However, having falsely declared 39 times since he went to war with Iran in February that peace was at hand, this time might really be different.
However, caution remains – because the indications are that the as-yet unpublished and (curiously) unleaked MoU will settle comparatively little.
It will, in essence, be an undertaking to talk about some future, more durable agreement.
MoU or not, an unstable region has been rendered even more dangerous by the unforced war of choice launched by Israel and America.
The lack of a viable alternative plan and the electoral effects of a resumption of the war should, though, be enough to get the MoU passed.
The problem now is that Mr Trump has endowed Iran with a far more useful option than any nuclear device: the effective weaponisation of the Strait of Hormuz.
And that is why America has lost this war. »
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