• Even Jimmy Carter didn’t agree to be taken hostage.
• State Department official John Negroponte drolly observed after Richard Nixon’s 1972 Christmas bombing campaign in North Vietnam that “we bombed them into accepting our concessions.” A similar verdict seems appropriate for President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Both parties are signing a memorandum of understanding that is lopsided in Iran’s favor. Yes, Iranian authorities will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but they may well still charge transit fees. In return, we are ending our blockade and letting the Iranians sell oil, a source of revenue totaling tens of billions of ...
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