Bullet Format Analysis


This is what I am reading this a.m.


He demanded complete surrender, only for a negotiation offer to arrive. He demanded negotiation, only for an unacceptable offer to follow. Neither did he end the war, nor does he know how to finish it. He threatens bombing in the morning and suspends the strike in the evening. He describes the Iranian offer as "completely unacceptable"— then waits for the next one. A threat that isn't carried out… turns into a schedule. The Gulf stopped him from striking and Tehran stopped him from agreeing while the American home front stopped him from getting involved. Three walls… and a man circling between them. He wanted a quick victory to forge a legend. Instead, the story became about a president: who backed down from his conditions, lowered the ceiling of his demands, and now waits for a mediator to tell him the next step. The art of the deal… collides with the art of endurance. The cold conclusion: The perplexed one doesn't lead—he is led. And Tehran knows that full well.

My thoughts?

There is a solution. We announce a recalibration which focuses on diplomacy. And then we allow our Department of State to work the back channels to repair our frayed relationships with: NATO, the Gulf States, Pakistan, Iran, and Denmark/Greenland. Not everything is about the art of the deal. The art of prudence and wisdom, is much more valuable. It seems to be lacking on the administrative quarterdeck.

Iran will not give up their nuclear ambitions. That is a fact. What are the workarounds? They exist.

Each day the White House delays bringing this to a firm closure on the war front creates greater vulnerabilities for America abroad. Our strength post World War II has always been within the arena of foreign policy and diplomacy. Gentlemen's agreements always produce better results than war lords on a rampage.

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