larry johnson provides some more information on the war. i  understand how the persians would hesitate to even talk to the empire, let alone trust it; 

 

In my recent article — Boots on the Ground in Iran… A Deception or a Suicide Mission? — I was shocked by the lack of OPSEC (aka Operational Security) surrounding the deployment of the 31st and 11th MEUs (Marine Expeditionary Unit). Then there was the news that the 82nd Airborne had cancelled an upcoming exercise and also were being deployed to the Persian Gulf as well. Why advertise that you are sending an amphibious force and an airborne unit to the Persian Gulf with the ostensible mission of breaking Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz? I speculated that publicizing the movement of these units could be a deception operation, i.e., getting the Iranians to focus on the Marines and the 82nd while ignoring other troop movements that will be the ones actually inserted on the ground. Based on Donald Trump’s statements today, coupled with new information provided by OSINT Defender and The Intel Frog, it appears that Trump has ordered a ground operation inside Iran that could begin as early as Friday.

Early on Monday morning, March 23, 2026, President Donald Trump announced via a Truth Social post (in all caps) that the United States and Iran had engaged in “very good and productive conversations” over the previous two days regarding “a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.”.......more..........