US and Iran swap air strikes after peace talks fail over a memo
So much for diplomacy. Just when everyone hoped Washington and Tehran might actually talk things out, we are right back to blowing stuff up in the Middle East.
We were so close to some actual, adult diplomacy. The US and Iran were sitting down, trying to figure out how to not start a massive conflict in the Strait of Hormuz—which is basically the world's most stressful shipping lane.
But instead of a breakthrough, the peace talks collapsed over a dispute about a memorandum of understanding. Yes, a literal piece of paper. Because they couldn't agree on the phrasing, three American service members ended up dead, and we are now on our ninth consecutive day of airstrikes.
Nothing says "successful international relations" quite like replacing a failed Google Doc edit with a week and a half of non-stop bombing.
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