[Updated at far bottom]
But the dumber than Donald Dumb is Ben-Yamin Netanyahu who thought he could insert his hand up the caudal aperture of the world's village idiot, the American president, and use him like a hand puppet by inciting him to war with Iran. At first, the village idiot went along the idea, an idea that five former presidents, both democrats and republicans, had rejected. But like a textbook example of a mentally-challenged idiot, the village idiot soon began smelling the stench of being played by the Zionist lobby and Netanyahu.
For one thing, the war did not go as planned by the Zionists who thought they were guided by Moses leading the Hebrews and that Yahweh will open the Arabian-Persian Sea and and allow "his people" to smash the Iranians and conquer the new promised land like they did with Palestine the first time some 3,000 years ago, by massacring every man, woman, child and beast.
Then, with a war going nowhere and getting more complicated with new problems that neither the Idiot-in-Chief and his scintillating intelligence people nor his smartass Zionist handlers anticipated, the dumbass president began losing his patience and backtracking on all the superlative-laden hifalutin threats and promises he initially was instructed to believe by his "friends" in the Zionist colony in Palestine.
Then, there is the problem of Lebanon and its Iranian Hezbollah militia. The Zionists have had over some 6 decades to fight an on-off war against the "resistance" and "liberation" BS of the Palestinians first then Hezbollah now. Of all the thousands of miles of border between Israel and the Arab countries, only the 75 miles (120 Km) long border with Lebanon has been assigned as the only active front line between Israel and the entire Arab-Muslim world for the liberation of Palestine, and that is only because Lebanon is half-Muslim, half-Christian. In other words, the Arabs and Muslims felt that if they had to sacrifice one of them in their sublime quest to throw the "alien" Israelis into the sea, it will be the other "alien" in their midst, Christian-led Lebanon. They all made peace (Egypt, Jordan) or signed Abraham Accords (UAE, Sudan, Bahrain...) or even ignored the fact that Israel occupied and annexed a huge chunk of their territory (Syria and its stolen Golan Heights), but they can't let go of Lebanon as their sacrificial lamb.
At this time, Donald Dumb knows he was bamboozled by Netanyahu and he is lashing out. He is desperate to "close" the chapter of the war before the midterms, both because of its unpopularity and because the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent the global economy - and the US domestic economy - into a spiral of high energy prices, rising inflation and major disruptions in the supply chains.
Since the narcissistic dumbass will never admit his own failure, he is now blaming the Israelis who thought they could count on the village idiot to let them attain their most fantastic dream of annihilating Hezbollah and its threats to the northern Israeli villages. They want to continue their rampage through Lebanon regardless of the memorandum of understanding signed by Trump with the Iranians who insist of making implementation of their MoU with Trump contingent on ending the Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.
Still very murky situation, because the MoU is very vague on what happens in Lebanon. Potential settlements there could range from a cessation of hostilities with everyone staying put, to a cessation of hostilities PLUS a withdrawal of Israeli forces, or a cessation of hostilities PLUS a return of Hezbollah within shooting range of Israel, and will any Israeli withdrawal be a full withdrawal back to the Blue Line? Or a withdrawal to some 10 kilometers north of the border such that Israel maintains an occupation zone inside Lebanon?
The Iranians say one thing, and of course they want everything: A full Israeli withdrawal and a restoration of Hezbollah to its former status without surrendering its weapons (as everyone else, including the Americans, the Zionists and the Lebanese government say they want). Netanyahu promised his people he will exterminate and annihilate Hezbollah, but it is apparent he can't unless he launches a massive land invasion, like the one by Ariel Sharon in 1982 to dislodge the PLO. But it seems that the world has changed and land invasions are not cool anymore. Even the Americans have learned from their many invasion debacles of the past several decades (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia...), and as we see before our eyes, Trump's America would not invade Iran to bring it down to its knees because such a venture would be too expensive in treasure and life and it just plainly doesn't really work.
Meanwhile, the Americans are still propping up the Lebanese government as a worthy party with whom to negotiate on the matter of Hezbollah. Whether by stupidity or lack of other options, the Americans negotiate with a Lebanese government that has long been a slave of Hezbollah and whose decisions they know are not binding to Hezbollah.
