015 Iranian nuke deal, where Trump thought there was no verification of Iran’s nuke activity. If Iran reads Trump correctly, it’s about steering away from more enrichment activity.
Trump knows the CIA estimates of Iran’s 1,000 pounds of 60% enriched uranium, capable, if enriched a little more of creating several A-bombs. Trump has pledged to not allow Iran to develop an A-bomb, giving Iran all it needs to end the war. “I was an hour away from making the decision to go today,” Trump said today, meaning he was ready to resume bombing Iran’s energy infrastructure. So, when it comes to Iran knowing what to do with Trump to end the war, offering him some concessions on uranium enrichment would be a good start. There’s no reason the mullah regime needs to stockpile highly enriched uranium unless it’s for building an A-bomb. Trump has been taunted by Iranian leaders like Ebarahim Azizi, head of parliament’s national security committee, saying Trump was “Facing a decisive military response” by Iran.
Iran’s mullah regime, that funds-and-arms Hezbollah in Lebanon, wants Israel to stop bombing Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t stop hitting Hezbollah targets until they cease-and-desist hitting Israel villages in northern Israel. When it comes to Iran’s demands for war reparations, it’s a non-starter, knowing the U.S. has sacrificed enough for its national security. Iran’s state sponsored terrorism, arming groups like Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Gaza’s Hamas terrorists and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia has cause plenty of chaos for the United States. “There seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. IF we can do that without bobing the hell out of them, I would be very happr,” Trump told reporters today. Trump clearly wants a deal that assures that Iran is no longer a nuclear threat.
Whatever Trump’s optimism about a deal, he knows that over the last two months there have been many fits-and-starts all leading to nothing from Iran. Why Trump think there’s reason for optimism now is anyone’s guess. Gulf Arab States have no better information about what Iran intends to do to end the war. Pakistan said that both Iran and the U.S. have moved the goalposts, meaning they keep changing demands for peace deal. But Trump has been very consistent that he wants an agreement on Iran’s clandestine nuke activity, knowing that Iran considers its nuke program as a source of national pride. Trump wants an agreement on nukes because it finally end Obama’s 2015 nuke deal. When it comes to everything else, Trump has Iran’s nuke deal on the top of his list for ending the war. Pakistan knows thinks Iran has a national right to build a bomb.
Iran doesn’t have much more time to delay a peace deal with Trump saying maybe a few days of a week to go before he resumes bombing. Iran’s semiofficial Tasmin and Fars news agencies report that Trump can’t be trusted in any peace deal, mirroring the IRGC who currently runs the mullah regime. Whatever happened to for late Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba is anyone’s guess. What’s clear now is that Iran is run by the IRGC who controls the Strait of Hormuz and other terrorist activities. Iran has a shell of the military it once had, leaving it a nuisance but not the same threat to create regional war in the Middle East. Whatever plans Trump had about regime change, the mullah regime still has the resources to hang on without a heavily armed populate capable of real rebellion. Before Trump starts bombing again, he must figure out what he wants from the mullah regime.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
