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Iran claims victory, says it forced US to accept 10-point plan (www.cnn.com)

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 131 points 5 months ago

As part of the plan, the US has in principle agreed to lift all primary and secondary sanctions against Iran and to withdraw US combat forces from all bases in the region, the council said according to state media.

Yeah… none of this will happen. I hate Trump and this illegal war is abhorrent. That said, if you take Iranian state media at face value I have a bridge to sell you.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 100 points 5 months ago

That is a huge issue today... American state media and Iran state media are basically guaranteed to be lying.

If you add the complete capitulation of journalism in general, there is not a single source of information that can actually be trusted.

I guess we MAY see what actually happened based on what reality displays

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 15 points 5 months ago

Yeah, none of that is at all possible, but I have to hand it to Iran saying it. They know Trump just makes shit up, so they made some shit up. Now the US can confirm, deny, or be silent. Confirm? Win. Deny? Nobody believes the US anymore. Silence is weakness and/or confirmation.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 18 points 5 months ago

It's exactly a Trump negotiation tactic. Just state your wishlist as fact, let the other side sputter and deny, then call them names and walk all over them while they look weak and unreliable. Iran watched and learned.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Or do one even better and stay silent while also threatening any media outlets that report the terms. Now you get weakness, confirmation, and lying all in one package with a ribbon bow on top.

[-] KnitWit@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

My thoughts exactly. There are multiple points in the plan that I just can’t see as being tenable long-term. The readiness the US accepted it sounds like a delay to either get the stock market back up or for those Marines to get across the ocean. I doubt the ceasefire makes it the full two weeks.

[-] Soulg@ani.social 7 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately Iran is less untrustworthy than the US at this moment, even though they're both definitely lying

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

The announcement must have came via ai Lego diss track. People seem pretty enamored with those

[-] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Win the meme battle, win the war.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If the past decade has taught me anything it is that meme magic is real

[-] mech@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

In the olden days, meme magic was called propaganda, and yes, it works if done correctly.

[-] leoj@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I read that as Lego DLSS track and was hella confused for a minute.

[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

To a degree it's already happened. US forces retreated from a lot of bases when they started getting drone attacks. So they'd have to actively move back to the Iranian border regions.

The sanctions and the rest will be a whole bigger thing that probably won't happen in full.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Don't know if its true or not but I heard a lot of the bases have been bombed into oblivion at this point.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I have a bridge to sell you.

I recognize that as some part of a saying indicating someone is gullible, but don't actually know the source. I know this is off-topic, but where does this come from?

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I love etymology, so I looked it up:

In reference to George C. Parker, an infamous conman who successfully duped his victims into “buying” the Brooklyn Bridge.

Per wikitionary

[-] goosehorse@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I'm sure the OED has the correct answer, but here's a a source about a similar aphorism.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Not really concerned about the sanctions, no one should be doing buisness with the US or US affiliated countries anyways, but the US withdrawing would be really swell.

[-] venusaur@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Yeah. Dummies hate Trump so much they blindly believe and support anybody in opposition to him.

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