Negotiations between the US and Iran were supposed to begin today in Switzerland, according to the points of the Memorandum of Understanding signed on Wednesday in Versailles. But lo and behold – they were canceled!

The reason is clear: The first point of the memorandum, as a condition for negotiations, requires the establishment of a complete ceasefire in Lebanon, which the Israeli side, of course, did not respect. It was easy to guess, since Netanyahu himself had stated that he would not withdraw from Lebanon. The tail will not stop wagging the dog as long as he feels he can – and Israel has almost complete US Congress in its pocket!

In a previous article titled ‘Deal theater’, we published the unverified 14 points of the memorandum that were released to the public by the Iranian Mehr news agency. It turned out that the text – with some linguistic changes that may have been caused by translation – was mostly accurate. Yesterday, Rick Sanchez received a confirmed English text of the Memorandum of Understanding, and he read it on his show. You can watch that part from the 16th minute:

Before we get to the commentary, let me first clarify: This is a Memorandum – a non-binding document that merely sets out the terms of the negotiations, a list of topics to be discussed, and a timeframe for the negotiations. Anyone who sees this as some kind of peace settlement is far from the truth.

As worded, it undoubtedly represents a clear victory for Iran – at this stage of the war.

This devastating Memorandum was forced upon Trump by the sole reason that it was no longer possible for the Zionist coalition to conduct military operations against Iran!

The problem, however, is that Trump doesn't decide anything. Theoretically, he could easily end the war in the Middle East by cutting off military aid to Israel, but he will never do so because it would anger his Zionist sponsors, corporations from the military/industrial complex, corrupt congressmen, and above all his boss, Mileikowsky – also known as Benjamin Netanyahu. And if we look at what is really happening on the ground, we see that Israel’s arming continues at an accelerated pace.

Trump has no choice – he himself said that oil reserves are running low and that they will only last for about four weeks, after which the US will not be able to support itself, let alone an expensive and futile war in the Middle East.

War and peace, however, are decided by the worst psychopaths in the Israeli government, and they would not mind the collapse of the American empire, nor the sacrifice of a comical and criminal presidential puppet. They will easily replace him with another puppet, and it is easier for them to imagine a nuclear strike than defeat:

And when J. D. Vance asked a simple question… “What is your exact proposal?” Vance told the New York Times on Thursday, responding to Israeli hardliners critical of the agreement. “You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”

…Ben Gvir responded with an allusion to the nuclear ending of World War II:

And all of this puts Trump in an unenviable position – all the tragic consequences of a lost war and an economic crisis will fall on him. And the question is how his fragile, narcissistic ego will handle it. In such a state, it is not ruled out that he will join the crowd of psychopaths who see the only solution in a Great War. Therefore, the Memorandum of Understaning is neither a capitulation nor a peace plan.

It is only Trump’s desperate attempt to get out of the predicament that reality has mercilessly presented to his poor intellect. And it is doomed…