The war in Iran (or whose war is it anyways?)

President Trump has been announcing being days away from an Iran War peace deal, for weeks.
The small print on the current news flash is that it's a 60 day ceasefire.

What’s in the White House deal with Iran​

In its current form, the agreement would establish a 60-day ceasefire, a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, and the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
 
A wise and skillful leader can use magnanimity to inspire constructive cooperation even among former opponents.
A nation for example can host an international competition to showcase its own maturity, competence.

A weak and nefarious leader can pretend to magnanimity at the onset, then switch to peevish malice against his invitees.

Trump has made himself a world-class fool by arranging his own defeat and humiliation at the hands of the Iranians.
The following headlines suggests Trump's actual perspective.

Iran World Cup team forced to leave US after tournament opener in apparent change of plans​

Coach Amir Ghalenoei called the situation 'very strange' and said his team is 'the most oppressed in the World Cup'​

By Ryan Morik Fox News
Published June 16, 2026 2:47pm EDT

An exception?
It might seem to be. How to explain the following?



Uruguay's World Cup team faces security hurdle in US
Story by Hugh Cameron
The Uruguay men’s team appeared to face another security hurdle when arriving in Miami for their opening match of the FIFA World Cup, having already had their flight from Mexico to the U.S. severely delayed by apparent paperwork issues.
A video, which made its way onto social media on Monday, purported to show the team held outside their bus—as they were preparing to take on Saudi Arabia at Miami Stadium—while security officers and sniffer dogs carefully inspect their luggage.


President Trump seems to have the temperament of a impetuous school girl.
 
Safe to say that MAGA won't understand this - history isn't exactly their strong suit - guaranteed that they'll have no idea why the Treaty was signed there.

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"Safe to say that MAGA won't understand this - history isn't exactly their strong suit - guaranteed that they'll have no idea why the Treaty was signed there." S2 #305
I do not know. https://armistice-museum.com/the-treaty-of-versailles/
What do you have in mind here S2?

half-checkers #305
"A picture is worth a thousand words." That one, perhaps 800.
It makes a perfectly valid point about Iran's superiority, but
undermines the public impression of checkers.
 
The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles to inflict maximum symbolic humiliation on Germany and to celebrate France’s military recovery. The location was heavily tied to French and German history and was chosen for deep practical, diplomatic, and symbolic reasons.

The choice of signing the treaty at Versailles was driven by several deliberate factors:
  • Symmetrical Humiliation: In 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, the victorious Germans declared the creation of the German Empire in the very same room—the Hall of Mirrors. The French chose this exact location in 1919 to reverse that historical humiliation.
  • Historical Anniversary: The treaty was signed on June 28, 1919. This date marked exactly five years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, which was the proximate event that triggered World War I.
  • Capacity and Security: The vast Palace of Versailles, located just outside of Paris, offered the necessary large formal rooms to accommodate the massive global delegations. It also provided a secure, controlled environment away from the potential strikes, riots, and unrest occurring in central Paris at the time.
 

Here's how Trump's memo of understanding with Iran compares to the Obama nuclear deal​

June 17, 2026 / 6:45 PM EDT / CBS News

The Trump administration says its memorandum of understanding is far superior to the Obama administration's 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and will do much more to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists it will be different from the JCPOA because the U.S. will "make sure the military option is there," something Mr. Trump stressed.
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Although the memorandum is merely a roadmap for further negotiations, since Trump administration officials are comparing the two, here are some of the differences and similarities:

Both deals ban Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons — but the JCPOA was far more specific about how​

 
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