Beau of The Fifth Column

Most of the people we listened to were in full-blown panic mode.

I wish I had better questions, but I saw people in the comments asking if we were still around and thought I better send something just to let you know we were still here.

I'll put the link to the video mentioning his boss because that's one of the funniest below.

Okay, last question first.

We already had the reporting that the Pentagon was building target packages to stay within international law when it comes to civilian infrastructure before he said that.

If the guardrails were going up when it comes to the use of conventional weapons, it seemed really unlikely they'd let him drop a nuke.

It's the funny thing about safeguards.

When they work, nobody knows.

It's only when they fail that people bring them up.

But on to the big question.

Is it over?

We can't say definitively that it is.

There's a whole lot of huge sticking points that could send any negotiations sideways and kick the whole thing off again.

Iran seems more than willing to go back to fighting.

Some of Trump's statements seem like he's demanding things that are going to be absolute non-starters for Iran.

He may also not be aware that he doesn't have the cards to use his term.

Trump is accustomed to dealing with countries that want to deal with the U.S.

Iran doesn't care.

It's going to be a new dynamic for him, and he very well may drop the ball, despite the apparent desperation he has to put this toothpaste back in the tube.

At the same time, Iran has advanced its interests pretty well during the war.