From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 16:02:20 2025
I have to admit to be surprised that the war between Israel and Iran is
already over, at least according to Trump, and the ceasefire is holding
so far. I really didn't think we'd get that far this fast.
But I'm really not clear what happens in Iran from here on out. Trump
and Netanyahu seem to be de-emphasizing regime change now and the
Iranians don't seem to have risen up to overthrow the theocracy yet so I
feel like they have only delayed the inevitable.
What did Trump promise the Iranians in exchange for signing on to the ceasefire? I have a bad feeling it was the abandonment of any idea of
regime change and a cessation of sanctions. If I'm right about that, the Islamists will redouble their efforts to build nukes and we'll be seeing
a fresh buildup of their proxies. When the Iranians and their proxies
feel themselves strong enough, they'll be back to killing people.