Trump Now Coming To Terms With The Memo Of Misunderstanding?

 

As I wrote in a June 20^th article posted right here on this illustrious site, the Memo of Understanding (MOU) President Trump agreed to with what remains of Iran’s leaders was a recipe for disaster. There was—and is-- no way Iran was/is going to abide by any agreement. The leaders had—and have—only two goals: to survive, and to embarrass Trump and the U.S.

I wrote:

“Trump could’ve called victory and gone home after the U.S. military knocked the hell out of the Iranians in the first few weeks, further degrading its nuclear program. Or he could’ve kept on blasting them to smithereens until the job was finished. And it could have been. Instead, panicked by the upcoming mid-term elections and the high price of oil/gasoline, he chose the third way. Which is no way at all.”

I called the agreement “unconditional surrender,” and “unilateral capitulation,” and predicted: “What’s left of the mullahs and the IRGC will do whatever it wants, including executing any citizens known to have been sympathetic to the Americans. That unspoken guarantee is the only one they will uphold. Understand that.”

But now, in a bizarre irony, Iran’s leaders, whoever they may be, have thrown Trump and the U.S. a lifeline to recapture their dignity. By ignoring the MOU and continuing to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz and neighboring states, no matter the threats from Trump, they have permitted the president to finally declare: "It's just a waste of time dealing with them. They're scum.”

There are those that believe this was Trump’s plan all along, that he knew Iran would behave this way and he would then be vindicated in his former and future actions. I wish I could believe that.

In any case, at this point, President Trump should simply say that negotiating with the effing asshats-- the ignorant savages currently in control of Iran-- is a ridiculous and impossible endeavor for a rational person or nation to engage in. And that therefore we’re going to deal with them in the only manner they recognize and respect, the only way that could produce an end result: bomb them back into the Stone Age. But even that is problematic because those (nominally) in control in Iran are already there.

Still, tragically, it appears the only potentially viable option is to bomb the living crap out of them until the stupid bleeping mullahs, the subhumans in the IRGC, and the rest of the thugocracy are no more.

Trump should clearly and publicly state that “This is our last negotiating position and there won’t be another one. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

That would be the art of this deal.