Will the MOU Usher in the End of the War with Iran, Or Will Israel Sabotage the Deal?

During President Donald Trump’s 80^th birthday (June 14) mixed martial arts cage-fighting bash on the South Lawn of the White House, he was able to get his proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) approved with Iran (Pakistan and Qatar being the mediators). Although this is a step in the right direction, you might notice that it is missing some crucial points. Before all of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) parrots start claiming that the president is the great peacemaker who has done nothing but wonderful things in Iran, let us not forget that there are a few obstacles in the path of this deal and that you do not get to be called the “president of peace” when you started the war in the first place. We will see what happens on Friday (June 19) with the signing of the deal in Geneva, Switzerland, but there is little reason to be optimistic about the long-lasting effects of this (though I hope that it holds).

Although the new agreement does call for both the United States and Iran to end their respective strangleholds on the Strait of Hormuz (within thirty days), likely bringing global gas prices down in the immediate future; it does little to address the key issues of reducing or collecting enriched uranium, determining whether Iran will be allowed to continue its civilian (or assumed military) nuclear program, terminating economic sanctions (though the United States supposedly agreed to lift them), or releasing frozen assets (this may have also been agreed to but has not yet been made public). President Trump was previously claiming that Iran was ready to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and he keeps saying that Iran agreed to not obtain nuclear weapons as part of the new deal (Iran may have committed to this in the fourteen-point plan that was leaked unofficially), but this remains to be seen.

President Trump also reiterated that the United States would become “the guardian of the Middle East” and take about 20% of the revenue of the region and continue strikes if Iran does not abide by the deal, but the fourteen-point leaked plan suggests that the United States is supposed to withdraw forces from Iran and agree not to meddle in the country’s internal affairs (or increase troops or sanctions). Vice President JD Vance further stated that the war will only actually end “if Iran delivers on their promise” to end nuclear weapon ambitions, and he stressed that Iran will be bombed again if it does not meet expectations.

After the president flat-out denied that the United States would be paying Iran $300 billion as part of the settlement for the deal, Vance clarified that there was actually a $300 billion reconstruction fund (for destroying parts of Iran) being discussed but that it would be financed by private corporations looking to invest in Iran (uh huh, right, I am sure that American taxpayers will not have to pay for this in any way). Oh, and American troops will remain in the region (including the 50,000 that deployed to Central Command, or CENTCOM, as part of the war) while the negotiations continue.

Essentially, the reopening of the strait, which flows through about 20% of the world’s oil, is the only guarantee that we have gotten, but it is possible that there is more than what meets the public eye. If the war had not been waged in the first place, the strait would have never been closed, so this is really something that we should not even be dealing with right now. Although another sixty-day extension of the ceasefire is better than constant fighting, any negotiations on these other sticking points will need to be made within the next couple of months.

And now, you have warmongering commentator Mark Levin arguing that the Senate needs to ratify the agreement as a treaty (with a two-thirds majority), which I would actually agree with and did criticize President Barack Obama on when he did not do so for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (I agreed with the premise of the JCPOA but not the method to achieve it). However, this is the same analyst who said that Article I Section 8 of the Constitution should take a back seat to Article II because presidents can wage any war that they want without congressional approval. He had a fit when the House of Representatives tried to end the war and vote down the executive branch’s usurpation of power (the opposite of the proper constitutional procedures where the legislature votes things in the affirmative and the president vetoes it), and he can pretend to be a constitutionalist all that he wants, but you cannot be one if you cherry pick when to apply our supreme law of the land. So, it seems that he does not want Congress involved in making war, but he does want the legislature to act to restrict ending war after it has been waged (what!?).

Regardless, the war happened, and we can only hope that President Trump has enough sense to actually terminate these operations. However, a lot can happen between now and then, especially with our so-called “greatest ally” not being too thrilled about the prospects of the war ending without regime change. The status between Israel and Hezbollah, although part of the agreement, does not seem to be resolving in any meaningful way. In fact, hours before the deal was announced, Hezbollah launched a series of drones into northern Israel (which did no damage and did not injure anyone), prompting Israel to retaliate by bombarding part of Beirut, Lebanon (striking a Hezbollah command center). When President Trump politely asked Israel to stand down due to the deal almost being reached, Israel-first commentators started having a fit that the president would dare try to restrict Israel’s slaughter campaign; and after the agreement was signed, Levin described Trump’s agreement in terms of what Israelis would call a “betrayal.” There are several Americans who seemingly care more about the interests of Israel (a foreign government) than they do those of American citizens (they certainly get angrier about what happens to Israel than what we the people must endure), and if that is how they feel, they can choose to pack a bag and move to Tel Aviv, Haifa, or Jersusalm and grab a gun and defend their precious foreign homeland (if God really is protecting Israel, as many Christians believe, why does the United States have to be involved?).

As soon as the peace deal was announced, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argued that his country is not bound by the agreement and that his government would continue to bomb Hezbollah and slaughter people and destroy villages throughout Lebanon, despite that being a violation of the deal (this is the same minister who said that he wants the suburbs of Beirut to be “flattened” to the ground, which would cause thousands of casualties and massive homelessness). Israel has already killed about 3,800 people in Lebanon since just March, and it has displaced over 1 million people from their homes (imagine how you would feel if a country invaded your town and forced you onto the streets, causing you to scramble to find a place to live). Moreover, Ben-Gvir declared that he will not withdraw from Israel’s “buffer zones” in Lebanon, Syria, or Gaza, and these are nothing more than occupied territories that may never actually be given back (Israel has now stolen about 1,000 square kilometers, or about 386 square miles, of land between the three countries).

Israel is attempting to sabotage the deal because it wants to keep bombing Iran and other neighboring countries, and even President Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “difficult guy” who has “no f***ing judgement” (the prime minister is avoiding accountability in Israel and delaying his corruption charges by prolonging and starting new wars). The president even went as far as to say that Israel is taking extreme measures by bombing “entire apartment buildings to hunt militants” (especially when it has the special forces capabilities to search for terrorists on the ground without killing massive amounts of civilians). Yet, we are to believe that poor Israel is a victim that is constantly being attacked by its neighbors. Wake up! Israel is the aggressor, and it has so many enemies because it does not want to live in peace with Arabs and Christians (yes, roughly 31% to 41%, depending on year and estimate, of Lebanon is Christian, and Israel is destroying their homes too).

We can try to be optimistic about a peace deal as gas prices fall, but we should also keep in mind that Israel will try to find a way to sabotage the deal (including with false flags) so that the United States remains engaged against its enemy. Israel wants nothing less than the Islamic regime to fall and be replaced with a puppet government, and it wants to expand its territory and occupy as much land as the global population can stomach. As the Israeli government attempts to take over the United States internally by determining our foreign policy, capturing our politicians, censoring us and forcing our tax dollars from our paychecks, spying on us, and merging with our technology and departments (see Section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act); we must be cautious. Time will tell if this new deal with Iran holds and we begin the process of ending the war, but President Trump should never have followed Netanyahu into it. If he is legitimately trying to right his wrong, great, but Israel will very unlikely allow that to happen. It is time that Americans declare independence from Israel and that we cut off all aid and go our separate ways. Israel is detrimental to the well-being of the United States, and we need a change.

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