SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Even Israel's own hawks are admitting it.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2056802819118952621

 Even Israel's own hawks are admitting it.

Raz Zimmt, Director of the Iran program at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, says Tehran woke up this morning drawing two conclusions from Trump's pause on airstrikes:

Iran didn't break. And the Gulf states have veto power over U.S. military action.

Operation Epic Fury was sold as a fast path to regime change. It's now a grinding diplomatic mess with Iran holding more cards than it did before the first bomb dropped.

Trump called off renewed strikes at the request of Gulf allies. Tehran noticed. When your enemy's restraint is being outsourced to third parties, you don't negotiate from weakness. You stall, you demand, and you wait.

The administration's opening position was military dominance forcing a quick deal. The current position is Gulf monarchs asking Washington to cool it while Iran's negotiators dig in.

The opening bet was overwhelming force wins fast. That bet is not aging well.

Source: Bloomberg

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 Trump just gave Iran a deadline. This weekend. Make a deal or face the bombs

This is not the first deadline. Since the ceasefire began, Trump has set and missed more deadlines than anyone's counting anymore.

Every single one passed. The bombs didn't fall. Iran didn't  x.com/MarioNawfal/st…