I guess Bierce’s verdict would be to call it a “peace deal” if you are selling it, a “ceasefire agreement” if you are insuring it, and a “framework” if you expect it to collapse but wish to sound constructive while it does.

From ChatGPT:

Peace Deal, n.
A ceasefire promoted by its authors before its clauses have survived first contact with…[Read more]

Reg:

Is it a ‘Peace Deal’ or just a ‘Ceasefire Agreement’?

It is two new modern entries in Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary.

The term used on Trump’s side is something like “Formation of a Concept of a Plan” a diplomatic way of saying “Trump pulled this out of his ass alongside his enbedded head.”

The Islamic Arabic word for this is Hud…[Read more]

Jake:

Interesting bit of little-taught American history there. First time I ever heard that.

Here’s something you never hear amid all the non-stop barage of anti-Israel hatred:

Israel actually has a micronation in it’s borders called Akhzivland, founded by Iranian Eli Avivi. Avivi legally resisted attempts by the Israeli government to seize…[Read more]

Is it a ‘Peace Deal’ or just a ‘Ceasefire Agreement’?

Enco,

This deal is shakier than a Shaker with Parkinson’s disease. How things proceed is anybody’s guess.

Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820. I would like to see a new territory perhaps in Maine in which the minority of Americans who are proudly uncaptured by ideological brain worm infestation syndrome reside peacefully and productively…[Read more]

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers:

Here’s the latest of 39 proclamations of “Peace In Our Time.” Trump and whoever he’s negotiating with don’t agree on even a “Memorandum of Understanding” proceeding a “Deal,” with Israel not even in the loop except for Trump restraining Israel from fighting back against Hezbollah.

Oh. and…[Read more]

Simon, neither side wants to back down? Trump does not know how to cooperate?

Read the article. IRGC is possessed of an evil all consuming religious ideology. Trump is just a bumbling stumbling would be dictator utterly self absorbed and apparently devoid of principles.

Trump has been played like a fool over and over. Trump wants to end this…[Read more]

I knew I was getting old when my cellphone announced “Face not recognized” and I agreed with it 🙂

Reg and Simon:

Where Trump messed up is not taking out both the Mullahs and the IRGC first, preferably by inciting Iran’s regular Military to mutiny and/or parachuting arms to dissenting Persian citizens. Let the military and dissenters be the “boots on the ground.”

Without the Mullahs and IRGC, arms wouldn’t ship themselves to Hamas and…[Read more]