Chuck Barris

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The issue is we were up 100-0 at half time and then just decided to quit.

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Why do you think Trump did that?

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The simple answer is that Trump(GOP) needs some calm leading up to modterms. It's certainly not about mercy nor inability.

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If the US government was both willing to pay the price for a clear military victory and able to achieve that victory, we would have done it.

Logic tells us that at least one (and possibly both) of those conditions isn't true.

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Says more about you than those you attempt to criticize. 90-95 percent of the deal is still to be negotiated.

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If you're arguing that this document tells us next to nothing about the relative strength of the two sides' bargaining positions or how effectively we met our goals for this war, then I'll just say that I disagree and leave it at that.

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If I knew I was stuck with DeCuck for at least another 4 years

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That's the guy who slapped LSU around for the past two seasons, right?

LSU fans have a problem with trying to talk trash after y'all lose.

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same here but never, ever underestimate the stupidity of voters.

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You don't have to tell me. I've lived in Alabama for decades.

I had assumed that it was the years of public corruption and adultery that would do it, but whatever works.

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If they are that incompetent, why did it take this long? Why didn't we just blow them to hell (or I thought we did)? So we gave them more money? For what? I don't understand.

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We did a lot of damage to Iran, but they took control of the Strait early on and have severely restricted passage through it. (This is exactly what everyone had predicted they would try to do in the event of a war with the US for decades, so your guess as to why we didn't implement a strategy to stop them is as good as mine.) We haven't been able to dislodge their control of the Strait because it's very narrow in places, they're well dug-in in terms of the weapons and boats they use to control it, and the Strait has been mined.

The Iranian leadership aren't actually a bunch of incompetent, suicidal buffoon, that was just propaganda to make this war more palatable. Think about it: If they really were all part of an insane, suicidal death cult that couldn't be reasoned with, then why did we send the Vice-president halfway around the world to reason with them? Why are we apparently going to spend the next two months negotiating the fine points of an agreement?

Iran is telling their own people that they've won. They're going to demand reparations as part of their negotiation strategy, but I don't think anyone knows what's actually in this memorandum of understanding.

Here's a sticking point: Iran apparently thinks that this deal involves the Israelis stopping their war in Lebanon, but the Israelis don't seem to agree. No one knows what's going to become of this ir how long this temporary peace will hold.

Other Republicans must have finally convinced Trump of how politically damaging this war and the surge in gas prices has been for them, and he's decided to just declare victory and hash out the details later. I think the odds are decent that we won't find out the contents of any final peace deal until the day after the November elections so that the Democrats won't be able to slam Republicans with its terms. All aspects of the deal will probably stay conveniently murky until then, with both Trump and Iran claiming that they got everything they wanted out of it.

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Is there any scenario where anyone else, including us, think these reasons are admirable?

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Setting the word "admirable" aside, they're certainly logical. Hezbollah is a terror group funded by Iran that represents a real threat to Israelis, but they're more vulnerable now than they've been in a very long time and Iran isn't in a position to ride to their rescue. Israel sees this as their chance to break Hezbollah for good, and I understand why.

The problem is that our peace with Iran seems dependent on our ability to rein in Israel's war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, and we haven't proven that we can do that.

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Because the fighters are latino and guess who's becoming MAGAs biggest supporters? Latinos

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Huh.

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Latinos were among the driving forces behind President Donald Trump’s return to office, but that support is eroding as they struggle with higher prices for gasoline, food, healthcare and housing

A new UnidosUS bipartisan poll released Wednesday finds more Latino voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance amid growing economic strain and frustration that lawmakers are not responding to their concerns

The poll, conducted April 27 through May 14 of this year, finds 67% of Latino voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing, with 84% concerned Congress is failing to fulfill its role as a check on his power

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