JEFF CHILDERS

Remember— the kinetic phase of the entire Iran “war” was compressed into the 60-day limit of the War Powers Act. It’s the opposite of an endless war. I’ll bet Michelle’s Tahoe that, sometime soon, corporate media experts will start complaining that it was never a “real” war to begin with. Sigh.

Apart from President Trump’s vague description, we don’t yet know any specific terms of “the Deal.” Democrats and the media, which so far have tried to characterize one of the shortest wars in human history as a “forever war,” are preparing to pivot to complaining that “Trump’s peace deal isn’t good enough.

You could make a very strong argument that the deal’s terms are irrelevant. They are just the candles on America’s birthday cake. After only two months of fighting from the air, and with fewer casualties than Joe Biden racked up just in his catastrophic scramble to flee Afghanistan or in one drone assault against a Syrian base, Iran has been disciplined, its neighbors stand with America against it, and both its economy and its war aims have been set back 20 years, at least.

Meanwhile, the world’s global energy flows have been permanently restructured in America’s favor. OPEC’s monopoly —a thorn in our collective sides for our entire lives— has been broken and become a spent force. And now, this. Headline from Seeking Alpha, four days ago:

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/happy-birthday-mr-president-monday?