Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
If Israel and the United States allow Iran to rebuild their nuclear program, Iran would have effectively won the conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rJVs2M7z8
Israel says Iran launched more missiles after ceasefire started. Iranian military denies that
https://www.yahoo.com/news/status-ceasefire-unclear-iranian-missile-054641962.html
“the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a three-page waiver lifting almost all economic sanctions on Syria unconditionally.”
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“the Syrian government handed back the old U.S. ambassador’s residence to Thomas Barrack, who serves as both U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria.”
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“a waiver isn’t a permanent end to sanctions. The sanctions imposed by Congress have to be lifted by Congress…Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it should do exactly that.”
https://reason.com/2025/05/30/trumps-syrian-outreach-turns-an-enemy-into-a-friend/
Good description of Trump’s attempt to negotiate with Iran, it not yet succeeding, and then Israel deciding to attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tFSro590Xg
The insanity, cuelity, and incompetence of Trump on the global stage is pushing forward a global transition that needed to happen. Europe needs to pay its fair share to defend itself and the world can’t continue to let China take advantage of the system. The U.S. led world order is undemocratic and deeply flawed, but what is the alternative?
The Biden administration went to Europe and asked if war breaks out in the Pacific, are you with us? Europe said no. Yet, they expect the U.S. to protect them from Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtgWytCmulg
Russian War Goals & Ukraine Peace Talks – The Strategic Balance, Talks & A New Offensive?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AuhsYTavHg
Trump’s Team Discovers That Diplomacy Is Hard
https://reason.com/2025/05/27/trumps-team-discovers-that-diplomacy-is-hard/
“what followed was a master class in presidential deal-making of the most direct kind. Brzezinski and his colleagues often complained that Carter read too much. One of the president’s internal nicknames was “grammarian-in-chief.” But by the end of the improbably successful 13-day Camp David peace talks that September, they realized that Carter’s obsessive reading in this case had been indispensable. His knowledge of every topographical quirk, and geographic line, in the disputed Sinai desert, was critical to the marathon process that resulted in the first ever Arab recognition of Israel’s right to exist. The Camp David accords didn’t fix the Middle East, but they set the template for every attempt to forge a lasting peace ever since.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/17/trump-carter-mideast-peace-deal-00354432
“The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has proposed a sweeping reorganisation of the US state department as part of what he called an effort to reform it amid criticism from the Trump White House over the execution of US diplomacy.
If approved, the reorganisation would cut more than 700 positions and eliminate 132 of 734 offices, according to state department officials. But those officials also stressed that the plan, which was suddenly announced on Tuesday, remained a proposal and would not lead to immediate layoffs or cuts.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marco-rubio-announces-sweeping-reorganisation-of-us-state-department/ar-AA1DoyXz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=d00d0fa992fd43bbaab1298e9f14eb33&ei=10
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-had-test-case-trade-105010697.html