Trump has, for now, gotten the U.S. armed forces out of the dead-end alley he had led them into.
And that flag is already the shroud soaked in the blood of new martyrs.
Iran has managed to contain the aggressor with formidable courage and power.
We should not look too deeply at what got Trump in this mess. He’s just stupid and he surrounds himself with others who are much the same.
Regardless of the future of the current agreement, Iran has already won.
What happened on the morning of April 8 is a true miracle. Or perhaps not.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” History will register it with a gaze as pitiless as the Sun. An astonishing barbarian imprimatur, courtesy of the President of the United States, via a social media post.
Iran has claimed to have downed two helicopters as well as an F-15, and also denies claims that a second airman is with them – and not rescued by the U.S.
