The Treaty
The Iran deal hinges on something Washington can't control: whether Israel stops fighting in Lebanon. Netanyahu says the "struggle is not over"; his security...
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All posts tagged "Strait of Hormuz"
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump calls it the largest covert maritime operation in history. One analyst says it was a marginal workaround that exposed a defeat: to beat...
Dollars and Sense
"Victory on paper, defeat in practice," one analyst warns: the Iran war may be ending, but the economic bill is just arriving. By his...
The Treaty
The US-Iran memorandum signed Monday isn't peace — it's a 60-day framework. And the biggest threat to it isn't at the table: Israel says...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump and Iran signed a peace deal Monday — and still can't agree what it says. Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz open "toll-free":...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Iran deal has four structural flaws, one analyst argues: Washington and Tehran disagree on who controls Hormuz, Israel isn't bound by it, no...
The Treaty
Washington says Hormuz is permanently toll-free. Iran says 60 days, then come the fees. Those positions can't both be true — and normally that...
Dollars and Sense
The Hormuz reopening that calmed oil markets has an expiration date: toll-free for 60 days, one analyst notes — then Iran plans to split...
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"Trump made Neville Chamberlain look like Winston Churchill," writes one veteran Middle East analyst, arguing the Iran deal repeats Obama's worst mistakes — leaving...