Another day, another ceasefire. Depending, of course, on what is meant by the word.
Asked during a White House press conference last week how he would define a ceasefire with Iran, US President Donald Trump retorted, ‘I’d say, in that part of the world, ‘ceasefire’ is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner’.
He might have added, ‘more moderate than yesterday’. After dramatic escalation over the weekend, Iran targeted Israel using missiles packed with cluster warheads, while the Israeli Defense Forces [IDF] pounded air defence systems in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
And then, just as suddenly, hostilities were halted yesterday. Trump
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