Guest Post by Eric Peters
Thanksgiving is not far away – and it’s possible something else isn’t either.
The other day, Trump fired JD Vance – not as his vice president (yet) but as his emissary to the Iranians. Vance has been exiled to looking into “fraud” domestically. He doesn’t need to look hard in that case. He’s beens standing next to him for the past two-plus years now. The point is that Trump’s firing of Vance is significant – not because Vance was the emissary but because of what he said after the midterm repudiation of Trump’s war. Vance – to his credit – said it was exactly that and that’s what got him fired. He did not say the war is worth it because Iran Can Never Be Allowed to Have a Nuclear Weapon. He said it was what caused the coalition that got him and Trump elected to fall apart.
Trump did not like that at all – because Trump does not like anyone who does not toe the line. His line. Said another way, Trump does not like anyone who isn’t a toady or (better yet) in full rabid agreement with him about everything. Hegseth, for instance. And – of course – Nosferatu (i.e., Stephen Miller). These men are not toadies. They are full-on sociopaths and so get on well with Trump.
All three agree that the war must go on. That means it must be resumed. JD Vance’s firing was a clue it is going to be resumed, probably soon because the current pause cannot go on for much longer. There are now three aircraft carriers in the area – for the first time since 2003 – which is another clue that the war is about to resume. You don’t send armadas to not go to war.
The Iranians aren’t budging. They have reiterated their terms and conditions, which they have repeatedly said must be met before they will discuss anything further.
“We have asked the Americans to provide a clear and unambiguous response to our conditions, but (…) their response is deceptive,” said Mohsen Rezaee the other day. Rezaee is the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. He also said: “All claims made by the U.S. regarding the continuation of negotiations with Iran and the holding of a meeting in Qatar are lies. They are aimed at reducing economic pressure and lowering oil prices. This includes me meeting with the US Vice President, which is completely false and baseless.”
Trump will never agree to Iran’s terms and conditions.
That means a resumption of the war is inevitable.
“The Strait of Hormuz” – which the effronterous oaf insists is open – “will not be reopened until Iran’s 7 conditions are met,” Rezaee concluded.
The effronterous oaf, meanwhile, insists the war is won. He’s right. Just wrong about which side won.
Further clues about what’s coming can be divined in the form of the pretexts being offered up, including supposed threats on Trump regime personages such as Scott Bessent as well as the “concern” being “expressed” in (or rather, from) certain quarters about an “information gap” regarding “underground enrichment” and a “serious proliferation concern” on account of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) being unable to verify the status of what the Iranians are doing since June of 2025.
Of course, “verification” hasn’t been possible on account of the war. Prior to the war, the Iranians allowed inspections and Iran was in full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Now the Iranians are being gaslit about what they’re up to. Probably, they are up to something. If you were in their shoes, wouldn’t you be? Iran got attacked; it was not the other way around. Its leaders and negotiators were assassinated. It fought back – and this is taken in some deranged quarters as justification for attacking them some more. The expectation seems to be that when Uncle (and Israel) throw down, the target must lay down.
Look what you made us do, they scream!
Each day that passes, the chances of the war going hot again increase. Not so much because of the Democrats coming (their leaders are just as beholden to the same interests – which are not America’s – as Trump and his GOP golems are) but because each day that passes gets us closer to winter and the effects of $6 per gallon diesel, which are going to be felt not so much at the pump but at the grocery store and every other store. The price of gas has come down a bit but diesel will have to come down a lot and it is probably already too late for that.
The consequences of $6 per gallon diesel are baked in, as the saying goes.
The lame duck GOP congress does nothing, of course – except to make matters worse. Democrats aren’t going to make it any better, either. That augurs ominously for bad times coming.
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Thanksgiving is not far away – and it’s possible something else isn’t either.
The other day, Trump fired JD Vance – not as his vice president (yet) but as his emissary to the Iranians. Vance has been exiled to looking into “fraud” domestically. He doesn’t need to look hard in that case. He’s beens standing next to him for the past two-plus years now. The point is that Trump’s firing of Vance is significant – not because Vance was the emissary but because of what he said after the midterm repudiation of Trump’s war. Vance – to his credit – said it was exactly that and that’s what got him fired. He did not say the war is worth it because Iran Can Never Be Allowed to Have a Nuclear Weapon. He said it was what caused the coalition that got him and Trump elected to fall apart.
Trump did not like that at all – because Trump does not like anyone who does not toe the line. His line. Said another way, Trump does not like anyone who isn’t a toady or (better yet) in full rabid agreement with him about everything. Hegseth, for instance. And – of course – Nosferatu (i.e., Stephen Miller). These men are not toadies. They are full-on sociopaths and so get on well with Trump.
All three agree that the war must go on. That means it must be resumed. JD Vance’s firing was a clue it is going to be resumed, probably soon because the current pause cannot go on for much longer. There are now three aircraft carriers in the area – for the first time since 2003 – which is another clue that the war is about to resume. You don’t send armadas to not go to war.
The Iranians aren’t budging. They have reiterated their terms and conditions, which they have repeatedly said must be met before they will discuss anything further.
“We have asked the Americans to provide a clear and unambiguous response to our conditions, but (…) their response is deceptive,” said Mohsen Rezaee the other day. Rezaee is the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. He also said: “All claims made by the U.S. regarding the continuation of negotiations with Iran and the holding of a meeting in Qatar are lies. They are aimed at reducing economic pressure and lowering oil prices. This includes me meeting with the US Vice President, which is completely false and baseless.”
Trump will never agree to Iran’s terms and conditions.
That means a resumption of the war is inevitable.
“The Strait of Hormuz” – which the effronterous oaf insists is open – “will not be reopened until Iran’s 7 conditions are met,” Rezaee concluded.
The effronterous oaf, meanwhile, insists the war is won. He’s right. Just wrong about which side won.
Further clues about what’s coming can be divined in the form of the pretexts being offered up, including supposed threats on Trump regime personages such as Scott Bessent as well as the “concern” being “expressed” in (or rather, from) certain quarters about an “information gap” regarding “underground enrichment” and a “serious proliferation concern” on account of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) being unable to verify the status of what the Iranians are doing since June of 2025.
Of course, “verification” hasn’t been possible on account of the war. Prior to the war, the Iranians allowed inspections and Iran was in full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Now the Iranians are being gaslit about what they’re up to. Probably, they are up to something. If you were in their shoes, wouldn’t you be? Iran got attacked; it was not the other way around. Its leaders and negotiators were assassinated. It fought back – and this is taken in some deranged quarters as justification for attacking them some more. The expectation seems to be that when Uncle (and Israel) throw down, the target must lay down.
Look what you made us do, they scream!
Each day that passes, the chances of the war going hot again increase. Not so much because of the Democrats coming (their leaders are just as beholden to the same interests – which are not America’s – as Trump and his GOP golems are) but because each day that passes gets us closer to winter and the effects of $6 per gallon diesel, which are going to be felt not so much at the pump but at the grocery store and every other store. The price of gas has come down a bit but diesel will have to come down a lot and it is probably already too late for that.
The consequences of $6 per gallon diesel are baked in, as the saying goes.
The lame duck GOP congress does nothing, of course – except to make matters worse. Democrats aren’t going to make it any better, either. That augurs ominously for bad times coming.
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