But Donald Dumb, like most American policymakers, find it difficult to understand the complexities of the region, When you hail from a country whose borders were drawn by a pencil and a ruler on a piece of paper, it is just impossible to comprehend borders drawn by thousands of years of history. So they rush to oversimplify and use a reductionist approach to solving such problems. Donald Dumb just wants the world to stop talking about his war with Iran because it casts a shadow over his chances at the midterms. So he throws the Israelis under the bus. He can't throw the Arabs or the Iranians under the bus because they have lots of oil and his eyes roll like a slot machine's pay line when he smells money.
Donald Dumb wants the Israelis to abandon their decades-old dream of ending the threat against their northern border. Just like that. That is at least what we hear on the news. But there could be a good cop-bad cop game that Donald Dumb and Netanyahu are playing just to get the Great Moron over the finish line in November, after which they can go back to warmongering. We just don't know.
For now, it is the turn of the Zionists to shriek in distress because Trump wants them to stop what they are doing in Lebanon. They must be asking themselves, how many times do we have to wage endless wars in southern Lebanon? This is a good opportunity to end the problem. We don't want to wait another decade or two and repeat the same thing. Why did Netanyahu rely on an unpredictable moron now reneging on his Judeo-Christian love for us?
Until the barbarian Zionist settlers decide what to do, they are fighting among each other as to how to respond to their village idiot's sudden backlash and rebellion. They thought they could always count on the Americans to be dumb and follow their caprice, thanks to AIPAC in DC. But they are discovering that what is worse than your standard dumb American is a dumb-and-ugly weirdo American like Donald Trump who is already setting up a $300 billion fund to rebuild what he destroyed in Iran!
Meanwhile, Arabs and Muslims are celebrating Iran's "victory" in repelling the US-Israel attack. Should the Zionists relent and agree to also "lose" in south Lebanon (like the US "lost" in Iran) by obeying their breastfeeding American mother and give Hezbollah another "divine victory"? Or should they disobey and risk America's love which they thought was undying and eternal?
The retreat of the US from the Iran front and its badly cooked memorandum of understanding could be a mine of misunderstandings in the coming weeks and months. I bet you the Great Moron would have forgotten everything he may have learned during the upcoming 60 days of "technical" negotiations which in fact have nothing technical about them: They will be negotiating the real issues which they pushed down the road: Nuclear Iran, ballistic missiles, release of withheld Iranian funds...
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Israel issues new Lebanon occupation map, in talks with US over deployment
By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub
Thu, June 18, 2026
A map published by the Israeli army-IDF, indicates the Security zone in which IDF soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters on June 18, 2026 Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
JERUSALEM, June 18 (Reuters) - Israel's military published a map on Thursday showing an expanded zone of control for its troops in southern Lebanon, as Israeli officials told Reuters Israel was holding talks with the U.S. over continuing its deployment.
An interim pact signed on Wednesday to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran calls for an end to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and for parties to ensure "the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon."
Israel has rejected calls to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon, which it invaded in March in response to rocket fire by the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. Israeli attacks and the destruction of villages have killed thousands and set off a displacement crisis.
Hezbollah has continued to launch attacks on Israeli positions in the south this week, including with explosive drones that have killed and injured troops.
Two Israeli officials, including a senior official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel was holding talks with the U.S. over maintaining its troop deployment in southern Lebanon. The senior official described those talks as "stubborn".
The military, which in April published a map marking its so-called buffer zone in southern Lebanon, released a new map that shows its troops are operating several kilometres deeper into the country, including near the Hezbollah stronghold of Nabatieh north of the Litani River.
Israeli troops have been operating in some of those areas for several weeks, but the military had not yet published a map showing the expanded zone of control.
In the map published on Thursday, the military described the territory, marked in dark red, as: "The security zone in which IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon".
IRAN DEAL HAS EXPOSED TENSIONS BETWEEN NETANYAHU, TRUMP
Netanyahu and Donald Trump have repeatedly clashed in recent weeks as the U.S. president sought to extricate himself from the war against Iran he jointly launched with his longtime Israeli ally.
