“Is that it?” wrote the Wall St. Journal editorial board about the Trump-Iran truce which masquerades as a “peace deal”. They entitled their editorial “Will Trump Bail Out Iran’s Regime?” .... "Iran has a tremendous advantage over the US in this struggle: They have a competent (although brutal) leadership, whereas the US is led by a shortsighted and easily manipulated megalomaniac whose one and only concern is his own personal advantage. That can be seen in how Netanyahu manipulated Trump into going to war in the first place. .... Old time cold warrior neo-cons like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as well as the WSJ editors criticized the deal as expected. But even by faithful allies like Senators Ted Cruz and Lowell Wicker, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized it. Even Trump’s favorite lap dog, Senator Lindsay Graham, was critical. The next day Trump gave lap-dog Graham (and maybe some others) cover by proposing that Saudi Arabia and Qatar sign on to the Abraham Accord, thereby normalizing relations with Israel. He even suggested that Iran might do likewise. Reverting to his more usual position with his nose firmly embedded in Trump’s ample posterior, Graham said that proposal was “simply brilliant”. A more realistic assessment was offered by David Miller, former advisor to both the Trump and Obama administrations and currently with the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. He said the idea that those countries might sign on to the Abraham Accords was “a hope tethered to a galaxy far, far away instead of the new realities in the gulf.” The most interesting assessment of the deal was offered by the WSJ editor at large, Gerard Baker, in an opinion piece entitled “History Repeats in Iran”. We quote it here at length: “There were no good options. If we’re lucky, the deal in the works may restore the status quo ante in the region… “The worst outcome, in other words, except for all the others.... What are the perspectives for this deal? Iran will drag out negotiations over its nuclear fuel and nuclear enrichment for months on end. At least leading up to November, Trump will posture and brag about how great the negotiations are going and how he is reaching a deal that no US president ever could have reached. Even following the elections, having burned his fingers once, he’s unlikely to put his hand into that flame again. [Regarding Trump's hope that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and even Iran will sign the Abraham Accord, one expert said] said the idea that anybody who thinks those countries might sign on to the Abraham Accords was “tethered to a galaxy far, far away instead of the new realities in the gulf.” It’s possible that the deal could break down at any time, but both Iran nor Trump have an interest in making it work. Iran does so because the economic pressure will be eased while it can continue its nuclear program. Trump has an interest in the price of gas dropping, which he thinks will help him and his cult followers get elected this November. Israel The one fly in the ointment is Israel. Netanyahu will do his level best to draw the US into another war, probably by stepping up his attacks in Lebanon, including invading even further. He will be hoping that Iran will get directly involved, and how can it not? Within Iran itself, the US-Israeli attack has strengthened the regime, just exactly as we said it would. (See our joint statement at the start of the war.) But the heroic freedom movement in Iran has arisen from the ashes time and again. It will do so again. Hopefully, there will be working class support around the world. Anyone who expects broad support from the “socialist” movement is “tethered to a galaxy far, far away.” That will only come after a renewed and independent working class movement starts to breathe some life into a socialist movement based on international working class solidarity. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/05/28/peace-deal-trump-cries-uncle/
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