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Pray that President Donald Trump means it this time when he says the Iran cease-fire is \u201cover.\u201d <\/p>\n

Read more US bombing Iran for 2nd straight day after Trump declares cease-fire with \u2018sick\u2019 regime \u2018over\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

And that he isn\u2019t as desperate to return to it as it appears.<\/p>\n

Because so far, Iran has only jerked us around, without giving the faintest hint it\u2019ll ever <\/em>agree to any<\/em> US demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we wasted a lot of time,\u201d huffed Trump on Wednesday, after ordering renewed strikes on Iran in response to its attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Uh, no kidding!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should just do our business,\u201d he added. \u201cI don\u2019t want to deal with them anymore. They\u2019re scum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankly, Trump should\u2019ve never agreed to a cease-fire deal in the first place \u2014 certainly not one that made generous concessions to Iran, as this one did, while getting virtually bupkis in return.<\/p>\n

For starters, it\u2019s never been clear how much power Iran\u2019s negotiators actually hold, whether they\u2019ll ever budge on US demands \u2014 or, most troublingly, whether they\u2019d stick to deal they ultimately agree to.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the fact that Iran has failed to honor even the generous terms of the cease-fire leaves little hope it would honor any permanent deal.<\/p>\n

Instead, it\u2019s given every reason to think it won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The Strait of Hormuz, recall, was supposed to be 100% open, and hostilities were to end \u2014 yet Iran insists it controls the Strait and enforces that with attacks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s launched repeated strikes, ever since the parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding in June.<\/p>\n

Worse, satellite imagery shows Iran conducting construction projects at the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility, another alarming violation of the agreement.<\/p>\n

And the ruling powers have made their intentions beyond clear in words as well as deeds: Iran\u2019s Assembly of Experts, for example, officially called for Trump\u2019s death, along with that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Plumber who\u2019s one of NYC\u2019s highest-paid employees under investigation over $500K paycheck<\/a><\/p>\n

During the mourning for the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shouts of \u201cDeath to America!\u201d and \u201cRevenge! Revenge!\u201d dominated.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeking justice against the United States and Israel for the supreme leader\u2019s blood will remain an enduring demand of the Iranian nation,\u201d an official Iranian foreign ministry statement read.<\/p>\n

Does anyone really think the regime will truly give up its pursuit of nukes? Or its support for terror groups like Hezbollah? Or its desire for revenge on Americans and Israelis?<\/p>\n

Trump responded to Iran\u2019s latest provocations with military strikes and by reimposing sanctions.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, he was also mulling the idea of restoring the naval blockade on Iran, and even targeting civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Yet at the same time, he\u2019s all but ruling out a serious effort to finish the job he and Israel admirably embarked on in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think [full-scale war is] going to start again,\u201d he declared. \u201cAnything that happens is going to be over very quickly. . . . We\u2019re not looking for long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huh? <\/em>Isn\u2019t he the Great Negotiator? What kind of incentive does Iran have for a deal if it knows it faces no long-term consequences for holding out?<\/p>\n

Unless Team Trump commits<\/em> to doing whatever it takes to rein in these nuke-hungry thugs, and no matter how long it takes to do it, he stands little chance of full victory.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump says he\u2019ll give Ukraine the right to make Patriot missiles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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