Trump blinked. Iran keeps 60% of missiles and a toll-charging strait. Nuclear ambitions remain. Gulf states fracture.
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Chile lifts Israel’s FIDAE ban but keeps Russia out. Palestinians decry selective justice and lost credibility.
Trump’s yo-yoing Iran policy—threats then ceasefires—undermines US credibility. Israel drives the chaos as Hormuz remains closed.
Pew: 60% of Americans view Israel unfavorably, including most young Republicans and Democrats. Bipartisan support is collapsing.
Gaza needs a Tokyo model: property rights, land readjustment, grassroots rebuilding. No top-down plans. No Solidere-style expropriation.
Trump declared victory. Iran war exposed US limits: regime stands, Hormuz closed, Gulf allies look to China and Europe.
Two-thirds disapprove of Trump’s Iran war. Congress faces 60-day deadline and $100bn vote. Public support for Middle East engagement erodes.
Stateless and exposed. Climate change punishes Kuwait’s bidun where legal neglect already abandoned them.
Trump reaps what empires sowed: humiliation does not produce submission. Iran’s defiance is history made flesh. Dignity resists power.
Iran’s regime survives. Trump talks oil money, not liberation. Iranian hopes of overthrow betrayed by a war of attrition.