Whilst Israel and Iran exchange increasingly deadly missile strikes as the conflict enters its fifth day—with markedly no respite for the killing of Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid—The US is continuing to coyly vacillate between distancing its involvement and taking credit for an unconditional endorsement once seeing that the offensive by the IDF was garnering good ratings and reception with select audiences. Reasonably unconvinced that the limited supply of thirteen tonne bombs could successfully take out Iran‘s chief uranium enrichment facility, buried under a mountain, Trump seems to be demurring for a deal before committing to the quagmire of another forever war after being lured into it.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links to revisit (with synchronopticรฆ), the Kyffhรคuserdenkmal (1896) plus a long-running webcollage
eleven years ago: frog forecasters
twelve years ago: Nature’s virtuosity of the avian kind, more on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership plus Ankara’s Standing Man
thirteen years ago: antique cookbooks plus the EU votes for austerity
fourteen years ago: a new Art Deco addition plus vacation planning
