…plus iran gets $300bn in reconstruction money

This completely ignores the shareholder value to the military industrial complex and the truth machine value of prediction markets from the not-insider traders.

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wolvoleo 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfreezing assets was also a thing in Obama's deal

	▲	croon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The $300B are on top of unfreezing assets.

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tejohnso 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also...

The US' limitations in its ability to project power have been exposed. Having American bases in the middle east has been shown to be nothing but a liability for host countries. And Iran has proven that it can withstand anything the US is willing to throw at it, and hit back hard, over a relatively prolonged period.

And Iran has shown that its constitution is strong and power succession is effective even after a massive decapitation strike. There was seemingly zero turmoil, control appears to have been maintained without issue.

And Iran's non nuclear option of controlling the strait has been tested andd shown to be highly effective.

And Iran has gained significant operational experience with its massive stores of drones and missles.

And the US has lost multiple billion dollar intelligence installations in the region.

And Americans have been made aware of the Israel lobby like never before, and Trump is in a very difficult position heading into the midterms.

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mandeepj 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> And Iran has proven that it can withstand anything the US is willing to throw at it

Also, the idiot in the WH, single handedly turned Iran's many anti-regime citizens to pro-regime and patriotic.

	▲	wolvoleo 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is a very good point. Not a word about protests recently. Before the war it felt like the regime was about to collapse, just a matter of time.

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drnick1 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> And Iran has proven that it can withstand anything the US is willing to throw at it, and hit back hard, over a relatively prolonged period.

Absolutely not. But Trump made two huge mistakes: 1) not imposing the naval blockade from the very start, 2) stopping the military offensive after only roughly a month, when about 50% of the Iranian missile stockpile was still intact. We must resume combat operations, bomb Iran until they are unable to fire back, and use their frozen funds to pay for damages to neighboring countries. It is absurd to offer Iran sanctions relief or "reparations," and makes Trump look incredibly weak.

Other things should also be done in parallel, such as actively hunting down and sinking Iran's "shadow fleet" of vessels, around the world and relentlessly until they are unable to export a single drop of oil by sea. We could also take their bridges and railroads and further deal a huge blow to trade with other nations by land. An invading force isn't needed for any of this.

	▲	kelnos 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> It is absurd to offer Iran sanctions relief or "reparations," and makes Trump look incredibly weak. But hey, at least gasoline prices will go down before the midterms. That's what really matters to the American electorate, right? (I wish I was joking.)

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bhouston 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

From who? Trump can not even get the $10B he said would go to Gaza?

	▲	Barrin92 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		idk about 300 billion, but the Gulf States have already, and rather silently, unfrozen north of 10 billion in assets (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uae-to-unlock-froze...) which is of course the real kicker, The Gulf states are going to pay for the adventure and deal with an emboldened Iran and their damaged economies and infrastructure. Having US bases in the region has turned from a security guarantee into a disaster, the implications of this are pretty obvious.
	▲	kennywinker 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		“US and allies” apparently