Mara Liason

He is saying that the war is officially terminated, but he's not ruling out future military action.

The war is at a stalemate.

It's been that way for some time.

The bombing of Iran did not cause Iran to renege on their nuclear ambitions, and they seem to have attained a new power that they didn't have or didn't use before the war began, and that's control of the Strait of Hormuz.

There is a U.S.

blockade, but the Revolutionary Guard still controls the waterways.

It's not clear.

Maybe the naval blockade will cause Iran to say, OK, we'll agree to the Americans' terms.

They could start negotiations again.

Or Donald Trump could decide to send in ground troops.

I don't know if a naval blockade is enough to forcibly open the straits.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said recently that if Iran doesn't turn over its enriched uranium, the U.S.

would go in and get it.

But experts say that also would involve ground troops, which could be a red line politically for a lot of voters in the U.S.

It also could be very risky.

I guess another way this gets resolved is that Donald Trump declares victory.

He's already been doing that.

And he leaves Iran without his major political goals accomplished, without Iran giving up its nuclear program.

Maybe the naval blockade will cause Iran to say, OK, we'll agree to the Americans' terms.

They could start negotiations again.