Israeli officials have voiced anger with the U.S.-Iran pact, which the two signed on Wednesday, saying it didn't go far enough to address Israeli concerns over Iran's nuclear program and would tie down their military operations in Lebanon.
Trump has made no secret of his frustration with Netanyahu and has criticized Israel's military actions in Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt Hezbollah militants.
The two Israeli officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive talks with Washington, said Israel would not back down on its position that its troops would remain deployed in Lebanon.
One of the officials said the outcome of the talks would ultimately depend on whether Trump "decides to force the issue" by threatening repercussions if Israel does not abide by the interim pact's terms.
There has been no indication that Trump's commentary will translate into concrete actions -- such as withholding military aid or slowing arms shipments -- that could force Israel to rethink its military tactics.
Israel describes the territory it has seized in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria as "buffer zones" between it and its enemies, a core facet of Israel's recent security policy.
The Iran war pact appeared to leave Israel with some "wiggle room", said Jonathan Rynhold, a senior researcher at Israel's Bar-Ilan University.
"The reference to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon certainly implies that Israel will have to withdraw," he said.
"However, it also implies that Hezbollah should not be able to hold weapons because that is a threat to the sovereignty of the government of Lebanon."
(Reporting by Pesha Magid, Rami Ayyub and Jana Choukeir; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
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Israel issues new Lebanon occupation map, in talks with US over deployment
By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub
Thu, June 18, 2026
A map published by the Israeli army-IDF, indicates the Security zone in which IDF soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters on June 18, 2026 Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
JERUSALEM, June 18 (Reuters) - Israel's military published a map on Thursday showing an expanded zone of control for its troops in southern Lebanon, as Israeli officials told Reuters Israel was holding talks with the U.S. over continuing its deployment.
An interim pact signed on Wednesday to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran calls for an end to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and for parties to ensure "the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon."
Israel has rejected calls to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon, which it invaded in March in response to rocket fire by the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. Israeli attacks and the destruction of villages have killed thousands and set off a displacement crisis.
Hezbollah has continued to launch attacks on Israeli positions in the south this week, including with explosive drones that have killed and injured troops.
Two Israeli officials, including a senior official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel was holding talks with the U.S. over maintaining its troop deployment in southern Lebanon. The senior official described those talks as "stubborn".
The military, which in April published a map marking its so-called buffer zone in southern Lebanon, released a new map that shows its troops are operating several kilometres deeper into the country, including near the Hezbollah stronghold of Nabatieh north of the Litani River.
Israeli troops have been operating in some of those areas for several weeks, but the military had not yet published a map showing the expanded zone of control.
In the map published on Thursday, the military described the territory, marked in dark red, as: "The security zone in which IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon".
IRAN DEAL HAS EXPOSED TENSIONS BETWEEN NETANYAHU, TRUMP
Netanyahu and Donald Trump have repeatedly clashed in recent weeks as the U.S. president sought to extricate himself from the war against Iran he jointly launched with his longtime Israeli ally.
Israeli officials have voiced anger with the U.S.-Iran pact, which the two signed on Wednesday, saying it didn't go far enough to address Israeli concerns over Iran's nuclear program and would tie down their military operations in Lebanon.
Trump has made no secret of his frustration with Netanyahu and has criticized Israel's military actions in Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary to bomb entire apartment buildings to hunt Hezbollah militants.
The two Israeli officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive talks with Washington, said Israel would not back down on its position that its troops would remain deployed in Lebanon.
One of the officials said the outcome of the talks would ultimately depend on whether Trump "decides to force the issue" by threatening repercussions if Israel does not abide by the interim pact's terms.
There has been no indication that Trump's commentary will translate into concrete actions -- such as withholding military aid or slowing arms shipments -- that could force Israel to rethink its military tactics.
Israel describes the territory it has seized in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria as "buffer zones" between it and its enemies, a core facet of Israel's recent security policy.
The Iran war pact appeared to leave Israel with some "wiggle room", said Jonathan Rynhold, a senior researcher at Israel's Bar-Ilan University.
"The reference to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon certainly implies that Israel will have to withdraw," he said.
"However, it also implies that Hezbollah should not be able to hold weapons because that is a threat to the sovereignty of the government of Lebanon."
