with current events running amuck, don't know what might happen next, we can take refuge in the iran deal, if it is, and if the taco boy keeps it. any bets? 

 

Trump’s Iran deal shatters Israel’s 40-year dream of regime change.

The Iran-U.S. de-escalation framework has been signed. As always, getting a framework agreed is one thing, but preserving it from disruptive actors or malicious distortion of the text is quite another. Who knows how long it will survive intact? The MoU nonetheless constitutes an important phase – albeit one leg – in a long journey ahead for Iran. The Agreement however, may also prompt wider geo-economic ‘plate’ shifts.

Iran has succeeded in pushing a reluctant Trump to cross the Rubicon. Danny Citrinowicz, a former senior Israeli Iran military intelligence analyst, says that for Trump,

“achieving a deal with Iran and ending the current cycle of escalation is not merely an option but a clear strategic goal … He now envisions a broader vision of U.S.–Iran relations”.

An unquestioned dogma has bitten the dust:...........more........