39 Going on 40 (Trillion)

Trump Says Iran War 'Very Far Ahead Of Schedule' & So Could Be Over Soon Summary: Trump tells CBS "the war could be over soon." Oil prices drop on the headline. Trump calls choice of new supreme leader ‘a big mistake’ Lebanon wants direct peace talks with Israel to end fighting but Israeli rejects it, also amid US skepticism: Axios. Trump says too soon to talk about seizing Iran's oil but does not rule it out, tells NBC. Analyst consensus on question of potentially protracted conflict: Iran Signals a Fight to the End With Appointment of Khamenei's...

'Door Is Not Closed': Mediators Still Press For Iran Deal After US Demanded 20-Year Halt To Nuclear Program There's currently some consensus among international reports that the weekend US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan fundamentally broke down over the nuclear issue. The question of Iran's enriched uranium has at times over the course of the war taken a front seat and at other times a back seat when it comes to Washington's evolving justifications and war aims in launching Operation Epic Fury. On Monday a US official has been cited in Axios...

US-Controlled ATACMS Missiles Deployed In South China Sea, 10km Off China's Mainland Authored by Drago Bosni Mere days after the US-backed government in Taipei launched the so-called Joint Firepower Coordination Center (JFCC), defined as “an enhanced firepower coordination effort in close cooperation with the United States”, multirole sources have confirmed that the Chinese breakaway island province of Taiwan is deploying the overhyped and exorbitantly overpriced M142 HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) to the islands of Penghu and Dongyin. The US-made system is also equipped with ATACMS missiles, extending its reach to 300 km. Taipei insists that this...