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Trump called Pakistan nothing but lies and deceit in 2018. Eight years later Vance credited Field Marshal Munir at Bürgenstock. What changed is not Pakistan. It is Washington's need. The bad actor designation expired the moment it arrived.
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Trump set a June deadline for Ukraine. Then launched the Iran war. Abu Dhabi talks cancelled. Deadline passed. Putin waited. He is more confident of winning than he was in January. The Iran war's legacy may not be in the Middle East.
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Trump set a June deadline for Ukraine. Then launched the Iran war. Abu Dhabi talks cancelled. Deadline passed. Putin waited. He is more confident of winning than he was in January. The Iran war's legacy may not be in the Middle East.
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The American vice president cancels a flight. Israeli aircraft operate at the exact hour a ceasefire was supposed to begin. The administration issues no statement — because the memorandum does not bind the party whose conduct it most needs to constrain.
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Trump’s war had four objectives: destroy Iran’s missiles, annihilate its navy, sever its proxies, prevent a nuclear weapon. The MOU addresses none of them. Iran’s government stands. The IRGC operates. 440 kilograms of enriched uranium remain in a mountain.
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"Ships of the World, start your engines," Trump wrote as he announced the Iran deal. By morning, Israel's Defence Minister said the IDF stays in Lebanon without time limit. The Gaza ceasefire lasted 57 days. The Board of Peace held one meeting. The pattern has a name.
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The gap between Nawaf Salam’s credentials and his actual authority is not personal failure. It is built into the Taif Agreement, compounded by three decades of institutional underfunding and the armed realities of 2026.
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