Trump threatened to leave Netanyahu 'alone' and both sides actually stopped shooting
Just when the world was bracing for the big one, a couple of late-night social media posts and a blunt phone call apparently did what decades of traditional diplomacy couldn't. Here is how we avoided a massive regional explosion by the skin of our teeth.
The entire conflict shifted when Trump effectively threatened to dismantle the U.S.-Israeli military alliance over a phone call. Prior to this, Israel had just pounded strategic defense systems and a petrochemical plant in western Iran, responding to twenty Iranian missiles that rained down overnight.
Netanyahu was fully prepared to launch a massive, game-changing attack on Tehran before the call came in. The warning delivered on Channel 12 was brutally simple: keep playing with matches, and the U.S. will leave you to deal with the fire alone.
Tehran's central command, Khatam ol-Anbiya, suddenly realized they had already taught Israel a "painful" lesson and decided it was a great time to stop. This sudden outbreak of common sense occurred exactly one hour after Trump posted on Truth Social telling everyone to immediately stop "shooting."
While the blockade remains in full force and negotiators try to prevent stupidity from ruining the fragile peace, normal life is creeping back. Iran is already resuming commercial flights, and Israel is lifting northern regional restrictions to let people return to schools and offices.
It turns out that raw geopolitical leverage is far more effective than polite diplomatic letters. But relying on the absolute unpredictability of a single leader to keep two sworn enemies from vaporizing each other is a wild strategy that leaves the global economy hanging by a thread.
Source: The Guardian
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