A Channel Is What Power Leaves Open
Iran and Oman have reduced a closed strait to a draft awaiting approval. That is not calm. It is pressure learning to sign its name.
Category: Iran
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Pressure Is The Part Of Diplomacy They Refuse To Print
Trump paused new Iran strikes after Gulf leaders asked for more time. Washington calls that retreat because it cannot admit that restraint can carry pressure.
War Powers Means Asking The Captain To Leave The Bridge
The Senate staged another vote on Iran and discovered that a war-powers resolution without the final vote is only a request for the President to surrender command.
Congress Passed A Warning That Could Not Leave The Building
The House voted to restrain the Iran war. The Senate rejected the same warning. Congress displayed its conscience while Trump retained command.
A Bridge Is A Sentence Written Across The War
U.S. strikes around Bandar Abbas turned bridges into pressure points while diplomacy remained open. The map now carries two messages, and only one is written in concrete.
The Tollbooth At The Edge Of Open Water
Trump proposed a 20 percent toll for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Freedom of navigation has acquired a cash drawer.
The Hormuz Switchboard
Donald Trump’s shadow government is live. Why we trust his instincts to lead us into the final conflict at the Hormuz Switchboard.