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Johnny2X2X

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1. This has been the folly the whole time

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:04 AM

10 hrs ago

Iran and the US can't negotiate an end to Israel's wars without Israel being at the table too. And Iran has always demanded that Israel stop their attacks on Lebanon as part of this deal. I think Trump thinks this is a real estate deal and he can just humor Iran on Israel and hammer out the rest of the details until leaving the one to the intend which they can just punt to a later date.

And the thing is, the US can't control what Israel does anyways, so what's the point?

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This has been the folly the whole time Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #1

The sum total of the influence Trump has over Netanyahu is no influence whatsoever Miles Archer 10 hrs ago #3

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Yet WmChris 8 hrs ago #14

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"And the thing is, the US can't control what Israel does anyways, so what's the point?" ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #23

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