Day: November 10, 2026

After 1991, Washington boxed in Saddam Hussein with sanctions, no-fly zones and a bombing raid whenever he tested the line.

He never folded, and by 2003 the US had decided the only way out was a full war.

Look at what’s left of the Iran war now that Trump calls it “effectively over.”

Warplanes are shooting the engines out of blockade runners, a new task force is hunting Iran’s land routes, and jets knock out a launcher on Qeshm every few days.

Trump’s own aides told Axios this approach needs months to show results.

Iran is already learning to live inside the box.

The Journal found the Guard has swapped warships for limpet mines and spotters on fishing boats, and Hormuz traffic has dropped to 45 percent of normal.

Saddam outlasted three presidents that way.

Trump has two years, a Congress that just flipped against him, and missile defenses at 39 percent.

He should cash in the pressure now for Qatar’s two-day deal, because containment has only ever worked as a bridge to an agreement.

Source: WSJ, Axios / Writer: Daniel

Peter Kuznick says arms control is crumbling across the board, leaving regional powers weighing bombs of their own, and he wants nuclear free zones and real diplomacy before the next crisis spins out of control.

Trump has called for a new, broader treaty, and getting one signed may be the biggest foreign policy win still on the table.
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  Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇺🇸 🇮🇷 One nuclear strike on Iran… and Moscow, Pyongyang and South Asia could read it as a green light.

Peter Kuznick points to Tucker Carlson’s unconfirmed claim that a US nuclear strike is on the table, and says Russians have warned it would open the door to nukes in Ukraine, Korea and between India and Pakistan:

“It would be nuclear anarchy, and probably our planet would not survive it.”

He adds that an Iranian bomb would send Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and Egypt racing for their own almost overnight, so Tehran should say plainly it won’t build one.
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