No more Mr. Nice Guy!

Rule 10 Submission Statement: The ceasefire never really existed in the first place. I don't care what they said. It was a game that they were both playing. They both knew it was leading to nothing. Iran violated the ceasefire. Israel violated the ceasefire. The United States violated the ceasefire. It was always going to start up again.

The funny thing is that this clown doesn't seem to understand that a blockade, under international law, is an act of belligerence and aggression, period. In some cases, it can be an act of war. The United States violated the ceasefire with the blockade, that he is so proud of…despite letting a Chinese-owned vessel slip past it.

He's back to threatening power plants in Iran? That's bad news for the GCC countries, because their power plants are on the menu, too. Iran will hit the power grids in the GCC and Israel as well; you can count on that. But that's not the point here…the point that people need to pay attention to is that, when you read between the lines, the United States is essentially admitting that they are out of valid military targets to hit in Iran.

In almost two months of bombing, the United States has bombed every above ground, high value, military target they can find, in Iran. If they are down to hitting power plants (which is a war crime due to the disproportionate effect it will have on civilians vs military) it is because they don't know what else to do.

Yet…Iran will continue firing missiles. How can that be? Because Iran has known for the better part of the last two decades that this war was coming and that the United States would utilize an extensive air campaign against them. They decentralized and went underground. Iran has vast missile cities capable of producing, storing, and launching their munitions. Iran has 31 autonomous military districts.

For anyone who still isn't convinced, here is a historical lesson: in 1944, during WWII, despite being the heaviest period of allied bombing against Germany, their production of Messerschmitt fighter production peaked. The Germans production scaled with the allied bombing. The notion that you can just bomb your enemy into submission has almost no historical backing to showcase success.

Regarding the bit about the "United States loses nothing" and how great it is that all of these tankers are coming to the United States to "load up" – the Strait of Hormuz amounted to 20% of the worlds oil. Even at completely maxed out production, the United States cannot close that gap and make up the difference for the loss of that oil due to the Strait of Hormuz being closed. It will have a global effect that the United States will feel, at home, as well.

A bit of cold water…this will create energy bidding wars here at home, in the states, that will absolutely drive our domestic gas prices up. Just because it's extracted here, doesn't mean it's going to be cheaper. Oil is a global commodity.

Tl;dr: There will be no deal. The war is not only going to continue, it is about to enter a new level of escalation, as was planned from the beginning. Buckle up.