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2026-06-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran

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1 Is a MOU eve legally binding?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-06-19 01:34|| 2026-06-19 01:34|| Front Page Top

2 No. It's a "framework"

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-19 02:23|| 2026-06-19 02:23|| Front Page Top

3 Schumer blasts Trump's Iran framework as a 'fiasco' and the 'art of surrender'

Now if the Republicans have some balls ...

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 02:27|| 2026-06-19 02:27|| Front Page Top

4 Senator Cotton warns Iran deal could hand billions to terrorist regime

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 02:29|| 2026-06-19 02:29|| Front Page Top

5 Vance cancels Switzerland trip for US-Iran negotiations

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 02:35|| 2026-06-19 02:35|| Front Page Top

6 If your knee-jerk lasts more than 4 hours, see a doctor

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-19 02:36|| 2026-06-19 02:36|| Front Page Top

7 Yours lasted for 2 years.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 02:40|| 2026-06-19 02:40|| Front Page Top

8 Looks like Frank and Grom are featered in the leading banner!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-06-19 03:08|| 2026-06-19 03:08|| Front Page Top

9 Seems Iran is backing out of the deal.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-06-19 03:35|| 2026-06-19 03:35|| Front Page Top

10 ^No, just "keeping up the skeer".

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 03:40|| 2026-06-19 03:40|| Front Page Top

11 Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-19 03:54|| 2026-06-19 03:54|| Front Page Top

12 Looks like Vance need to get his Diplomat out in full force!

Diplomat is what I call my baseball bat!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-06-19 05:58|| 2026-06-19 05:58|| Front Page Top

13 Trump suggests Israel in no place to criticize Iran deal since it backed out of 2020 strike on Soleimani

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 07:22|| 2026-06-19 07:22|| Front Page Top

14 #12 Vance slams Israeli ‘freakout’ over Iran deal, says Trump only world leader who still likes Israel

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 07:24|| 2026-06-19 07:24|| Front Page Top

15 Unanimous agreement is a very illusive commodity.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-19 07:27|| 2026-06-19 07:27|| Front Page Top

16 Saw an article this am (sorry no link) that took the position that Trump isn't being naïve; he fully expects Iran to p1ss in the punch and he'll use that to isolate Iran from all support so he can finish the job.

Sounds a little too hopeful for me...

Posted by Mercutio 2026-06-19 08:55|| 2026-06-19 08:55|| Front Page Top

17 All roads lead to London.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-06-19 10:14|| 2026-06-19 10:14|| Front Page Top

18 #16 Italy's Meloni says Trump 'totally invented' story that she begged him for photo

I wonder which of them is false?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-19 10:26|| 2026-06-19 10:26|| Front Page Top

19 The only thing Meloni might beg for would be a cigarette.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-06-19 10:30|| 2026-06-19 10:30|| Front Page Top

20 Unlikely. People who beg Trump to do something usually say "Sir" three times and have tears in their eyes.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-06-19 11:47|| 2026-06-19 11:47|| Front Page Top

21 a few hours ago the iRGC said they were closing the straits again

discussions continuing

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-19 12:30|| 2026-06-19 12:30|| Front Page Top

22 Meloni was difficult when we needed the bases and airspace to fight Iran and now is all 'but your allies!'

The theater tires me.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-06-19 12:31|| 2026-06-19 12:31|| Front Page Top

23 ^ But she does the best eye-rolls when another PM says something stoopid

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-19 12:43|| 2026-06-19 12:43|| Front Page Top

24 Meloni is an improvement, yet still shackled.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-06-19 13:15|| 2026-06-19 13:15|| Front Page Top

25 She came onboard promising to take care of the Moslem colonist problem. She has not done that. She accepted Israel’s need to defend herself; she frequently now castigates Israel for being mean to those poor, innocent Palestinians. Whatever her reasons, she seems to have become somewhat of a Boris Johnson.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-06-19 13:29|| 2026-06-19 13:29|| Front Page Top

26 Dumb moves on Iran's part. I expect the shooting will start up again soon and I don't think Iran's leadership is going to get another chance to sit down and negotiate.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-19 14:11|| 2026-06-19 14:11|| Front Page Top

27 We are about 5 hours since Iran announced the straight closed and drone footage shows lots of ships transiting.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-19 15:54|| 2026-06-19 15:54|| Front Page Top

28 @27 The Iranian Foreign Minster contradicted the IRGC and said was open. There remains the question of exactly who is in charge. Mojtaba Khamenei still hasn't been seen or even recorded 'live'.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-19 18:03|| 2026-06-19 18:03|| Front Page Top

29 As for our 'allies' the only ones who stepped up and actually did something was Israel and the Gulf* countries and they are the only ones that get to complain about the MOU. The rest of our NATO 'allies' need to spend at least 3% of their GDP for defense and in the mean time STFU.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-19 18:08|| 2026-06-19 18:08|| Front Page Top

30 Oops. For the * in my prior post.

*Certainly the Gulf countries probably could have done more, but they were far more than the Eurowhiners.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-19 18:14|| 2026-06-19 18:14|| Front Page Top

31 Re #12 - Noveske makes a fine Diplomat model

https://noveske.com/products/7-94-gen-4-diplomat-rifle

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-06-19 20:20|| 2026-06-19 20:20|| Front Page Top

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