Last night, Tuesday, April 7, 2026 did not end a thousand year old civilization. Total war against Iran did not ignite and a ceasefire, which many pundits had told us was not something Iran would ever accept, actually took hold.
Why Iran would not be expected to accept a cease fire was blatantly obvious: The U.S., and most notably its ally in this war, Israel, has ignored every ceasefire, and in fact the U.S. tends to step up its bombing during negotiations. And Israel, well just ask Gaza about ceasefires with Israel.
But the Iranians, unlike Mr. Trump, are no fools, and if they can get something without losing their power plants and bridges, they are shrewd enough to take that deal.
Now, if reporting can be believed, they've got Trump accepting Iranian tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which they never had before, in a tacit concession by Mr. Trump that the Iranians hold all the cards in that critical passageway. They've come away with a Phantom Toll booth--not a bad deal for them.
But Trump can claim a victory, and maybe he can go home, or at least he can allow the Marines and the U.S. Navy to go home after they flex their Rambo muscles for a while.
Fact is, the Iranians live there, and they cannot and have no reason to try to leave.
It's not like the Israeli settlers who claim land owned by Palestinians, and move in, mow down houses and build their own: Americans don't want to live around Hormuz--they don't even want to build expensive Condos there for time sharing and luxury beach front property.
Mr. Putin must be laughing, with his bros in the Kremlin, and, in case you've forgotten, Renee Good and Alex Pretti are still dead. Pete Hegseth has not brought them back from the dead.
And Jeffrey Epstein did not hang himself.
