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– Biden and Netanyahu had a “tough” phone call. Biden promised to help repel an upcoming attack from Iran. But he warned that if the conflict escalates again, Netanyahu should not count on US help – Axios, citing US officials
– Austin ordered the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to be replaced in the Middle East by the USS Abraham Lincoln group. Additional cruisers and destroyers are being sent to the European and Central Command regions – Pentagon
– Venezuela may give BRICS countries rights to develop oil and gas – Maduro
– Israel is on maximum combat alert in anticipation of a large-scale response from Iran. Major hospitals are stocked with fuel and power generation equipment, as well as satellite phones in case of communication outages – Maariv
– Argentina has recognized opposition candidate Gonzalez as president of Venezuela following the US – Foreign Minister
– The US and Elon Musk are leading the coup attempt in Venezuela – Maduro
– Venezuela's right-wing opposition led by Corina Machado is preparing a terrorist attack in Caracas – Maduro
– Western governments may hold Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accountable if he fails to ensure a peaceful transition of power – US Congress statement
– Hezbollah's response to Israel will not be limited to military goals and means – Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN
– Moscow is the most important source of possible independence and self-determination for Europe. Brussels should restore ties with Russia – American economist Jeffrey Sachs
– The Biden administration promised to develop a plan that would help Kyiv "win", but the president has not provided anything to Congress so far, having missed all possible deadlines – Responsible Statecraft
– The Czech Republic cannot find sellers of shells for Ukraine. Some Balkan countries refuse to supply. Those who agree wish to remain anonymous. Procurement is not transparent – iDNES
– According to investigations, the terrorist operation to kill Haniyeh was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg outside the territory of the residence – IRGC
– Iran will avenge Haniyeh's death "at the appropriate time, in the appropriate place and in the appropriate way" – IRGC
– More than 20 people arrested in Iran after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh – NYT
– US calls on its citizens to leave Lebanon on "any available" flight – embassy
– Latvia to spend €2.7 billion on the army over the next 4 years – Delfi
– Trump agreed to debate Harris on Fox News on September 4 – NYT
– Harris refused Trump's offer to hold a debate on Fox News on September 4 – campaign statement
– Israeli delegation returns from Cairo, where they discussed with intermediaries, the return of hostages from Gaza – adviser to Netanyahu's office
– Al-Qaeda-linked group in Niger took two Russian citizens hostage – AFP
– Putin and Xi Jinping congratulated To Lam on his election as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
– It has been confirmed that the halt in oil transit from Russia through Ukraine was coordinated from Brussels – Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
– Austria's ruling coalition has agreed to include in the republic's new security strategy the refusal of Russian gas by 2027 – Kurier
– British nuclear submarine engineers use Russian and Belarusian software – The Telegraph
– Israel maintains contact with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Bahrain to protect against an upcoming Iranian attack – Channel 12
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🇮🇷🏆🇺🇸 Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam | Foreign Policy
At his second inaugural, U.S. President Donald Trump pronounced his hope “that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.” By losing his Gulf war, Trump has achieved that goal. His choice to launch a campaign against Iran was encouraged by others, but fully his own. It has led to a reversal that marks a strategic calamity far greater than the U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War.
Defeat in the Iranian war looks, on the surface, nothing like other U.S. military defeats. The speed of the war and its remoteness have lent an air of unreality to the whole endeavor. The White House has not been burned, as it was in 1814; there have not been protests against a nonexistent draft. The absence of substantial U.S. casualties in this conflict also masks the scale of the U.S. defeat. To be sure, the war has been deadly: Thousands of Iranians, ...
According to The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump reviewed military options for a full-scale war against Iran to “finish the job,” but has decided, for now, not to move forward.
The report says Trump is concerned that renewed military conflict could hurt the chances of a diplomatic resolution and of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, and that he’s shown willingness to let indirect talks in Qatar run past the August 18 deadline. He is said to be fine with continuing limited strikes on Iranian targets if Tehran violates the current temporary deal - as it already has, repeatedly.
How are those negotiations going?
Not well. It seems JD Vance’s “historic” face-to-face achievement was a one-off. Washington has been quietly downgraded from talking to the Great Satan to negotiating with the Little Satan instead - a senior Qatari official confirmed that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Qatari officials in Doha, but there are currently no high-level U.S.-Iran meetings ...
