Dave Smith

This is a ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States of America.

This is a whole different thing over here.

See, all of a sudden, Hezbollah and Iran aren't the same thing.

Now, of course, the reason we got to fight Iran is because Hezbollah killed some Americans or something like that.

But when convenient, they're not the same thing.

When convenient, they are the same thing.

But so then Iran responded by saying, oh, OK, well, then Strait of Hormuz is not open.

So already, it seems like some ships have been denied access.

We're less than 24 hours into this, at least as of the time I'm recording, maybe not when you're listening, and already fundamentals are breaking down.

Fundamental pillars of this even most basic structure of a potential ceasefire.

And then the question does arise,

You know, the question is like, because the way Donald Trump framed it, at least, was, you know, that there's two weeks in which to make a deal.

and that'll be you know if how long can we even keep this going to have some negotiations here and are we really to believe that there's going to be some type of d i mean i obviously for this to actually be put in a deal you'd have to assume there'll be

there'll be some pretty major concessions from the starting point of those 10 pillars, right?

Like, I don't think any of us really think America's just leaving the region and that's the deal.

I don't see how Donald Trump could do that.

Then again, there is also something that's really been exposed by Iran about, well, the power of the U.S.

military empire, right?

You know, the thing about governments, and this is true about even very powerful empires, is they do develop atrophy.

And even really big, strong ones, you know, we're in a position where it's like, I forget who said it.