(Reporting by Pesha Magid, Rami Ayyub and Jana Choukeir; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
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The Great American Moron just declared that the Iranian government, with whom he negotiated his ramshackle memorandum of misunderstandings, represents a "regime change". He obviously wants to claim that his war caused a regime change, which his herd of MAGA morons will accept because they are morons. But replacing an aging ayatollah with his ayatollah son while maintaining the entire Islamic Theocracy hierarchy in place does not constitute a regime change. Only dumb ignorant MAGA fools will believe the Great Moron's lies.Meanwhile, the Trump administration is revealing its deep antisemitic sentiments toward the State of Israel, as statements below by JD Vance indicate. Where art thou, AIPAC?
US lifts naval blockade as Iran's supreme leader says Trump made deal 'out of desperation'
Vicky Wong
Fri, June 19, 2026
[ISNA/WANA/Reuters]
The US has dropped its naval blockade of Iran after the two countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East.
US Central Command confirmed the end of the blockade on X "in accordance with the President's direction", and said some US vessels would remain "in the general area".
Soon afterwards, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said he had approved the deal with the US despite having a "different view", without elaborating. He said he allowed it to go ahead after assurances from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian that he would "protect the rights of the Iranian nation".
Khamenei said President Trump had "out of desperation, used all kinds of leverage" to bring the deal about.
The supreme leader said that while there would be "in-person negotiations in the future" between Tehran and Washington, this "will not mean acceptance of the enemy's position".
This is the first time Khamenei has responded to the agreement. He has not been seen in public since he took office in March following the killing of his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the 28 February US-Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the regional war.
Trump did not directly respond to Khamanei's statement, but posted on Truth Social that he expects a ceasefire to take effect "on all fronts", including between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that he expects countries in the Middle East to "maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations" to take place.
The US-Iran deal centres around 14 core points, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a requirement that Iran should never have a nuclear weapon, and a commitment to a $300bn (£227bn) fund for the "reconstruction and economic development" of the country - although the US is not required to contribute.
It also binds both sides to achieving a final deal in a "maximum" of 60 days, which could be extended with mutual consent. [How does that piece of garbage of a MoU stipulate an oxymoronic "extendable maximum" of 60 days is beyond comprehension]
The official signing ceremony had been set to take place in Switzerland on Friday. However, mediator Pakistan told the BBC it had been cancelled because the deal had already been signed remotely. US and Iranian representatives are still expected to meet in Switzerland for further talks.
A White House spokesperson said on Thursday evening that the US Vice-President JD Vance would not be departing tonight.
Speaking to reporters at a White House briefing earlier, Vance said the deal had come into effect, triggering the 60-day period of further talks, and that he would likely head to Switzerland for "technical negotiations".
He did not confirm when, adding that Iran was "not an easy country to get out of" and that they were "trying to figure out exactly when that was going to happen".
The White House spokesperson said the US was "looking forward to beginning technical talks as soon as possible".
Trump's decision to end the war with Iran has raised criticism from some in the US, including Republicans dismayed by the terms of the deal - especially the provision of a reconstruction fund for Iran.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy described the agreement as the "worst foreign policy blunder in decades".
"Iran's nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works," he said.
Vance defended the deal on Thursday, saying that Iran will not receive money or sanctions relief unless it meets obligations set out in the agreement.
He said the deal, known as the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), requires Iran to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, and show it will not fund proxy groups in the region.
Vance also castigated members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet for criticising the Iran deal, saying they should "wake up and smell the reality".
"If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world," the vice-president told reporters. [The dumb American VP is this admitting that the US is the only country around the world that supports the Zionist colony in Palestine and enables it to continue its rape of Palestine].
In an interview with the New York Times also published on Thursday, Vance named Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich as critics of the deal.
He said: "I guess my response to them would be - what is your exact proposal? You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have."
Iran's supreme leader publicly responded to the US-Iran deal for the first time after it was signed [EPA]
Netanyahu himself stressed the importance of maintaining Israel's close ties with the US on Thursday, saying Washington had stood "shoulder to shoulder" with the country during the war with Iran.
But both Israel and Hezbollah have carried out strikes against each other since the US-Iran agreement was announced, including strikes reported in Lebanon on Thursday that killed three people.
