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2026-04-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The US is in the midst of heated negotiations on Iran, Trump said
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Posted by badanov 2026-04-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1789 views ]  Top
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1 All the talking heads said Trump was lying about being in talks with officials. Seems he was.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-08 06:48||   2026-04-08 06:48|| Front Page Top

2 Vance warns Iran will 'find out' Trump is 'not one to mess around' if ceasefire deal falls apart
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-08 09:11||   2026-04-08 09:11|| Front Page Top

3 Pete Hegseth declares 'victory' over Iran with 'a capital V' as he thanks war fighters and claims 'Iran begged for this ceasefire'
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-08 09:46||   2026-04-08 09:46|| Front Page Top

4 Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine is likely one of the lead strategists and planners behind the Iran effort.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-08 10:11||   2026-04-08 10:11|| Front Page Top

5 Caine cites massive coffee, nicotine use by US military in Iran war: 'Not saying we have a problem'
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-08 13:51||   2026-04-08 13:51|| Front Page Top

6 At least they didn't resort to uppers or speed to keep going. I hope.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-08 17:16||   2026-04-08 17:16|| Front Page Top

7 Nah, that's just for pilots on various sorties.
Posted by illeagle  2026-04-08 17:58||   2026-04-08 17:58|| Front Page Top

8 But they’ve been flying sorties like mad, illeagle. And the OAF has been flying their own targets in parallel. Still, I suppose in general they don’t have to be quite as alert given that Iran has nothing to fly against them, just whatever is left of their ground defenses.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-08 18:35||   2026-04-08 18:35|| Front Page Top

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