Well, That Was a Short Ceasefire!

 

Seen here for essential background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2025/06/london-anti-geoengineering-rally.html.
Events are moving very quickly. Almost as soon as I finished last night's "confession" livestream the news broke that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire. Once again I didn't hear the news until the morning and when I did I gasped. Surely this couldn't be possible considering the terrible escalation on both sides, plus the revolting and disappointing American intervention. The missile attack on the US Al Udeid base in Qatar was exactly what I was afraid would happen and I expected to wake up to news of more exchanges of fire between US and Iranian forces. Instead President Trump had announced that there was now a "complete and total" ceasefire. This would hopefully lead to a restart of negotiations and ultimately an end to the war. This looked above board, with Iranian state media boasting that they had "imposed it on the enemy" and Israel going along contingent on no further Iranian attacks. Yet literally within hours both sides began accusing the other of breaking the ceasefire and announcing retaliatory action. Israel claimed Iran carried out a deadly strike in Beersheba that killed four people. Iran denied this and said they had not opened fire at all after the time the ceasefire came into effect. Iran accused Israel of striking a radar complex near Tehran in violation of the truce. I think the problem might be that nobody is currently running Iran at the moment. The Islamic Republican authorities have fled the capital, according to many need reports. If the ceasefire was broken it was probably because a military staff member decided to without authorization. Alternatively Israel might have initiated the renewed hostilities to take advantage of Iran's interregnum. Trump was so frustrated by this that he broke a political taboo and swore at some news reporters. "They don't know what the fuck they're doing!" he grumbled. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZPbT0rn8E. Trump's loss of composure is out of character, but maybe he deserves it for breaking his promise to everybody who voted for him by meddling in a foreign regional conflict. The fact that he managed to get the two sides to shake hands informally with their fingers crossed behind their backs is not good enough to redeem him. Could the US president do anything that could persuade me to reboard the Trump train? Yes, of course; but he would really have to start delivering significantly. As I said in the livestream, he would have to expose the truth about the corruption in past US interference and take legal action against those responsible. He would also have to pledge that this was a turning point in American foreign policy and that such trite and derivative presidential decisions are over for good. This was a part of his election campaign after all.
See here for more background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/01/donald-trump-portal.html.