Israel argues its conflict against Hezbollah is separate from its war on Iran. Hezbollah has also rejected the terms of the deal between Iran and the US.
Vance told reporters that Israel would have to respect the peace process with Iran, which he said was good for them, stating that attacks in Lebanon's capital Beirut that kill civilians are "not acceptable".
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US lifts naval blockade as Iran's supreme leader says Trump made deal 'out of desperation'
Vicky Wong
Fri, June 19, 2026
[ISNA/WANA/Reuters]
The US has dropped its naval blockade of Iran after the two countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East.
US Central Command confirmed the end of the blockade on X "in accordance with the President's direction", and said some US vessels would remain "in the general area".
Soon afterwards, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said he had approved the deal with the US despite having a "different view", without elaborating. He said he allowed it to go ahead after assurances from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian that he would "protect the rights of the Iranian nation".
Khamenei said President Trump had "out of desperation, used all kinds of leverage" to bring the deal about.
The supreme leader said that while there would be "in-person negotiations in the future" between Tehran and Washington, this "will not mean acceptance of the enemy's position".
This is the first time Khamenei has responded to the agreement. He has not been seen in public since he took office in March following the killing of his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the 28 February US-Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the regional war.
Trump did not directly respond to Khamanei's statement, but posted on Truth Social that he expects a ceasefire to take effect "on all fronts", including between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that he expects countries in the Middle East to "maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations" to take place.
The US-Iran deal centres around 14 core points, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a requirement that Iran should never have a nuclear weapon, and a commitment to a $300bn (£227bn) fund for the "reconstruction and economic development" of the country - although the US is not required to contribute.
It also binds both sides to achieving a final deal in a "maximum" of 60 days, which could be extended with mutual consent. [How does that piece of garbage of a MoU stipulate an oxymoronic "extendable maximum" of 60 days is beyond comprehension]
The official signing ceremony had been set to take place in Switzerland on Friday. However, mediator Pakistan told the BBC it had been cancelled because the deal had already been signed remotely. US and Iranian representatives are still expected to meet in Switzerland for further talks.
A White House spokesperson said on Thursday evening that the US Vice-President JD Vance would not be departing tonight.
Speaking to reporters at a White House briefing earlier, Vance said the deal had come into effect, triggering the 60-day period of further talks, and that he would likely head to Switzerland for "technical negotiations".
He did not confirm when, adding that Iran was "not an easy country to get out of" and that they were "trying to figure out exactly when that was going to happen".
The White House spokesperson said the US was "looking forward to beginning technical talks as soon as possible".
Trump's decision to end the war with Iran has raised criticism from some in the US, including Republicans dismayed by the terms of the deal - especially the provision of a reconstruction fund for Iran.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy described the agreement as the "worst foreign policy blunder in decades".
"Iran's nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works," he said.
Vance defended the deal on Thursday, saying that Iran will not receive money or sanctions relief unless it meets obligations set out in the agreement.
He said the deal, known as the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), requires Iran to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, and show it will not fund proxy groups in the region.
Vance also castigated members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet for criticising the Iran deal, saying they should "wake up and smell the reality".
"If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world," the vice-president told reporters. [The dumb American VP is this admitting that the US is the only country around the world that supports the Zionist colony in Palestine and enables it to continue its rape of Palestine].
In an interview with the New York Times also published on Thursday, Vance named Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich as critics of the deal.
He said: "I guess my response to them would be - what is your exact proposal? You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have."
Iran's supreme leader publicly responded to the US-Iran deal for the first time after it was signed [EPA]
Netanyahu himself stressed the importance of maintaining Israel's close ties with the US on Thursday, saying Washington had stood "shoulder to shoulder" with the country during the war with Iran.
But both Israel and Hezbollah have carried out strikes against each other since the US-Iran agreement was announced, including strikes reported in Lebanon on Thursday that killed three people.
Israel argues its conflict against Hezbollah is separate from its war on Iran. Hezbollah has also rejected the terms of the deal between Iran and the US.
Vance told reporters that Israel would have to respect the peace process with Iran, which he said was good for them, stating that attacks in Lebanon's capital Beirut that kill civilians are "not acceptable".
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