The deal with Iran may not be perfect, but it is what the American people want US-Israel War on Iran

When it comes to war with Iran and the subsequent peace deal, there are four different scenarios for the United States.

There are others who supported the war and now support peace. There are some who supported the war and are not satisfied with the peace. There are some who were against war and are now against peace. And there are some who were against the war and are now peaceful.

This last group is the largest and most important because it represents the majority of Americans who have expressed their displeasure with another war in the Middle East but welcome any peace agreement that will help them at the gas pump and at the grocery store.

The smallest team is the first, which is mainly the White House Communications Team and President Donald Trump.

The third group is made up of congressional Democrats who are united in their opposition to whatever the president does.

The second group, of course, are the congressional Republicans who were very happy when the bombs started to fall but they laughed silently when they were examining the details of the memorandum of understanding and seeing everything that gives them hope that this will lead them to a better place than the nuclear agreement of President Barack Obama with the Iranian government in 2015.

That only makes things more difficult for Trump and his administration if they think Congress has a stake in approving any permanent deal that might come after months of negotiations.

It’s hard to say with a straight face that the president’s current accomplishments were better than Obama’s accomplishments in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

But we learned a few things during this time, which will be useful in the future.

First, we learned that removing the Iranian government and replacing it with something friendly to Israel and the US is impossible to do without boots on the ground. It was known early on that the Americans were not interested in any threats involving ground forces, even on Kharg Island.

Second, we learned that when push comes to shove, the Americans and the Israelis have the will and ability to take on the Iranian leadership and are not bound by laws against the assassination of foreign leaders.

Third, we learned that the Iranian people have a wealth that can make life difficult for the global economy and for their neighbors in the Middle East. Attacking them costs a lot of money.

Fourth, we learned that Israel cannot be trusted with its promises of a short and sweet war. There is no short and sweet war, not in the Middle East. Things are always more complicated than they seem.

Fifth, we learned that our partners will not help us when we fight with another country. In wars of choice, NATO does not “play”.

Sixth, we have learned that the Iranians are impossible to negotiate with, so it is important to understand that no deal has been settled with them. The president has the right to bomb Iran if it doesn’t get what he wants, and I think he needs to make it clear that he’s not undermining that policy.

Seventh, we have learned that Trump knows when to bend a bad hand and is willing to abandon his friends in Israel to achieve his goals.

Eighth, we learned that there can be no change in the streets of Tehran if the US and Israel bomb those streets. We strengthened the regime when we started a war with them. The best way to force change is to strengthen the economic ties, not to kill the Iranian leadership.

Which leads me to the ninth thing we learned. Give yourself someone to talk to if you want to take control. One of the unexpected challenges of these negotiations was finding a willing and able partner to speak for the Iranian people.

Finally, we learned that the only group that has the interests of the American people is the American people. They have been consistent throughout and have been happy to voice their opinions. He didn’t want this war in the first place, and now he wants it to end, once and for all. They want gas prices to drop. They want their daily life to be affordable. They want to stop the loss of blood and waste of money.

Democrats have been intellectually inconsistent throughout this session. They acknowledged that the Iranian government was not only at war with the US and Israel but also with its own people. They appreciated that the government continues to make nuclear weapons that would be weapons to destroy our country. They agreed that the JCPOA was deeply flawed, but they didn’t want Trump to do anything about it because they don’t like him or trust him.

Republicans have been strategically aligned but out of sync with their voters. They praised this war but refused to accept that the American people were not involved when it came to the main goal of regime change. The voters did not support the attack enough, and this included the supporters who are very interested in the President. And when it comes to a memorandum of understanding, these Republican hawks would rather continue the war than support an imperfect peace.

It will be up to the President and his team to make this imperfect peace case. It may not be pretty, but it could lead to a cheaper and bigger economy as voters vote in November.

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