Analysis: Trump's window for face-saving exit is closing.
At this point, all Trump has left is to declare victory in a way that convinces his base.
Getting the timing right will be very difficult for both the US & Iran.
"Israel will do all it can to sabotage any such off-ramp, including killing Iran's negotiators".
All Trump's "escalatory options only deepen the lose-lose situation he has put himself in."
"Why Netanyahu Duped Trump Into the Illegal War With Iran"
"The idea that this is a war to serve American rather than Israeli interests resonates primarily in three spaces: the gullible, the true believers (especially of end times religious eschatology), or those who are paid-up members of Israel’s echo chamber."
"Trump's incoherence has allowed a small settler-colonial state to pursue a far-reaching mission of domination."
This has not been subtle. Across multiple decades, Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu in particular (he has been Israel’s premier for almost 20 of the last 30 years), have tried to pull America into a war against Iran. Netanyahu briefly succeeded last June when Trump launched the one-and-done Operation Midnight Hammer strikes. That appeared to only whet appetites.
"Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz"
The US - the greatest imperial power of this era - is now visibly shooting itself in the foot (if not the head).
"The current U.S. intervention in Iran is the Suez Crisis". In 1956, Nasser cut off Europe’s lifeline to its oil fields in the Persian Gulf.
By the time Britain retreated in defeat from Suez, its currency was at the brink of collapse, & "its global empire was heading for extinction."
https://tomdispatch.com/imperial-decline-in-the-straits-of-hormuz/
Interview: "It's in the Israelis' interest to get us more & more entrenched in this."
"If they have different objectives than us, then what are we doing letting them drive the war?" [54 min]
~Former Counterterrorism director Joe Kent, who recently resigned over Israeli influence on US policy, particularly on going to war on Iran.
Includes detailed inside info on FBI et al.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cbw1utqzHg
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"The war that we are fighting today with Iran is an unnecessary war. It's a war that lacks any justification whatsoever."
"What I can do is provide an expert's ability to connect the dots based upon years of experience in war fighting..."
"and working on the inside watching the US government lie their teeth off about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
~Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector, 16 Mar, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/live/u4wKC272hDA
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Empire in desperate straights..
Interview: Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveals Decline of U.S. Empire:
"If Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed & hold Washington to ransom... in a srategic analysis, Iran right now is in the dominant position.”
~Alfred McCoy, U Wisconsin-Madison
"Iran has denied reports of direct or indirect talks with the US", after Trump said he would obliterate Iran's power plants.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/23/mccoy_alfred_imperial_decline_history
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has now entered its fourth week. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces is being felt worldwide, as shipments of oil, natural gas and fertilizer have been drastically curtailed. A fifth of the world’s oil supply transits through the strait, and the price of oil is up by about 50% since the war began in late February. On Saturday evening, President Trump threatened Iran on social media, saying he would “obliterate their various power plants, starting with the biggest one first,” if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully reopened within 48 hours. He later extended his deadline by five days following Iranian threats to destroy essential infrastructure, including energy and water systems, across the Gulf. Iran has denied reports of direct or indirect talks with the U.S. If Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and “hold Washington to ransom,” it will have significant leverage, says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “In a strategic analysis, Iran right now is in the dominant position.”
Interview: From Gaza to Iran, the rise of conscientious objectors marks a shift in consciousness
The Center on Conscience and War "has received a massive increase in inquiries from soldiers seeking to submit conscientious objector applications."
~director Mike Prysner
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/23/prysner_mike_conscience_war_military
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With thousands more U.S. Marines headed to the Middle East and President Trump reportedly considering a ground invasion of Iran, we speak with Mike Prysner, executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, who says his organization has received a massive increase in inquiries from soldiers seeking to submit conscientious objector applications. Prysner cites a “shift in consciousness” among young people in the United States, spurred by the Gaza genocide. “And the military is made up of young people in the United States.”
Modern Israeli identity says "the only way we can survive as Israeli Jews is to be..constantly occupying Palestinian lands, attacking Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, God knows who else."
"Is that what we're supposed to associate ourselves with & be proud with? As if somehow that makes us safer":
Antony Loewenstein outlines the origins of the “strong Jew” identity in Zionism & the inaccuracies of the “passive Holocaust victim”. And more.
Iran's defense of Gaza & Lebanon
Report: Iran's revolutionary guard says it will "hit Israel without restraint" if Israel targets civilians in Lebanon or Gaza.
It has accused Israel of using current wartime conditions to commit "extensive war crimes against civilians in Lebanon & Palestine."
If such acts continue, the IRGC will hit Israeli troops in northern Israel & the area near Gaza without restraint.
"Israel has set a horrifying standard for modern warfare."
"Illegal US actions from Latin America to the Middle East follow Israel’s disregard for international law & civilian life."
~Wes Bryant, whistleblower & former chief of civilian harm assessments at the Pentagon
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