Since the battle with began on February 28, there have been so many reports of “deals” with the rump regime atop the ruins of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it seems almost silly to respond to another one.
But Israeli journalist Amit Segal usually cross-checks all reports of deals â including the most recent one from Axios Barak Ravid â with senior Israeli officials, so I pay attention to Segals posts. On Wednesday, Segal quoted Ravid, posting on X:
“According to @BarakRavid the U.S. and Iran are at the closest point to an agreement since the war began. The framework includes:
That would be a terrible “deal,” one that would draw fierce criticism from the GOPs Iran hawks who want President Trump to “” and do so in dramatic fashion.
The “end game” doesnt have to be humiliation of the remnants of the rump regime atop the ruins of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps atop the shattered Iranian “government.” But they are “lunatics” as both President Trump and Secretary of State have called them â “insane in the head” Rubio added Tuesday from the White House press podium â and thats generous.
The “leaders” left standing in Iran (the ones with the guns at least) are fanatical killers who cannot be trusted. The until full commercial traffic to every country not named Iran resumes through the Gulf. The repudiation of enrichment has to be complete and the remains of the highly enriched uranium, now buried under rubble at various sites after U.S. precision strikes, has to be dug up and turned over to us. The Iranian missile and drone programs must have caps on the number of missiles and their range, and those programs must be subject to a strict verification regime. Finally, the regime must turn on the internet for its people and turn off the money spigot for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
These are reasonable demands and the fanatics in Iran â unless they are irrational (they may be) â must see them as such. President Trump doesnt surrender leverage. Hes got it. We have to hope he uses every ounce of it.
Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner dont want their names on a “,” and they have walked away before. President Trump should not want to risk the victory he has won that is one for the ages by letting Iran off the floor.
I dont believe anything, but worry about everything. and desperate. Lets pray that President Trump finishes off this radical and piratical regime and goes down in history as the president who brought stability to the Middle East.
